The 4th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long

[Happy Chooks]

Chooks....I will make it 6 Bantam White Rock and 6 Bantam Black Rock hatching eggs

Awesome, thanks! I changed it on the contest!

 

[Shellz]

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.....!!  e

Oh yeah, just like me over a month ago with my first hatch! Excellent!!!

 

[Wisher1000]

you know I saw an image on this thread of a broody hen in a mini van! I wanted to comment but then forgot!
Can someone tell me if she moved to a good spot ok??

Bad news Sally. It turns out the hem had been in the van without food or water from Tuesday morning til Sunday night. I took her into the coop and gave her some watery yogurt. She drank all six ounces then went to the waterer in the coop. I left the light on in the coop so she could eat and drink all she wanted. She never went back to the nest but circled the van all day Monday. By evening, she went to roost with the other hens. I could have confined her on a neat, but I felt sorry for her for her traumatic experience. I am broody-less.

ETA: Sorry, I hate posting from my phone!

 

[Happy Chooks]

Quote:
I'm glad she is okay. Sorry she's not broody anymore.

 

[misskeeter]

I'm glad she is okay. Sorry she's not broody anymore.

I know.. after that, I'd just be glad she's okay...

 

[Maah]

Bad news Sally. It turns out the hen had been in the van without food or water from Tuesday morning til Sunday night. I took her into the coop and gave her some watery yogurt. She drank all six ounces then went to the waterer in the coop. I left the light on in the coop so she could eat and drink all she wanted. She never went back to the nest but circled the van all day Monday. By evening, she went to roost with the other hens. I could have confined her on a neat, but I felt sorry for her for her traumatic experience. I am broody-less.

Aww... poor girl. Glad you guys found her when you did.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: awwwwww I thought the worst as I was reading that! I am happy too she is ok, heck with the broodiness!

I went to close everyone up and my Black Cochin, Black Betty wouldnt get off the eggs! I picked her up and set her on the ground and I swear she puffed up and growled at me in broody position! I took the eggs from the nest and she ran squawkin to me all upset so I put and egg back and she went right on in there with a harumfffffff and rolled that sucker right back under her and tucked her head in her wing for the night! so I gave the rest back and about 6 more from the layer coop! That should keep her busy! BAD timing though, were was she Sat when I needed her??? LOL

 

[chickenpooplady]

Just candled for the first time. I think that I saw a little bit of veining on one of them but the rest looked clear. And the yolks seemed like they were floating around a lot.

Did I candle them too early? Is the yolk moving around a lot due to high humidity?

 

[Sally Sunshine]

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!"

awesome!!

 

[tadpole98]

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!"

That is awesome!! both of them are!!