The 5th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

[cindynkidsd]

Finally! No pips but I've got peeping!!!!!!!!!! Hallelujah! I haven't killed them all, yet!!!!!

 

[foxvalleyfarm]

Finally! No pips but I've got peeping!!!!!!!!!! Hallelujah! I haven't killed them all, yet!!!!!

Yay!!

 

[ShelbyCoral]

Broody hens everywhere

They all have a variety of pheasant, Polish chicken and Serama eggs to sit on !

I can totally relax when the hens are doing the work.

We have 6 hens on eggs.

Wow! I LOVE MY D'UCCLE!!! I have 6 Porcelain pullets and 1 Mille hen, and 1 mille rooster! So far I have 2 broody hens right now and one just doesnt like to sit in the box all day! But when you put an egg in front of her face, she will sit on it all day and DONT GO NEAR HER!!! Also if you walk torward her she thinks she has a chick with her so she puts her wings up in defence.....
I got my oldest silkie hen with one of the chicks I bought from TSC, Its a golden seabright. Man they're noisy....

 

[JDchicks]

Got to love my husband, he wants me to leave work early...

He told me to tell my boss "I have to leave to take care of my son's dad's wife".

Hahaha

 

[luvmypets]

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Wow! I LOVE MY D'UCCLE!!! I have 6 Porcelain pullets and 1 Mille hen, and 1 mille rooster! So far I have 2 broody hens right now and one just doesnt like to sit in the box all day! But when you put an egg in front of her face, she will sit on it all day and DONT GO NEAR HER!!! Also if you walk torward her she thinks she has a chick with her so she puts her wings up in defence..... 
I got my oldest silkie hen with one of the chicks I bought from TSC, Its a golden seabright. Man they're noisy....

your hen was acting protective with eggs wait till she has chicks.

 

[foxvalleyfarm]

Got to love my husband, he wants me to leave work early...

He told me to tell my boss "I have to leave to take care of my son's dad's wife".

Hahaha 

I love this.

 

[tnspursfan09]

Four pipped and the first pip still working on zipping.

 

[luvmypets]

Happy day on four day old eggs

This one may have a bllod ring, but i found two others with bulls eye

How come no one ever replies to my posts

 

[troyer]

Here is a whole family. The rooster is a dun Sumatra.


Close up chicks picture.

 

[JoyfulPromise]

We have a Second chick!

This one is a BO roo over a DELxBO cross hen. The chick is very golden, it looks like it might get the Buff color. I had to take them out of the incubator pretty quickly because it is quite crowded in there and they were trying to get tangled in the threads holding my thermometer probe up. I watched the humidity and was quick, and it never went down much. We have the two chicks in a plastic tub with our new Premier1 Heat Plate brooder. It seems to be working quite well - this is our first time using it. The chicks seem to be cozy and warm under the plate.

As promised, here are some pictures! Sorry they are not the best quality, and I didn't get one of the first chick in the incubator - my sister has it on her camera.

Top view of first chick in brooder - blue BR x PR


Second chick hatching - look at that big foot!


Here I am!!!

Best Buds already!!!

And there are 9 more pips in the incubator and 1 chick is pipped out of the 6 HAL eggs under my broody out in the coop! I am SOOOO happy!!!!