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

[SherryG]

We are in Warner. Howdy neighbor. Where are you? We are such a small state you are a neighbor no matter where you are

 

[TeaChick]

chicken spider?

That's way too many legs to be a spider!!!
But it's funny!!!

 

[TeaChick]

@ Ron (and everyone else who said this):
Thanks for the tip, I'll aim for lower temps in lockdown. Previously, I thought the ideology was that slightly higher temps during lockdown helped the chicks to hatch. I'll go with experience over theory every day and twice on Sunday though!!!

I skimmed all the posts today. I finished the research part yesterday, now for the paper part.

Anyone got a research paper on Othello I could borrow???

 

[pickitfarm]

If you go to page 1, post 1 you should see what I copied below, near the bottom of the post you should see a 2014 Easter Hatch Participant box.


I am using a desktop and I do not see the 2014 Easter Hatch participant box. I wonder if there is a reason it would not be appearing on my computer? Below is all I see (I include the bottom half in order to condense my post).


Set Chicken eggs on Saturday, March 29th at Noon (whatever time zone you are in)

Other poultry breed setting dates listed below...

We want to hatch on April 19th, (the day BEFORE Easter Sunday)
button quail: 16 days to hatch; set April 3rd
coturnix quail: 18 days to hatch; set April 1st
seramas: 19 days to hatch; set March 31st
other bantam and LF: 21 days to hatch; set March 29th
bobwhite quail: 23 days to hatch; set March 27th
call duck: 26 days to hatch; set March 24th
mallard (derived) duck,goose, turkey, guinea: 28 days to hatch; set March 22nd
goose: 28 to 32 days to hatch; set March 18th - March 22nd
muscovy duck: 35 days to hatch; set March 15th
emu: approx. 53 days to hatch - set Feb 25th (for you "serious" hatchers)



Places to find hatching eggs:

BYC Buy ~ Sell ~ Trade Section: Chicken Hatching Eggs


SWAP THREAD: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/754060/the-new-crazy-24hr-auction-thread

JUST IN TIME HATCHING EGG AUCTION: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/754077/just-in-time-hatching-egg-auction-and-bin-thread/2100_50




Contests!

Yes, there will be a lot of contests! We will continue to update this section as contests begin.

If you are interested in donating a prize for the contests, please PM me.

A huge Thank You to @Sally Sunshine and @mlmddh for helping me with this Hatch-a-long again this year!

Daily Digest (Cliff Notes Version):
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...r-the-5th-annual-byc-easter-hatch-a-long/0_50

Breeding Welsummers and Barnevelders.

Having an Icelandic in the coop is like having a 2 year old in the house - they are into everything and don't follow the rules.

I have zero chicken willpower.

Join us for the Easter Hatch-a-long!
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[PAchickenlover]

Well I finally got my hatcher completed minus the wire hatching trays For the Easter hatch and the Third Annual Cinco de Mayo Turkey Hatch-Athon. I gave it an operational test today and finally have it tweeked in and adjusted. I had to change out the fan to a larger one to get adequate air flow to even out the temps. Temp hold within a degree between the top and the bottom. Here is the pics of the progress between start and finish. Built this to go along with my 1266 GQF That I recently bought at a thrift shop and repaired. I am all set now for this seasons hatch.

This is what I want to hatch in!!! I've got to get DH where he's okay w/ me hatching out all our extra eggs. Oh, no. I think I just got addicted: I just though If I hatch out all our eggs, what about selling. Oh, who cares about selling I want chicks!! What are we going to do with all those chicks? We'll sell their eggs...Nah, who cares; I want more chicks!!!!!!! Well, I'm in good company, at least!

Lol I find myself in the same boat! I'm thinking of converting an old refrigerator into an incubator/hatcher... :lol

 

[Happy Chooks]

pickitfarm - at the bottom of the page (in the brown section), does it say you are on the desktop version or mobile version? If it says mobile, click desktop.

 

[mlm Mike]

pickitfarm - at the bottom of the page (in the brown section), does it say you are on the desktop version or mobile version? If it says mobile, click desktop.

Thanks, I was just about to check for difference between mobile and desktop.

 

[pickitfarm]

I never go down that far to notice that was there...I am using desktop.

 

[Jessshan8]

Can anyone draw out for me just what I need to hook up to make this thermostat work. I have 2 heating elements. I am not using a cooling device at the moment. I got the probe connected properly but I am confused about how I run the power so that the thermostat works and the heating elements get power also.







Specifications

• Temperature Measuring Range: -50 ~ 99 °C
• Control temperature range: -50 ~ 99 °C (adjustable)
• Control temperature difference: 0.3 - 10 °C (adjustable)
• Resolution: 0.1 °C
• Accuracy: ± 1 °C (-50 ~ 70 °C)
• Sensor: NTC sensor
• Sensor error delay: 1 minute
• Relay contact capacity (Heating): 10A (max) 250 V
• Relay contact capacity (Cooling): 10 A (max) 250 V
• Compressor delay protection time: 1 ~ 10 minutes (adjustable)
• Operating Temperature: 0 ~ 60 °C
• Storage Temperature: -30 ~ 75 °C
• Operating Relative Humidity: 20 ~ 85 % (No condensation)
• Alarm Output : Buzzer
• Power Supply: 100 ~ 120 V AC, 50 / 60 Hz
• Power consumption: < 3 W
• Cable length: 2 m (6.56 feet)
• Item dimensions: approx. 75 (W) x 86 (H) x 35 (D) mm (2.95' x 3.39' x 1.38' inch)
• Item weight: 180 g

Here Ya Go!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/g/i/5049210/wiring-diagram-jpg/sort/display_order/

 

[chicken pickin]

We are in Warner. Howdy neighbor. Where are you? We are such a small state you are a neighbor no matter where you are

We are in Derry. Way down in SNH.