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

[Cynthia12]

Cute picture, and thank you, Cynthia12! I've actually been on BYC for a while--it's how I've learned almost everything I know about chickens because when we started two years ago, we had them in our backyard in a historic downtown area--no one else to learn from! We've graduated and now we live on a farm with 5 acres, we bought a used Joel Salatin-type egg mobile to move around our pasture, and we are excited to be filling it! I now know I'll be hatching a dozen Welsummers and a dozen Olive Eggers (Ameraucana/Marans cross). So excited!

5 acres? No fair! I'll bet you know a thing about raising chickens now. Wellies and OE's .. nice choice! I tried for a year to get the color of Olive Egg that I wanted. I finally got a nice dark one, but too dark.. then, my EE started laying. It was a pretty dark mint green. I knew she would probably lay a mintish or blue/green egg..so no surprise..until..one day I go out, and find this beautiful Olive Color! She is the only one out there that lays a colored egg. I thought, a fluke, but no..she's been laying the most perfect Olive color ever since. Woot! She hasn't been laying long, she just started out lighter, then darker..it usually goes the other way! But I'm ok with that!

 

[Happy Chooks]

Quote: Thank you! I will add them to the list.

I got my FIRST duck egg today!!! She is a TSC duck sold as a blue Swedish(she looks the part but is MUCH smaller and can fly). She is 11 months old

Here she is and her first egg

Beautiful duck and egg!

 

[coopsbyty]

Although I have already lined up plenty of eggs for the easter hatch along I sure dowish my girls would start laying again there is no excuse for them not to be I may end up getting rid of the whole flock and starting ober sooner then I planned if they do not straighten up Anybody have any thoughts I know they are not molting as they already did that and had started laying well again the weather has warmed up alot they are now free ranging again and still nada. I am planning on keeping some of the chicks I just hatched to replace all of them at this point but sure wouldn't mind having some eggs to eat.

I had a whole pen stop laying in September. I moved them to a different coop and threatened them beginning of March. "You all better lay by march 31st or I am getting rid of you", I had eggs three days later haha.

 

[Cynthia12]

Having problems downloading...argh..I say, argh!

 

[Cynthia12]

Yaaay...It's working now..

 

[Cynthia12]

I would like the join the hatch-a-long!!! Going to be hatching chicken eggs with my brinsea incubator! i am so excited

 

[tnspursfan09]

Aww. I love frogs.

 

[Cynthia12]

I miss frogs. lol.. used to live by the river, and we could hear the bull frogs at night. I didn't mind it a bit, I guess like some folks get used to the rooster crowing in the morning, I loved hearing the frogs,and crickets.

 

[SilkieSensation]

Although I have already lined up plenty of eggs for the easter hatch along I sure dowish my girls would start laying again there is no excuse for them not to be I may end up getting rid of the whole flock and starting ober sooner then I planned if they do not straighten up Anybody have any thoughts I know they are not molting as they already did that and had started laying well again the weather has warmed up alot they are now free ranging again and still nada. I am planning on keeping some of the chicks I just hatched to replace all of them at this point but sure wouldn't mind having some eggs to eat.

If they are free ranging they are probably hiding them. Try penning them again & see if you get eggs.

Pozees..I'll take this one.

I love me some blue bantams..I need one.

Awwwww...another of Mr. Blue's babies. I miss those birds. I may need to swap you for some eggs so I can get my flock going again.

 

[LadyCluck77]

I got my FIRST duck egg today!!! She is a TSC duck sold as a blue Swedish(she looks the part but is MUCH smaller and can fly). She is 11 months old Here she is and her first egg

Congrats on the duck egg, that is beautiful!