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

[roostereggs]

Sort of. My friend has her fainting goats in with 2 of her emus. They have been fine together until one of the goats went into heat. Now she is trying to woo the emu and in the process running him ragged. Emu's have short bursts of speeds like a sprinter, but cannot sustain long chasing by a goat. So my friend is trying to figure out how to separate them and give the goats their own area.

Also, you need to introduce them together when they are young. Emu's are territorial, and now that they are adults and have their accepted "flock", they will stomp other animals to death.

Very good to know...thanks for the info! Those fainting goat videos are hilarious.

 

[montain_dweller]

Hmmmm...so I guess they might struggle in our 114 degree summer lol Just my luck

here is what exoticchickenautcions has to say about the Hedemora chickens. They are as far as I am aware all of greenfire farms, however there are a few other sources for birds and eggs.

Hedemora are possibly the most cold hardy chickens in the world. Their combs and wattles have evloved to a reduced size, minimizing the ravages of frostbite to their extremities, and the skin that is visible is often black to absorb the weak rays of the northern sun. But, their most striking adaptation is the layer of soft down that is extraordinarily effective as insulation.
Experts in Sweden have told us that if these chickens are well fed they can routinely free-range in the snow at temperatures of -5°F and the hens will continue laying eggs so long as temperatures exceed 5°F. Conversely, hedemora do not adapt well to hot climates, and they have been known to die of heat stroke during particularly hot days in southern Sweden. If you live in a hot climate be prepared to artificially cool the birds during the summer if you feel you must have this breed of chicken. We recommend hardiness zones 2-4, perhaps 5.
Hedemora exhibit feather colors that are so exotic and unique that they are hard to classify. Shades of champagne, salmon, violet, and yellow are often encountered, and the patterns of these colors can be solid, shaded, or laced.
I am hoping to get eggs shipped out to me from berrytanglefarms. It is a logistic issue right now, as where I live the shipping is delayed often and is always beat up. I will figure this situation out, and have these eggs in for the easter hatchalong. Hopefully things go well, if not I may try for getting a chick sent out.

 

[arcountrychick]

Warming up the bator to set my first hatch of the year tomorrow. My hubby hasn't done the (chicken) math yet: incubator is full, catalog chicks arriving this week, 4H pullets arriving next month, Easter hatch-along coming soon.

I have a feeling I'm going to be in trouble when we're bursting at the seams with baby chicks! This is me when he asks:

 

[Sally Sunshine]

I was seriously eyeballing the ducklings this morning at TSC. I resisted though!

now why would you do that?

Count me in! I'll be on the look out to pre-order eggs. I just started hatching this past June and my incubator has only been off for a 2 week period in that time, yikes!

If my quail start laying again then I'm in!

Guess I will see if my bator is working and join in the fun! I need some fresh birds around here anyhow. Excitement building!

Quote:

Inverted is important to know about as a breeder, wish I would have known all about it before I ran into it now I have devastated puppy parents not a great day for us. Now I know why people dont do what I do with puppy parents following along the journey, its heartbreaking this day

Is this treatable?

you have to clean and watch the area, sorta like a babys butt until after first heat, then it says with the heat and the bigger area it pushes it out, sometimes two heats, but most waith 4 weeks after first heat and Puberty is over to spay and if its still an issue to do a TUCK surgery along with spay. I priced today $500-600 for spay and tuck, they decided they still want the puppy but I wont offer the health guarantee and we will be voiding the contract and we will lower the price, what to lower it to is an issue as I dont know how much to lower it. Hubs said lower the cost of the tuck, but I got a spay tuck price, I guess I should call back tomorrow but I hate bothering the vet all the time! My hubs was looking forward to keeping her, but I just cant we have just lost the old dalmatain and I am still heartbroken......
This is the little sweetie pie in question......

my chukar started laying this week. waiting for guineas

we will have a fun hatch!!

Sign me up! I don't know what I'll set yet but I will throw something in!

Quote: she still had such issues even with cleaning daily and such? Vet says we can use baby creams on it to prevent, he said to treat like we would an infant, desitin etc. no powders though lol

About the Egyptians hatching with camel dung:
Maybe, they put a dish of water in their incubators just like we do now????

About cleaning the 'bator:
I used alcohol and H2O2. Not at the same time and I air dried it in between and before setting.


Cute puppies, Montana Dolphin, I'm not hatching puppies again for at least five to ten years!!! But they sure are cute!!! =)


Yay! for the emu egg!!!!!


I like the idea of setting more than one type of egg to hatch at the same time! That's exciting!!! =D

 

[Hangtown Farms]

ok just hatched some. have more set to hatch this weekend ( Friday night-Sat. am ) setting more tonight
so will be good to set eggs for the Hatch along

 

[Hangtown Farms]

here is what exoticchickenautcions has to say about the Hedemora chickens. They are as far as I am aware all of greenfire farms, however there are a few other sources for birds and eggs.

Hedemora are possibly the most cold hardy chickens in the world. Their combs and wattles have evloved to a reduced size, minimizing the ravages of frostbite to their extremities, and the skin that is visible is often black to absorb the weak rays of the northern sun. But, their most striking adaptation is the layer of soft down that is extraordinarily effective as insulation.
Experts in Sweden have told us that if these chickens are well fed they can routinely free-range in the snow at temperatures of -5°F and the hens will continue laying eggs so long as temperatures exceed 5°F. Conversely, hedemora do not adapt well to hot climates, and they have been known to die of heat stroke during particularly hot days in southern Sweden. If you live in a hot climate be prepared to artificially cool the birds during the summer if you feel you must have this breed of chicken. We recommend hardiness zones 2-4, perhaps 5.
Hedemora exhibit feather colors that are so exotic and unique that they are hard to classify. Shades of champagne, salmon, violet, and yellow are often encountered, and the patterns of these colors can be solid, shaded, or laced.
I am hoping to get eggs shipped out to me from berrytanglefarms. It is a logistic issue right now, as where I live the shipping is delayed often and is always beat up. I will figure this situation out, and have these eggs in for the easter hatchalong. Hopefully things go well, if not I may try for getting a chick sent out.

maybe you can have them shipped to a member in the city and drive and get them. are you by Denver?

 

[delisha]

Hello everyone..I guess i am joining all the fun again this year..

This year i will have eggs available to people who need them for the hatch along too..

 

[abmaddox1981]

Hey you hatch-a-holics, I have way more eggs than I can hatch so if any of y'all need some, let me know.

 

[roostereggs]

I ordered Rhodebar eggs for the hatchalong, so I will have a limited amount of my own eggs available as well, but they are all barnyard mixes. The 21/25 I just hatched last weekend are the most amazing mix of colors! I will post a photo tomorrow. My new babies are going to my neighbor in a few weeks...and I am very jealous of all the beauties she will have.

At least I get to see them grow up!

 

[ocap]

yesterday was day 21 with chicken eggs.

no pips.

destructive test was done on 4 of 30 eggs since I had difficulty understanding what I was seeing on the day 7 candle.

one of the four had a developing live chick.

went back and reread "Hatching 101"

question: What would be your next step in determining why the eggs go to day 23-25 to develop and hatch?