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

[Cynthia12]

Nice broody photos..anyone ever have a double broody..as in two broody hens at once?


Nothing like sharing.

 

[Happy Chooks]

How many last year Happy Chooks? we have a ways to go for start too!

207 Total hatchers last year.

Nice broody photos..anyone ever have a double broody..as in two broody hens at once?


Nothing like sharing.

Yes, but separate nests. I love the contrast in your picture!

 

[ronott1]

Nice broody photos..anyone ever have a double broody..as in two broody hens at once?


Nothing like sharing.

They lay egg together too? They will share and raise the chicks together. You are very lucky to have those two. They will not kill each others chicks.

 

[SilkieSensation]

Nice broody photos..anyone ever have a double broody..as in two broody hens at once? Nothing like sharing.

I had 2 mixed banties brood together & a month later 3 silkies sat a nest of 27 large fowl eggs together. That was 2 summers ago. All other broodies have been singles.

 

[Corny Caleb]

I've always wanted to hatch out an emu egg, but I've been terrified I'd shell out all that money and it wouldn't hatch. Not to mention I have no idea what I would do with an emu.

Yeah, I would be too. I actually hadn't planed on hatching any emu eggs out this year. Just a friend told me that THEIR friend had some emu eggs laid and the boy wasn't sitting on them and wanted to know if I wanted the three eggs...for FREE to hatch. So yeah, I don't think I would have shelled out $90 bucks for three eggs that MAY hatch lol. But I couldn't say no too free fertile emu eggs. I was in one thread were someone was hatching emu chicks who also didn't have the space for them but were selling them a few weeks after they hatched. She said she was getting a pretty penny for them. (I looked up about how much a day old emu chick was and it was about $120 a chick!). So If you ever decide to hatch emu but still don't have space, Once they get beyond cute chick stage maybe you could sell them. (though this would be very hard for me personally since I get very easily attached to animals lol.)

 

[chicken pickin]

Yeah, I would be too. I actually hadn't planed on hatching any emu eggs out this year. Just a friend told me that THEIR friend had some emu eggs laid and the boy wasn't sitting on them and wanted to know if I wanted the three eggs...for FREE to hatch. So yeah, I don't think I would have shelled out $90 bucks for three eggs that MAY hatch lol. But I couldn't say no too free fertile emu eggs. I was in one thread were someone was hatching emu chicks who also didn't have the space for them but were selling them a few weeks after they hatched. She said she was getting a pretty penny for them. (I looked up about how much a day old emu chick was and it was about $120 a chick!). So If you ever decide to hatch emu but still don't have space, Once they get beyond cute chick stage maybe you could sell them. (though this would be very hard for me personally since I get very easily attached to animals lol.)

Do you have a pic of the Emu eggs in the incubator?

 

[Corny Caleb]

You can't really see them in the over head shot of the incubator but you get the idea lol.

 

[roostereggs]

@Sally Sunshine

Sorry to hear the sad news.

 

[Cynthia12]

You can't really see them in the over head shot of the incubator but you get the idea lol.

I would be sooo....afraid to give this a try. They are so pretty, and I remember someone that was posting video of their little Emu .. I want to say year before last. It was so cute following the family around and down to the pond..along with the dog, and grandchildren.

 

[ronott1]

I would be sooo....afraid to give this a try. They are so pretty, and I remember someone that was posting video of their little Emu .. I want to say year before last. It was so cute following the family around and down to the pond..along with the dog, and grandchildren.

@The Sheriff

@kathyinmo

Have both hatched emus.