The 4th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long

[misskeeter]

this is undeniable proof that you can have 0.6 of a chicken - how dare somebody question my hugely researched chicken math

 

[ronott1]

Ron ..... That was amazing .....that was better than reading the newspaper!!!!
It took me all day to get that ....ha ha
Very good job!!

Quote: Thank you Both!

I have fun doing the Digest and am happy that it is both entertaining and helpful.

 

[michaelf]

Ooops! Typo "sob" sweet ol boy...or smart ol boy.! Lol. Yea I was in a hurry to pick him up. He will be gone tomorrow and Saturday for state competition. Glad you knew I meant" son"

 

[Sally Sunshine]

BYC Easter Hatch-a-long
Daily Digest for 3-21-2013
Number 2 Busiest thread yesterday!


The H Kan of 10 posted a chick for identification. Looks like an Australorp but could be a Jersey Giant.

cuppycake accidentally joined the hatch-a-long.
Misskeeter posted an egg candling picture at day 18. Lots of darkness and big veins...

Post 5374 announced the Caption Contest Vote.

Humidity issues were discussed. A lot like the dry hatch method. Misskeeter: I only added water when it fell below
15% humidity for over 24 hours. My air cells look MUCH better this time.

A Broody Bantam Cochins hatched eggs early!

chirpingcricket has a lot of Busy going on but it is all good for them! Chicks are hatching so who cares about
anything else!
mommachick1 can't keep humidity up for hatching. Chicks were shirink wrapped!

jmenson has started a staggered hatch and will create barriers to keep chicks in one side and incubation eggs in
another side. Baby chicks died in shipment by others are coming from another place.

Razadia is compiling a video of an incubation duck egg with double yolks! She posted it on post 5426.

Hurley Posted a picture of deviled eggs:


Chick Li is incubating in a Coleman ice chest! They have veins! The night owls started posting--about night things I
guess.

Tammy N did not get the memo about Not putting rotten eggs into the compost pile.....

The night owls went to sleep finally and then the first Good Morning post from Michaelf.

We are in the candle and toss it or keep it in stage. Eggtopsy is important too

Discussion about telemarketing phone calls.

Sally Sunshine wanted to know where I was. Here now....

angelobutter has white face black Spanish hatching! Post 5572 has a picture of the first one hatched!

Suggestions were made for contest prizes. A roster kitchen mat, Amazon gift cards and even something to do with fluffy
chicken butts...oh of course hatching eggs...(Sally posted a hint -- a chicken butt picture....)


The contest will be a posting contest. A lot of posts were dedicated to figuring out when it should start. Saturday
8pm to 11pm Eastern time. The there were more posts on how to figure when the was if you were in a different time
zone.

chirpingcricket posted pictures of newly hatched chicks in post 5577

tadpole98 posted candling pictures. Three good ones and one that goes to trash and not the compost pile.

WindDancer liked the smell of newly hatched chicks! Lots of us do....

Razadia's mom's Laptop quit working. She will get on here as often as possible any way!

A talking to the hating babies video contest? OMG! Sally Shunshine comes up with the most amazing contests....

Happy Hatching!

I TOLD YOU RON ROCKS!! THANK YOU! I LOVE IT and had quite a few chuckles!! YAY !!! RONS IN THE HOUSE!!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Another baby goat.. this one is a Lambian

cornish cross chick

My oldest sob took second at a FFA competition today in conservation. Very proud. So far school year 2 first , a 3 and a second. We are proud of him.

AWESOME congrats!

 

[ozexpat]

Can you show my hubby how to calculate it on his HP? Its the only thing he trusts to give him the right answer!

i hope to have the android/iphone app up and running in a month

 

[coldupnorth]

Quote: Hehe - we'll be uploading that one!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

We are going to have a
Random Funny Posting Contest Saturday NIGHT!

Saturday, March 23rd
Refer to map below for times, I will post the thread in the morning on Saturday to allow early posting so that it’s fair to everyone that has to work or has plans for the evening, HOWEVER depending on how many posts are added I may have to up the goal from 1500 Posts!


What do you get when a chicken lays an egg on top of a barn? An eggroll!

Pictures, quotes, stories, jokes, etc. start saving them now!
The funniest will be judged by number of times it's quoted or how many people claim to have lost control of bodily functions laughing so hard. Ok, I am kidding, I will use a random number generator to select winners when we reach our goal of POSTS!





Why did the chicken cross the "net"? It wanted to get to the other site!

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RULES:

1. US & Canadian Participants of the 2013 EASTER Hatch-a-Long only (void where prohibited) Note: Some prizes cannot be shipped to Canada so we will have alternate prizes for Canadians if chosen.

1. NO "single" posting, has to be meaningful posts, images, short sentence forms and emoticons must at least be accompanied by a LOL! or a HA HA VIOLATORS will be voided if that # is chosen and another # assigned!

1. No foul language or crude humor, remember this is a family website!

1. Winners will be announced on the Thread the following day. (This will give me time to generate and sort!).

1. FINAL RULE is that EVERYONE must POST a big Thank you and a funny image/joke for both Happy Chooks & nifty-chicken on the thread!

I will post the thread in the morning on Saturday to allow early posting so that it’s fair to everyone that has to work or has plans for the evening, HOWEVER depending on how many posts are added I may have to up the goal from 1500 Posts!


I will list some of the prizes tomorrow! WE HAVE GREAT STUFF!​

 

[noahsmom]

I'm concerned please read!

I always check the incubator before bed and the digital thermometer is going crazy. If anyone has the hovabator genesis 1588 then you know it blinks between the temp reading, the humidity reading, and the set temp. Well I sat and watched it blink through these a good ten times. The temp reads like this 99.8, 99.9, 99.6, 99.8, 99.5!!! There is no steady pattern and once went down to 99.4. I have a accurite temp and humidity thermometer in there as well and a normal thermometer and both are reading 99. Unfortunately I don't have one that reads by point units if that makes sense, only the bator itself.

Anyone else ever have something like this happen?

 

[Brookhavens]

We are going to have a
Random Funny Posting Contest Saturday NIGHT!

Saturday, March 23rd
Refer to map below for times, I will post the thread in the morning on Saturday to allow early posting so that it’s fair to everyone that has to work or has plans for the evening, HOWEVER depending on how many posts are added I may have to up the goal from 1500 Posts!


What do you get when a chicken lays an egg on top of a barn? An eggroll!

Pictures, quotes, stories, jokes, etc. start saving them now!
The funniest will be judged by number of times it's quoted or how many people claim to have lost control of bodily functions laughing so hard. Ok, I am kidding, I will use a random number generator to select winners when we reach our goal of POSTS!





Why did the chicken cross the "net"? It wanted to get to the other site!

​

RULES:

1. US & Canadian Participants of the 2013 EASTER Hatch-a-Long only (void where prohibited) Note: Some prizes cannot be shipped to Canada so we will have alternate prizes for Canadians if chosen.

1. NO "single" posting, has to be meaningful posts, images, short sentence forms and emoticons must at least be accompanied by a LOL! or a HA HA VIOLATORS will be voided if that # is chosen and another # assigned!

1. No foul language or crude humor, remember this is a family website!

1. Winners will be announced on the Thread the following day. (This will give me time to generate and sort!).

1. FINAL RULE is that EVERYONE must POST a big Thank you and a funny image/joke for both Happy Chooks & nifty-chicken on the thread!

I will post the thread in the morning on Saturday to allow early posting so that it’s fair to everyone that has to work or has plans for the evening, HOWEVER depending on how many posts are added I may have to up the goal from 1500 Posts!
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