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

[tommysgirl]

@Gardeningmama what breed is your avatar? Beautiful

 

[Sally Sunshine]

OK I am joining...This is an attempt to get broody fever running through my pens. I don't own a bator and I won't use the borrowed LG again...I was a wreck last time! Instead I have filled my coops with girls that are supposed to be inclined to broodiness. But what I have learned is that "inclined to broodiness" is sadly no guarantee. I figure if I act as though they will be broody in time for an Easter hatch the universe will send me several broodzillas so... here I am, subscribed and knitting chick booties and receiving blankets.


I am in Northern CA so

to all....

Count me in! I can hardly wait for the 29th

turltlefat how did you choose that name?

 

[chickenlisa]

It is a small world. Do you still live in NH?

nope, NJ now since 1995... I miss NH but not those winters...

 

[TeaChick]

I'm not reading 312+ (cuz I know you guys have been on here since I saw my subscriptions page) posts!!!


Christabelle and chicken pickin arrange the colors in the egg cartons! We all do that right?

Yup. I do it!

BHep, read the Digest! 290 posts to read is silly!

I agree.

Chicken Pickin has Pink and Peach colored eggs! Lucky!

Goldie, the lightest of my gold Comets, lays me pink eggs.


I switched to a new Avatar—this time a Pita Pinta Pullet!

She's pretty!!!

 

[TeaChick]

I am glad I am NPIP and CANNOT window shop! ha ha ha!!

She's my favorite!!! (Don't tell the other chickens.)

Look at Mr. Big and Tall!

I thought the same, took me a while and I needed my glasses!! HA HA HA thanks! I wish it would have been a clear image for sure!

Very awesome vid as usual Sir! Thanks for sharing

OMGAWD your not that far south of us!!! Everything is still snow covered and ice covered, I do see some stones in the lanes car tracks now though!

OH YEA!!!! Glad you joined us!!!! get scrubbin!!! HA HA HA

good for you!!! snag them up!!! A friend suggested putting calls out to repair places and snag straight from them.... not a bad idea!

 

[tommysgirl]

turltlefat how did you choose that name?

Cute! I was wondering about @turtlefat and how she got her name too.

@Sally Sunshine . Just wanted to thank you again for starting the thread that got me through the other side of the chicken life cycle...does a cycle have a side??? Today is Day 3 of aging. Guess what's for dinner.

 

[TeaChick]

Black Tailed SexLink bantams because although one is silver and the other gold all of the offspring have black tails.

@ Bantambury
I think this name make sense.
But I like "Bantambury" sex-links. Are they all coming out bantam sized? If not, then they can't really be called bantams, right? Or can they? I don't even know.

 

[ronott1]

If he looked this..it would be just fine and dandy.

Yes I did! That's why I say..pretty nice birds to look at out there. I am finally keeping a cockerel that I hatched. I hope he becomes beautiful..poor thing..at age 2 and a half months, he's all legs and a loong neck. RIR boy. I've seen some pretty ones..hope he gets a lot of black in his tail.

How about:

 

[TeaChick]

No way to read 600+ posts, thank goodness Ron has his summaries! Hope I didn't miss the video of the Emu egg rocking

Hatched 11 Dominiques and a Dominegger (Dom x Easter Egger) over the weekend, as well as a Welsummer and 3 of my own RIR eggs, and a 4th RIR almost done hatching a day late. A woman who bought chicks from me a few weeks ago asked if I would hatch some of her daughter's eggs and split the hatch as payment. She brought me 49 eggs today. Did not expect that many LOL. 2 were quite large and they think they might be the neighbor's duck eggs, but they're brown. As a non-duck owner, I do not know, can/do ducks lay brown eggs? Like, pretty dark brown.

x2!!! =D

 

[TeaChick]

I am shipping some crele Penedesenca eggs Saturday but I may also have some White Empordanesa eggs available if anyone is interested. My Empordanesa lay a warm brown with a pink tint to a darker terra cotta color.
Fertility has been good though with only 5 hens in there I do not get a lot of eggs. 2 roosters and 5 hens in that run. I can also fill in with some Black Penedesenca













chances are good White Empordanesa would be the rarest chicks you ever hatch

Beautiful birds
Pretty eggs
and ADORABLE chicks!!!