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

[LarryPQ]

Are you guys still taking participants? My hens have finally started to lay on a dependable basis so I can join in now.

 

[ChestnutRidge]

 

[SarahIrl]

Yeah, maybe this pic shows better, the grass is so long it's hard to see their legs clearly. You can see the feathers on her outside toes and down her back leg though. She is absolutely a brahma, both parents are. She has not one white feather.

Are you sure that is a black brahma? I ask because I have never see a black brahma before and she has clean legs, I thought brahmas have feathered legs???. I know that Black Javas are the ONLY black birds to have yellow on the bottoms of the feet. are you sure she's not a java???

 

[Melissa Rose]

We had a big storm roll through the other night with a lot of lightening and thunder and I have three incubators in lockdown right now. I sat up all night boiling water in case the power went out

 

[ChestnutRidge]

We had a big storm roll through the other night with a lot of lightening and thunder and I have three incubators in lockdown right now. I sat up all night boiling water in case the power went out

I brooded once with near-boiling water. The power went out all night, and I had day-olds! I heated water on my gas heat stove and poured it into large Pyrex containers, wrapped the glass with a towel so that they couldn't burn themselves, and set it into the center of the brooder. The water held its temp really well, and I only had to get up once in the middle of the night to replace the hot water. They snuggled up against the towel all around in a circle like it was a nice, warm hen. I bought a hot water bottle this year, so I'll probably use that instead if it happens again.

 

[CAC]

I don' see LlamaMama in the list yet. Don't forget about me!

 

[wolftracks]

So jealous, but CONGRATS!

I want to see how that's made. Wonder if my half a brain would remember to boil water?

REJOICE, MY PEEPS!
The family and I were doing our Sunday walk to Dunkin' Donuts. On the way back, we stopped at my FIL's house to borrow a CD. FIL pulled me into the laundry room to go through some of Uncle Keith's (13) old clothes for my boys. While I was in there, I looked up and on the VERY top shelf was an incubator.
I said, "KEITH! Does that incubator work?!!!"
"Yeah," he replied, with his usual teenage lethargy. "But it is for lizards."
"Nuh-uh! It is a Hovabator 160N or whatever. Are you still hatching lizard eggs? I thought you got rid of most of the reptiles."
"I did" he said. "You can have it if you want. I am too old for lizards."
...and I walked home with a brand-spanking new Hovabator. I think my FIL was happy there wouldn't be another llizard population explosion. My DH was a little bit less happy---but now I have a hatcher-bator AND something to take egg-overflow. WOOOHOOO!

We had a big storm roll through the other night with a lot of lightening and thunder and I have three incubators in lockdown right now. I sat up all night boiling water in case the power went out

 

[xChickiex]

Do you have any bantam black brahmas? I have one roo because a fox got both his hens. hopefully looking for some hatching eggs or hens soon.

Yeah, maybe this pic shows better, the grass is so long it's hard to see their legs clearly. You can see the feathers on her outside toes and down her back leg though. She is absolutely a brahma, both parents are. She has not one white feather.

 

[ronott1]

We had a big storm roll through the other night with a lot of lightening and thunder and I have three incubators in lockdown right now. I sat up all night boiling water in case the power went out

Could you use hand warmers in an emergency? They stay hot for 7 hours and a package is not too expensive for emergencies.

I set 60 Dorkng eggs yesterday. I am trying some of the secrets on here. I will post some pictures in a day or do.

 

[ChooksChick]

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There's going to be a public art installation in my town (Lawrence, KS) where they'll have 5 hens downtown in parks and whatnot for 3 weeks, then a public slaughter, then a potluck with them the next day. I'm conflicted. Great, let's educate...but public slaughter as art?

It's not a small town (100K). It's a college town (Kansas Jayhawks). We have a lovely walking downtown with historic buildings and street musicians and occasionally buskers. We see several thousand out-of-town shoppers weekly because of the wonderful restaurants and atmosphere, shops, etc. I get it...but...

Is it art?

It's all over the news...