Ended Official BYC Contest - Guess When We'll Hit 22 Million Posts And You Can Win!

[casportpony]

Read them again and pay really close attention to the part about the prizes.

no one reads the rules

 

[ChickenCanoe]

There will be 5 prizes given. 1 for first, 2 for 2nd and 2 for 3rd.

I guess I may be in line for something.

 

[R2elk]

no one reads the rules

Even if they read the rules, they often do not comprehend them.

 

[Kiki]

Prizes:

First Place: The winner will receive a $100 Gift Certificate for the BYC Store OR TWO 1 year PFM for yourself and a friend!



Second Place: (at least 2) will get a $50 Gift Certificate for the BYC Store or 1 year PFM!



Third Place: (at least 2) will get a $20 Gift Certificate for the BYC Store or 6 months PFM!




Guess who did not read the rules good?

 

[Kiki]

There will be 5 prizes given. 1 for first, 2 for 2nd and 2 for 3rd.

No.

 

[Kiki]

5 OR 6 prizes total

 

[R2elk]

609 posts to go. Looking like a really strong possibility for @rosemarythyme

 

[ChickenCanoe]

X2

 

[R2elk]

528 posts to go.

 

[hysop]

They should lay similar to what the moms laid, if the roosters were of the same genetics. What kind of eggs did the roosters come out of?
The vibrant pigments can diminish through the laying season. It doesn't matter so much what the current egg color is but what genetics the hen is able to produce. That said, I always hatch from my darkest eggs because let's say a hen that regularly lays a brightly colored egg but one day, she just doesn't have the pigment available in the uterus. If she lays a less than ideal egg that day, the embryo will still have her genetics (and the rooster's genes) so that resulting pullet will still have the capacity to lay desirable eggs. That particular egg's shell color shouldn't be a disqualifier. It is just often hard to identify which egg in a large flock comes from a specific hen.
Does that make sense?
I'm working on automation to identify an egg to a specific hen that will work on a massive scale.

Thank you for that That answers my question perfectly.