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

[ronott1]

Once as a kid my mom parked in a handicap spot and I said "mom you can park in a handicap spot!". To which she replied "anyone with four kids is considered handicapped". Now I was a kid and had no idea it was a joke. Fast forward a few months later and me and my sister are out shoping with my aunt and her 2 kids. She's going around the lot looking for a place to park, as we passed the handicapped spots (yeah you guessed it!) "Aunt Deb why don't you parke there?" "I can't it's a handicap spot" "Well mom says anyone with four kids is handicapped and you got four in the car right now!". I was dead serious, thought it was some kind of law I did!

Hey! Candling question. If I have dark and thick shelled eggs is there anything you can do to candle them? I tried using my El Cheapo (I that's a brand name in China or maybe it's a itsgonnabreaksoon?) LED flashlight with 9 LEDs. It was not bright enough to see anything. What are you successful people using?

Also, I'ver read that some of you are doing a turkey hatch next. How hard it is to hatch turkeys? Are they any different than chickens? Where could I procure turkey eggs from? I've only ever raised on, a broad breasted bronze. I'd love to try a midget white or six!

I am using Brinsea's high intensity egg candler. I can see enough into the eggs to tell if they are clear or not.

Your best bet would be to check the air cell. You should be able to see some of the veins there. Keep them unless they are obviously clear. Watch for weeping and if you smell sulfur, put the bad egg into a zip lock bag and get it out of the house!

Ron

Edited to say these are very dark Bev Davis Marans eggs

 

[rebelINny]

Bhep- My eggs hatched yesterday that you sent me. 12 out of 17 hatched out

The NN hatched and OMG its poofy on its head and my husband thinks its ugly but we won't talk about what he looks like lmaooooo. The NN/Frizzle and the NN/EE/Frizzle all hatched out as well. I am guessing they will look something like the one in the pic. Very cool.

 

[ronott1]

Double post

 

[Arielle]

I'm catching up again . . .

This was Posey on shearing day, nothing like a shave and a shower on a hot day! Maybe this is what attracts me to Showgirls?

Deb

She reminds me of when my mother would shear our old english sheep dog!! THanks for the memories!

Here are the last of my 100 eggs set button quail eggs set yesterday.

Pretty egg colors!

 

[ambrosia]

...if my incubator is full, and my adult coop is full, and my "baby coop" is full, WHY am I obsessed with the BSA on here???? I cannot help it. I want every kind of chicken I see! I think it's an illness....

And here I was hoping that joining the hatch-a-long would alleviate this peep peep fever....

 

[Arielle]

NO, not happening. Try the Incubators anonymous thread--they 'll be really happy to help you there!!!!

Naught!

 

[ambrosia]

NO, not happening. Try the Incubators anonymous thread--they 'll be really happy to help you there!!!!

Naught!

LOL! Thank goodness I live so far from our Fleet store... I hear they have chicks in...

 

[Lark Rise]

I can't keep up with this thread!

Should I candle tonight or tomorrow night?
I'm really nervous because the last shipment of eggs I received candled all clears and it was heartrendingly painful.

I'm going to need some moral support. I need courage.

 

[ambrosia]

I can't keep up with this thread!

Should I candle tonight or tomorrow night?
I'm really nervous because the last shipment of eggs I received candled all clears and it was heartrendingly painful.

I'm going to need some moral support. I need courage.

it'll be ok... I candle every other day! Just because I can...

 

[mstricer]

OMGOSH I will never catch up so I will start here. Hope everyone is having a great day