The 4th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long

[Cynthia12]

i have an egg peeping... not pipping... just peeping... is that normal? i didn't know you could hear then before hatching. and its just 1 out of 7....

Oh yeah! It's made it's internal pip! You will be seeing an external pip soon. How fun!

 

[Cynthia12]

For the rooster's crown... I started with the same pile of "toybox trash".

From the pile I used an empty plastic tube that my son got little animals in, an old plastic "gumball machine" toy that seemed "mirror'ish" shiny, some twix wrappers (yes I found it in his messy box **rolls eyes**, but it was shiny and I figured I might make use of it), and some aluminum foil.

I started with the tube from the animals. Cut it in half and "spiked" across the top, and then covered it in the foil (of course I used hot glue! LOL):




Then I took the shiny gumball machine, and broke a big chunk off, and then cut it into tiny "diamonds, squares, triangle" whatever little pieces with the scissors:


I glued all the little "jewels" to the crown with my trusty glue gun... "mosaic style".



Then I cut strips of gold (from the twix wrappers) to trim the bottom of the crown.


Finished product:


And now modeled by our Light Brahma Rooster "Big Daddy" (the big daddy of our hatch-a-long eggs!)...


It didn't seem to bother him wearing it AT ALL! He was probably thinking... "Gee, it's about time they got it right!"

Great job! Love the color on him.

 

[Cynthia12]

Woo hoo!! Got to play dress up with my chickens! I did a crown for our princess hen, and for our rooster. My kids came home and pretty much rolled their eyes at me and said "mom's turning the chickens into live barbies". He He He... Yup!

I stared both crowns with a pile of what I call "toybox trash"... anything that settles at the bottom of the toybox & is pretty much junk. I used scissors & hot glue for everything.


For the Hen:

From the pile I used a milk cap ring, some junk thin clear plastic (what my computer mouse came in), and an old barbie dress.

I used the milk ring as the base, wrapped & trimmed the plastic around it to form a "princess cone"... hot glued into place:



I cut up the barbie dress (which had a print satin, a netting, and a ribbon... perfect!), and covered the cone with the satin. Added the veiling on the top, and lined it with the ribbon along the bottom. More hot glue...

Finished product:



And now being modeled by our Barred Rock hen "Omelet" (& my daughter). She's actually the hen that donated the eggs for our hatch-a-long!... so we'll be seeing her babies later.

Now her name needs to be change to princess.

 

[Maah]

Now her name needs to be change to princess.

Hmm... Not sure I could get that past dear hubby. This hen is his princess all the way! He named her Omelet. He babies her like crazy (sneaks her extra sunflower seeds, make sure she gets first pick of his extra fishing worms, etc). He's the reason we have her eggs in our incubator. LOL.

 

[Shellz]

Hmm... Not sure I could get that past dear hubby.  This hen is his princess all the way!  He named her Omelet.  He babies her like crazy (sneaks her extra sunflower seeds, make sure she gets first pick of his extra fishing worms, etc).  He's the reason we have her eggs in our incubator.  LOL. 

That's fantastic! Wish my hubby was into chickens more!

 

[Smithyard Farm]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cynthia12
Oh yeah! It's made it's internal pip! You will be seeing an external pip soon. How fun!

yea!!!!

soooo... will it break through tonight? or is it more likely tomorrow?

 

[wolftracks]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cynthia12
Oh yeah! It's made it's internal pip! You will be seeing an external pip soon. How fun!

yea!!!!

soooo... will it break through tonight? or is it more likely tomorrow?

Just like any baby, they kind of do it when they're ready. I love hearing the peeps. It means things are happening in there.

 

[Cynthia12]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cynthia12
Oh yeah! It's made it's internal pip! You will be seeing an external pip soon. How fun!

yea!!!!

soooo... will it break through tonight? or is it more likely tomorrow?

You never know, you could get up from this computer of yours, and go peek, and there it will be. Anytime, surely by tomorrow.

 

[Smithyard Farm]

thank you - I dont know why, but suddenly i am a nervous wreck...!!! I just want to stand there and watch her. she doesnt like me there though, so i am trying to leave her alone!....

I'll keep you posted.....!!

 

[gryeyes]

Hehehe. I am so tickled to be getting entries for my Hen Tiara and Rooster Crown Contests!