Mahonri's 3rd Annual, BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

[chick-among-us]

ok is this right for the Caption contest???

 

[Sphinx]

Hennypenny, sorry about the bad numbers on your shipped eggs. :-( I hope the others develop.

I'm an idiot. I let my daughter talk me into taking her to the midnight premier of Hunger Games last night. It was really great, but I'm only going to be functioning on 3 hours of sleep, and not much chance of a nap today. Tonight I'm going to a birthday party, and then have to get up early Saturday morning, so I'm doomed to be sleep deprived a couple days.

 

[AK Michelle]

If you haven't completed the enrollment form yet, please take a minute to do so now. We need to have the actual numbers by Saturday evening.

I know laree has been busy based on earlier post. We are missing about 75 people on the spreadsheet and several people posted twice

I checked the sheet last night so I could see how many were set and there are still many who posted text instead of numbers and and some who posted question marks. If this is you, please PM Laree with the numbers so she can update the form.

Please, everyone, if you originally filled out the sheet with something to the effect of "Chickens, Geese and Turkeys" or any other type of verbal explanation in the numerical field, could you please PM Laree with the number of eggs you set? Oh, and for those who are having trouble getting to the sheet, you can PM me with this info and I will make an entry on your behalf. We need to have accurate numbers to make our guesses and to see who won the contests.

If you need me to fill out a form for you, PM me with the following information:

BYC User Name
What are you setting (ie. guineas, geese, turkeys, silkies, Delawares, etc.)
How many eggs did you set (this should be an exact number set on set day)
How many eggs will be set by everyone, all added together?
How many eggs will hatch on Easter? (Total, out of all the eggs everyone set)
How many of Mahonri's eggs will hatch. (I believe he set 74)
Of Mahonri's eggs, what will be the first three breeds to hatch?

To help you out, Mohonri set:


16 NotAFarm ICELANDICS
14 Peachick W/BW Ameraucanas
11 WMR Blue Wheaten Ameraucanas
7 ca Rare Sulmtalers
6 Peachick Black/Blue Sumatras
4 Renee Project Ameraucanas
3 Renee Gold Laced Orps
3 Renee Isabel/Porcelain Orps
3 Renee BBSM Bantam Cochins
3 Renee Small Dark Layers
2 Renee Chocolate Eng. Orps/OEs
2 ca Sulmtaler X Ameraucanas

 

[crazypetlady]

Since we have such a large audience here I thought someone may be able to help with this, which I previously posted on the Kansas thread:


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Does anyone have experience with Chinese brown geese?

I have a pair and need to know their genders. I took them for the folks down the road from the farm, as they thought them a nuisance and at under a year, hadn't laid eggs or anything.








I know a male is supposed to have a larger knob, and one goose is ever-so-slightly larger than the other, but they are almost indiscernible.

No eggs so far, and neither is aggressive, but they are rather terrified of everyone.

They are like two halves of a whole.

If you can tell gender, I'm all ears!

Do you have a pool for them? We figured out our White Chinese were both male when they go in the pool and both tried to mount each other. Luckily we have 2 female Poms to even things out.

 

[buckabucka]

Caught up again, thanks to dsqard's cliff notes!

AKMichelle, I am not a dog person, but the photo you posted makes me think I would love your dogs!

I'm loving all the egg art. Who did entry #10? I missed it in the thread, but I think it is awesome.

 

[AK Michelle]

Caught up again, thanks to dsqard's cliff notes!

AKMichelle, I am not a dog person, but the photo you posted makes me think I would love your dogs!

I'm loving all the egg art. Who did entry #10? I missed it in the thread, but I think it is awesome.

Thank Bucka, they are the sweetest fuzzballs. I'm really glad I don't have to worry about keeping them cool

That's about the only thing you have to worry about with these guys, that and keeping their food dish full

 

[debs_flock]

Ok, if you remember the electric typewriter's, you must remember the classes in HS for shorthand. I had a friend that took it, and she was pretty good at it.
Where did that time go? The young ones, they think this will never happen to them. They will stay young forever. They will always feel like running.
Before they know it, they are saying things like we do. I remember my mom saying, someday, you will know what I mean when I say, time flys! Yepper doddles!

Yes, they taught us shorthand in the class as well. I never got terribly good at it and of course never used it again! The kid at work was shocked when I told her I could remember the excitement when we first got a color TV. And remote control, I was probably in my 20's and it was just a remote pad with a wire attached which you had stretched across your living room.

Of course, my phone number when I was a kid was Essex7-0164 and for postal code, I'd write Zone 24. WOW, I really sound like a geezer

Quote:

I candled this morning since I was up too early as usual.. ALL of my non-shipped eggs started, one had a blood ring so that was tossed. One of my own leghorn eggs I had upside down (whoops!) but looks like a big strong baby. Shipped eggs not doing as well - out of 24 eggs there are 7 pretty definite clears - left them in for now and will check those again in a few days.
Of course this is to be expected in shipped eggs - some of the others are questionable, but may still be OK.

The only one tossed out so far is the definite dead one but I am pretty sure on the clears so I'm probably eight eggs down so far. Most eggs are doing great so far, even in the styrobator. My leghorn mutt eggs (even upside down) have huge healthy embryos!

Last night I candled the shipped serama eggs I set a week before the Easter set. Six out of 11 are developing. There was one egg that was perfectly round. They are now on day 13 (they only go for 19 days). The aircell was on the side and slightly to the bottom. I've now rolled the little marble onto it's side in the turner.

Deb

 

[debs_flock]

I did a little candling of the Easter set last night. When it's this early, I just touch the candler to the top of the egg. I usually don't pick up my eggs until they are ready to candle for lockdown. The ones I'm most excited about are the swap eggs I got from NotAFarm. They of coure are Icelandics and it appears that 10 out of 12 are developing. I didn't really look through everything else, I prefer to not keep the lid open (well, lifted on one side) too long.

Deb

 

[EnnisLakeFarm]

Oh and I am definately naming the first chick Mahonri...then I think all of us Okies should get our Mahonri's together for date night, incubate their eggs and have a Mahonri breed!

That would be pretty cool!

I am now all caught up and can go about my daily chores

. My Silver Fox Rabbit kindled yesterday and I have 7 healthy kits in the nest box, I was stressing pretty bad about this one so now I can relax (but I will probably continue to hover over them until their eyes open in 10-12 days). I ask myself again "Why do I do this to myself?"

 

[debs_flock]

My Silver Fox Rabbit kindled yesterday and I have 7 healthy kits in the nest box,

I love baby bunnies and digging through all the hair in the nest box to see what you got. My son was HUGE into rabbits in 4H, with a herd of around 250 for awhile, yikes. He went through 50# of feed per day.

Rabbit gestation and chicken incubation is so satisfying because you can call the timing so closely.

We're currently waiting on baby crias from three of our alpaca. Their giving birth can range nearly a month to either side of their due date. But two of our girls are huge and they were due this week. I can't wait to see what we get! These are the two that I think will deliver soon (pictured from right before they were shorn last year).
Flower

Honey

Deb