The 4th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long

[ronott1]

Oh my god, I am SO angry right now. The seller who gave me 10 infertile eggs? She just denied my paypal claim by saying that I was lying.

Now I'm down 30 dollars. I'm seeing red. Nobody buy from Coups Coups on E-bay. Their lack of ethics is appalling.

I think you can still contest it. Also, contact ebay.

So sorry!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Don't forget to post your newly hatched chick pictures here:

Contest #12
2013 Easter Hatch-a-long
"Cutest Easter Chick/s Contest!"


Post your most beautiful New Chick/s Photos!
All fowl accepted, No fake editing or captions!
Chicks in your images MUST be hatched from eggs entered in the 2013 EASTER Hatch-A-Long!
Please don't compromise chicks by opening the incubator for pics!
The winner will be chosen by a panel of judges


https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...contest-12-cutest-easter-chick-s-contest/0_50​

This is the contest I wish I wasn't helping for! LOL I so would love to win GFF eggs or chicks! GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

 

[ThaiDye]

So last night I had two eggs left and one had been trying to zip for like 24 hours. Started to assist and realized he was tired and where he had started to zip was the right place, up under his wing, but he was so crammed in there, he couldn't move to go any further. So I picked off the end of the shell over the air sac and as I did so, out flopped a little wing, but his big noggin was still in there, so I picked down the side of the shell and out came his head. I put him back in the 'bator and let him finish it himself. Left him in there all night to dry off cause it was bedtime even though he was screaming cause i didn't want him to get chilled or trampled in the brooder. Thought that was it. Hadn't seen any action from the last egg and when I listened to it the other day, it didn't peep or tap back. Hadn't had a chance to candle it, so I thought I would leave it until the next night and then check. Well, to my surprise there were two chicks in the bator in the morning. And my late bloomer was well worth waiting for. Fluffy cheeks and looks like maybe it will be bearded. Biggest puffiest chick of all. And it's a reddish brown - the only one of this color. Absolutely the cutest thing I have ever seen. So, he makes it 12 hatched of 12 set and all are doing well! I chalk it up to beginners luck. I've set another batch (trying to get a few more offspring of some hens that weren't laying well due to the cold and short days). We'll see in 3 weeks if I can recreate this.
























And my little miracle late bloomer - Isn't this the cutest thing you have ever seen?

Adorable! My friend's egg that I brought home to hatch produced a chick almost identical to the top picture...feathered legs and all. We were trying to guess the parentage. It was from a brown egg which was probably a RIR because her other brown layers have tiny eggs & the roo is a Salmon Faverolles. (S)he has feathered legs & a muff, but only 4 toes. She really stands out in my group of chipmunks, blacks, and blues.

I did an eggtopsy this afternoon. 4 were clear, 2 were early quitters & 1 was fully developed. No action from it when candling or tapping. Probably should have left it

So hard to see thru those BCM eggs. Oh well. C'est la vie. I'm not disappointed. I have 17 happy chookies in the brooder.

As far as my assisted hatch, she still has a rather large bulb on her naval. Will that go down on its own? Should I use Prep H? She is in the brooder & getting along fine. I was worried she'd be picked on, but nope.

 

[Razadia]

Quote: I've got about 2 months left, so I've figured out it's not easy! Finding this out and also finding out what I can take for my allergies (mold is killing me. Pollen doesn't bother me, but mold is horrible.) makes things so much easier.

 

[angelobutter]

I've got about 2 months left, so I've figured out it's not easy! Finding this out and also finding out what I can take for my allergies (mold is killing me. Pollen doesn't bother me, but mold is horrible.) makes things so much easier.

I'm getting induced this thursday! crazy- still trying to wrap my head around it haha. getting pretty excited though, literally, sleeping at night is impossible, heartburn is 24/7. I know after she is born i won't be getting much sleep then either but at least I will have a cute baby to hold lol. congrats on passing the gestational diabetes test.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Quote:
I was scheduled to be induced - went into labor on my own the day before. Good luck!

 

[Pele]

I think you can still contest it. Also, contact ebay.

So sorry!

Thanks. Paypal has already closed the claim, and when I tried to dispute it again, it blocked me. I wouldn't be so upset if she hadn't wasted 3 weeks of my time lying to me. It's so upsetting to be just plain robbed so badly.

 

[Razadia]

Quote: Congrats! I had a hard time coming to terms with everything, but after an hour of freaking out after I found out I got excited.

 

[chickenpooplady]

Thanks. Paypal has already closed the claim, and when I tried to dispute it again, it blocked me. I wouldn't be so upset if she hadn't wasted 3 weeks of my time lying to me. It's so upsetting to be just plain robbed so badly.

Sorry, that really stinks. It is so sad that people do things like that.

 

[lericson]

Are they crested duck eggs? If crested to crested ducks are bred together, it can result in deformities to their skulls.

Sometimes the crested gene can pop up even in non-crested parents. If you have 2 parents carrying the gene that could be the result.

have you posted in the duck section?

Thanks for all the reply's, I will go post about this in the duck section. The parents are "feed store" stock pekin ducks and there is one blue swedish male that runs with them - so potential for a cross, but not a crested duck.

I have had a total of 5 hatch so far, everyone is doing well including this guy. He is happy and resting. Unfortunately he can't be with the others, they peck at the bump on his head. But he is in a box right next to them all so they can hear each other.