The 4th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long

[mama2my4]

On computers - we bought a Mac desktop & iPads, then threw out the stupid laptop! Loving my iPad now! Best thing ever!

That is the same thing we did. We have our (rarely used) Mac, hubby and I have IPads and our iPhones, and those are what we use daily. Hubby just got the iPad mini and actually likes that much better.

 

[LFchixranch]

HERE IS A FUN FACT


Some of the things I find while I cruise the net instead of watching basketball on TV

The Little Bustard Tetrax tarda Is a declining bird in Europe and a very rare vagrant to the UK. The French name for this species translates as "Farting Chicken", which seems quite appropriate when you hear them calling.

Maybe I will get some T Shirts made for the “save the little bustard” movement....


I ALSO NEED A RECORDING OF ITS CALL...ANYBODY?

Best I could find.. I think they are suffering from SBD's
http://ibc.lynxeds.com/video/great-bustard-otis-tarda/big-group-walking

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Sally, I have crocheted some "chicken" items for Easter and a Poultry clinic. Would you accept handmade chicken items for a donation. I have handmade, crocheted "Chick Chore Mitts" which are fingerless mittens, a hen potholder, and some Egg Cozies. I could send you some pics if you would like to see them first?

YAY sent you a pm

 

[Sally Sunshine]

8 serama babies out and 4 to go, looks like one is gone but I would say Harmony Does it AGAIN, oh wait, I ended up with all the turning this time around! I think we need a break until next year or I get my NY eggs, wait we have brahma to set this weekend and more silkies! I need a turner in the coolerbator at this point I think.


BHEP = BETH SHIPPED PERFECTLY! proof is in the box!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Sally, kinda new to posting, etc on BYC. In the rules above, what does it mean when you say "single" posting??

no doing this on a post lol



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[Sally Sunshine]

Today is day 13. This is a video of one of the silkie eggs that I candled. You can see the whole chick. It's pretty amazing. The last half of the video is a little more clear. You can see it kicking it's own head! It's head is on the bottom left, body curling up the right side, and the feet are on the top left. You can even see it's little beak!

OH cool!!

 

[Brookhavens]

8 serama babies out and 4 to go, looks like one is gone but I would say Harmony Does it AGAIN, oh wait, I ended up with all the turning this time around! I think we need a break until next year or I get my NY eggs, wait we have brahma to set this weekend and more silkies! I need a turner in the coolerbator at this point I think.

Great numbers Sally!!! My Seramas just started laying this past week. 3 eggs went in the bator yesterday and I am keeping my fingers crossed that my little roo is doing his job.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: LOLOLOLOLO

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Hatch Day - 8



The Dorking



It is thought that the Dorking is one of the oldest domesticated fowl, possibly introduced into Britain by the Romans around AD43; a similar bird with five toes was described by Pliny, the Roman writer, in his Natural History. Another is that the species was already a resident in Dorking before Plautius army arrived. Meanwhile, breeders in the area believe it may have been discovered by the Romans in around AD100 when the first written references to the creature can be found.It became the premier breed in the country in the 19th century with its impressive appearance and the excellent quality of its meat and eggs winning innumerable prizes; and a favourite with Queen Victoria apparently.

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These days, with Dorking being less of a market town, only a few places still breed the bird. But it stands proudly on many signs in the area and is worn on the shirts of the football team, The Chicks. Now as you enter the town, you cant miss it. Since February 2007, a 10' high silver statue of the cockerel has stood on Deepdene roundabout at th
e eastern approach to Dorking, ensuring that travellers are acquainted with the town and at least part of its history.

More on the statue: http://www.surreylife.co.uk/out-about/places/the_dorking_cockerel_has_landed_1_1635843



The five toes are a distinctive feature of the bird, and where people born and bred in Dorking get the nickname five-clawed un from. It is a heavy, soft-featered breed laying tinted eggs. In the female, the single comb flops over to one side. Dorkings have rectangular bodies and short legs. Bantam versions are also available. Dorkings are also well known for their versatility as a breed for both egg and meat production. It is one of the few breeds with red earlobes that produces a white-shelled egg. The skin colour beneath the feathers is white. The standard weight is 9 pounds for a cock, 8 pounds for a cockerel, 7 pounds for a hen, and 6 pounds for a pullet. Colours vary from cuckoo to red, silver grey and white.

This breed is on the Rare Breed Survival Trust list in the UK. However, the breed has been used in autosexing to produce the Dorbar. The Dorking was admitted in to the American Poultry Association's Standard of Perfection in 1874.

ohhhhhh Darn! Now I need them!

 

[Razadia]

I'm jealous, CPL sent me some of her serama eggs for the NYD hatch and I lost them all. I want seramas so bad!