The 4th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long

[Sally Sunshine]

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GREAT prizes! Links are always located in the OP of this thread! Good Luck everyone!!


Contests!

We will continue to update this section as contests begin.


Contest #1: Guess the total amount of eggs that will be set! To enter, see here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...-guess-how-many-eggs-are-going-to-be-set/0_50

Contest #2: Short Story Contest on Why You Love Hatching. To enter, see here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/745339/2013-easter-hatch-a-long-short-story-contest/0_50

Contest #3: Opportune Time - The dates/times have been chosen and we'll announce winners as they occur.
Prize: One Year GFM for each of the 3 winners

Contest #4: Cutest Baby Fowl Picture To enter, see here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...-long-contest-4-cutest-baby-fowl-picture/0_50

Contest #5: Caption Contest To enter, see here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...h-a-long-contest-5-photo-caption-contest/0_50

Contest #6: Broodies and Their Babies To enter, see here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...long-contest-6-broodies-and-their-babies/0_50

Contest #7: Natural Egg Photo Contest To enter, see here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...long-contest-7-natural-egg-photo-contest/0_50

 

[Sally Sunshine]

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Good Friday morning everyone!!!!! here's a pic to make you all go

Just a few days old now. Call Duck babies are SO cute...

Have a fabulous Friday!!!

CUTENESS!

Hi everyone! Started collecting EE and Delaware eggs today for the hatch!

It is in the 20ºs here so I have my younger brother running out to the coops every half hour or so to check if the hens I want have laid and to collect their eggs before they get cold! Getting EGG-cited!!!!

What a great brother!!


Originally Posted by tadpole98


awww sorry bout your hen tad!!

 

[tadpole98]

Could I be added as a hatch participant? I' ll be setting a mix of chicken eggs, cause who ever has enough different kinds of chicks?

another hatch participant, glad to have ya!

 

[hokankai]

So I might be a little late in setting for this...but oh well, haha! I have some eggs due the 10th that are in there now.

Anyway, I got some GREAT candling vids and thought I'd share the best ones with you!

 

[Happy Chooks]

My Embden goose "Samantha" just laid her first egg today!!!

Is it too late to set goose eggs for Easter?

Right on time! Get that baby in the bator! Set date for Goose eggs is until tomorrow.

Could I be added as a hatch participant? I' ll be setting a mix of chicken eggs, cause who ever has enough different kinds of chicks?

Welcome!

 

[debs_flock]

So I might be a little late in setting for this...but oh well, haha! I have some eggs due the 10th that are in there now.

Anyway, I got some GREAT candling vids and thought I'd share the best ones with you!

Great video, is that one of the BR eggs?

 

[chicken pickin]

So I think I may have a broody hen. She has been sitting in her nest for 2 days straight and hasnt budged. If she stays at it I will set eggs under her for the hatchalong as well as in the incubator. How will that work for the hatch along? Do they count as 2 different sets or both together as a whole and how do I post a pic of the eggs being set under her just i guess after I place them under her take a pic before she sits back down? It probably doesnt really matter lol. Ive never had a broody before so this will be fun She is a new hen still in quatentine she was supposed to go with the main flock this sun her 30 days of quarentine are almost up but I can keep her where she is in the garage. If she really is broody I may ask lots of questions so bare with me lol.

 

[JoyfulPromise]

Originally Posted by JoyfulPromise


"It is in the 20ºs here so I have my younger brother running out to the coops every half hour or so to check if the hens I want have laid and to collect their eggs before they get cold!"

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Originally Posted by Sally Sunshine


He is a WONDERFUL brother!!! 17yrs old, 6'7 tall, obsessively detailed and sometimes annoyingly slow in doing things "just so", awesomely creative and talented, loves animals, especially chickens, and wants to be an organic, soil building, self-sufficient farmer someday. A lot of things on our current little 2 acre "farm" would not get done without his strength, long arms, and willing help!

our Dewey!

 

[luvmyEs]

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I love broody hens! So much less work!

 

[hokankai]

Great video, is that one of the BR eggs?

I think both of those are BR eggs!