The 4th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long

[TMNfarm]

Poor guy. That had to be really painful. I'm surprised he hasn't gotten an infection.

You would think it would have been, but he doesn't seem to be in pain. He eats and drinks and walks around on them, even before they fell off. The only time he seemed painful is right after it happened when his feet still looked normal...

 

[CayuseRanch]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...ch-a-long-contest-6-broodies-and-their-babies

Contest #6

Broodies and their babies!

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Who doesn’t love seeing a mother hen with her chicks? Show us your best pictures of your Broody Hen and her babies.

The winner will be chosen by a panel of judges

The Prize:
One Dozen “Rarest of the Rare” day old chicks
donated by Greenfire Farms
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Possible breeds for the winner: Red Orpingtons, Partridge Barthuners, Double Blue Laced Barnevelders, Bielefelders, New Bloodline Cream Legbars, Blue Partridge Brahmas

*Breed choice will be made by Greenfire Farms depending on availability

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Rules:
Open to all BYC members in the Continental U.S.
Maximum of 2 entries per member
No fake editing or Captions - Only hens doing what comes naturally
Must be your picture of your hen and chicks
Deadline for entry is April 6th at midnight PST

Im hoping you guys do the voting poll for these. I just love looking at them all. I can't imagine trying to even narrow them down!

There were some really funny entries for the Candid Picture of Your Flock Contest

We've narrowed it down to 10 Finalists and now it's time to vote for the winner!

The Prize for the winner:
6 Bantam White Rock and 6 Bantam Black Rock hatching eggs
Donated by mbmess2003

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To Vote for your Favorite Candid Picture, see here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...the-candid-picture-of-your-flock-contest/0_50

VOTING ENDS on the 6th!

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These are awesome and great material for a future caption contest!

The winners of the Natural Egg Photo Contest have been decided by vote!


1st Place Winner - Joyful Promise

2nd Place Winner - johnnyg07

Congratulations!​

Congratulations! you guys are awesome!

 

[noahsmom]

You would think it would have been, but he doesn't seem to be in pain. He eats and drinks and walks around on them, even before they fell off. The only time he seemed painful is right after it happened when his feet still looked normal...

It's so great that you are still giving him a chance at life, I can't stand not giving an animal a chance when they really do have a will to live.

 

[wildriverswolf90]

[COLOR=FF0000]Please report your total chicks hatched in this thread so we can record the numbers.[/COLOR]​

 

[coldupnorth]

I had to move him inside, just because the other chickens were picking on him. He's not really happy about the small cage I have him in, but I'm working on a custom built coop just for him with ramps and deep bedding and shelves with lips on them so I can bed those down as well and he can feel like he can get off the ground. I am planning on picking one small EE to live with him so he won't be lonely...

This is a bad pic of him, cuz I was holding him in my lap and trying to take the picture...

Stubby will be fine - the biggest problem will be defending himself from the others. But since you are building him his own coop he will be good. We had this happen to a full grown rooster quite a few years ago when we had the long weeks of way below 0 temps (-40s). The other roosters hadn't let him into the coop a couple of nights and when we finally figured it out his frostbite had been too bad. He walked on his stubs and got around just fine. He lived on my sister's little hobby farm for 5 years before she had problems with a weasel in their barn and lost him and a bunch of her other chickens. The weasel didn't touch any of the birds that were not red.

Good luck with Stubby!

 

[ronott1]

Quote: For Weasels, The Red Chickens must be the tastiest!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

This is my Stubby's feet (or lack there-of).


I had to move him inside, just because the other chickens were picking on him. He's not really happy about the small cage I have him in, but I'm working on a custom built coop just for him with ramps and deep bedding and shelves with lips on them so I can bed those down as well and he can feel like he can get off the ground. I am planning on picking one small EE to live with him so he won't be lonely...

This is a bad pic of him, cuz I was holding him in my lap and trying to take the picture...

awwww poor guy

Quote: awwwww

Quote: I am so glad I let her sit on them, I just wish I would have trusted her with more than four : ( lesson learned, I could have shoved a zillion under that girl

Quote: Its amazing to me, I would have thought it would be so painful!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Broody question....

Is it normal that I caught "them" off the nest already? They only hatched a day ago? she was teaching them to eat the chick starter I threw on the floor!

Not a great pic but I got excited! she was only up for a short time and went back to the two remaining eggs and so did the chicks!

 

[myfivegirls]

Broody question....

Is it normal that I caught "them" off the nest already? They only hatched a day ago? she was teaching them to eat the chick starter I threw on the floor!

Not a great pic but I got excited! she was only up for a short time and went back to the two remaining eggs and so did the chicks!

All I know is that my broody hens have gotten off the nest pretty quick after the chicks hatched. Last year, the last chick hatched overnight, and the following day, the hen and her whole brood was outside almost all day. The youngest one had a hard time keeping up and took several naps, but it survived until it turned into a roo!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: I wonder if I should take the other two eggs? I candled no internal pips