The 4th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long

[CherokeeFlats]

I think I'm gonna get the bator out and give it a try as well as have eggs under a broody hen for the hatch a long. Did have a question though. how long can we hold eggs before putting the in the bator or under the hen? is it 2 weeks?

 

[Shellz]

Happy Valentines day everyone!!!!  I am setting eggs today because they will hopefully all hatch before we have to set eggs for the hatchalong.  anyone else squeaking in one more bator full?


I am meeting a fellow over the mountain for lunch who is bringing me Dorking eggs on his way through the state.  I lost my SG dorking roo a few months ago and have been wanting to get into reds and coloreds and a highly respected and influential dorking breeder is giving me 40 eggs out of his best two pens.  I am so thrilled I cant stand it.  but it's even better that it just happenned to coincide with the last day I could set eggs and still participate in the hatchalong!

and I have a brooder full of chicks from my own birds that just hatched out on Monday.  today is a great day!!!!


Happy Valentines day to me!!!

Talk about serendipity! That's just awesome!

 

[Arielle]

My chicks are set to hatch today! Happy Valentines Day! I have not had any pipping or anything Im Worried......

Give them time---if temps run a hair low hatching can be a llittle late. Patience. I'm sure you have your nose pressed to the window, I would too. lol

 

[McPhersonFarm]

Here is the text I just got from my fiance! Thought I would share with everyone

 

[CherokeeFlats]

Here is the text I just got from my fiance! Thought I would share with everyone

Adorable!

 

[Arielle]

Loving this thread! Good thing I'm retired, lol! If I had my way, I'd have poultry of all kinds on my 3 acres with 2 ponds. Quail, turkeys, ducks, geese & maybe pheasants. How many will fit? I don't know, but would like to find out - hubby would be very afraid to find out! Lol! Need more coops! Let's hear what everybody would have if they could have! What would YOUR poultry dream look like?

DUCKS!!!! And chickens. ANd a goat or two.

 

[Brookhavens]

Here is the text I just got from my fiance! Thought I would share with everyone

How great is that!!!

 

[Shellz]

Someone I met from ebay because she was selling close to me and I went to the livestock auction with them. She has 10 acres, 4 are FULL of birds she has ALL types of geese, 3 types of swans in a large enclosed area with a huge pond, ALL types of turkeys, TONS of chickens, like 6 sportsman incubators, 4 kinds of pheasants, all types of peacocks, like 20 kinds of ducks, vulturines, guineas, and quail LOL it's AMAZING my fiance went with me and was like NOOOO you can't do this hahahah! He's allergic to feathers *hiding*

Holy cow!!! Now that's some poultry paradise! Me thinks that would be hard to top!

 

[Arielle]

I woke up to a box of Jelly Belly's and a reciept for a doz hatching eggs!!!!!!

WHOOT!!!!!!

 

[Arielle]

Quote: I love having two!! One very large that has held some 70+ eggs for incubating, and then moved at lockdown to LG for hatching!!! Makes hatching 100 times more fun!!