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

[pickitfarm]

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

You have to share this project. I am very interested. I could use my existing dishwasher and it would not only give me a in incubator but a new dishwasher.

 

[ronott1]

Perfect little chick pictures. Before owning chickens I thought all chicks looked the same. Oh brother.....over a year in and my head spins with all of the varieties. I am not only eyeballing Marrunda Basque but now South American chickens. It never ends....what about those Icelandics....they are looking very interesting as well.

They look like this as chicks:



The yellow chicks are EO marraduana Basque hens. The Chicks with black spots are Pita Pinta. The Pita Pinta parent flock is my Avatar picture.

 

[pickitfarm]

I would use it as a root cellar first!!!

Many other options suitable for an incubator, but not for a root cellar. Just sayin'

A cooler bator and an LG hatcher keeps me in too many chicks-- just ask DH!!

I can set eggs 3 deep in the cooler bator and that's a lot of eggs. Just be sure to date w/ set date because oops I"ve missed a few and they hatch in the cooler bator!

Arielle I believe you had the cooler bator before I joined BYC. Do you have any pictures? So you set in that and hatch in the LG?

 

[pickitfarm]

Ooooo, I'm going to be looking at all my appliances as future incubators!!!

It puts you appliances in a whole different light. It gets you thinking outside the box. No pun intended.

 

[pickitfarm]

They look like this as chicks:



The yellow chicks are EO marraduana Basque hens. The Chicks with black spots are Pita Pinta. The Pita Pinta parent flock is my Avatar picture.

The Basque are what I am trying to acquire for the Easter Hatch. They are just gorgeous birds. Those Pita Pinta are adorable. I remember when you hatched some earlier last year. They are a Spanish breed as well?

 

[Happy Chooks]

Oh. Othello is a play by Shakespeare (a tragedy), and Othello is the main character (protagonist). I have to write a paper on it.

It's been a really looooonggggg time since I've read Othello.

 

[TeaChick]

I like the idea of the root cellar too.....

You all just don't want me to have any fun incubating a billion eggs at a time!!!
Doesn't matter. DH made a face and basically said 'no' about using it as an incubator. I presented the incubator idea first, at least that way the root cellar idea doesn't sound so crazy. hehehe

 

[ronott1]

The Basque are what I am trying to acquire for the Easter Hatch. They are just gorgeous birds. Those Pita Pinta are adorable. I remember when you hatched some earlier last year. They are a Spanish breed as well?

Yes, they are both calm Spanish Breeds and still heat hardy. They lay brown eggs too.

 

[pickitfarm]

You all just don't want me to have any fun incubating a billion eggs at a time!!!
Doesn't matter. DH made a face and basically said 'no' about using it as an incubator. I presented the incubator idea first, at least that way the root cellar idea doesn't sound so crazy. hehehe

Its a win-win.

 

[pickitfarm]

Yes, they are both calm Spanish Breeds and still heat hardy. They lay brown eggs too.

Ron do you have any pictures of the Basque eggs?