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

[ronott1]

I have chick pictures to go along with the candling pictures.

New Heritage Delawares from kathyinmo hatched 2-28-2014

 

[Flowers of Abba]

I will be putting together a set of plans for the hatcher my daughter and I made and posting this weekend. For any who want to try their hand at making one. It is not as hard as it may seem. 

Must say it is SO NICE to see dad and daughter projects and what a great project!!!

 

[uphilljill]

Beautiful chicks from great stock!

 

[Gardeningmama]

Just stopping in to say Hi...Busy, Busy Day! Sure I'll have 200 post's to catch up on tonight when I get home, lol! Have a great day All!​

 

[TeaChick]

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

:lol

That's a brilliant idea!!!

I have an old fridge that doesn't work; I could use it!!! I was thinking of using it as a root cellar (I've heard of burying them on their back, then you've got a place to store food in winter), but I like the incubator idea better!!!

I've got to see a chicken breeder about a fridge!

 

[TeaChick]

Just stopping in to say Hi...Busy, Busy Day! Sure I'll have 200 post's to catch up on tonight when I get home, lol! Have a great day All!​

Good Afternoon to you too!
When I was like 3 or 4, I wanted to be Strawberry Shortcake when I grew up. lol

 

[Penny Hen]

Thank You! Thank You! and my eggs thank you too!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

I have a video of one Delaware hatching last night.

I'm in NH and have been rotating my eggs, waiting for better weather. Count me in, this sounds fun! I'll be hatching Delawares, Marans, EE, and a cross of NH and Delaware hens for sex links. If I'm lucky I might have some Cream Legbars to add to the mix.

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Hi I'd like to set some eggs for the hatchalong. Now all I need is to find some!

@ 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???

Whos Othello?

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awesome!

I will be putting together a set of plans for the hatcher my daughter and I made and posting this weekend. For any who want to try their hand at making one. It is not as hard as it may seem.

I have chick pictures to go along with the candling pictures.

New Heritage Delawares from kathyinmo hatched 2-28-2014

ach du gut!!!! I love yellow peeps!!!

Just stopping in to say Hi...Busy, Busy Day! Sure I'll have 200 post's to catch up on tonight when I get home, lol! Have a great day All!​

hello and have a great day Mich!!

 

[Penny Hen]

Chicken spider or Henipede?

HENIPEDE!

 

[Penny Hen]

That's a brilliant idea!!!

I have an old fridge that doesn't work; I could use it!!! I was thinking of using it as a root cellar (I've heard of burying them on their back, then you've got a place to store food in winter), but I like the incubator idea better!!!

I've got to see a chicken breeder about a fridge!

I am working on converting a dishwasher. I am going to trick this one out. I am borrowing an idea from another BYCer of using a reptile humidifier to control the humidity precisely. That will add $60 to the cost but the precision that it provides is worth it. Won't have it done by Easter, maybe Cinco de Mayo