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

[ronott1]

@ronott1 I'm having serious chicken envy over those Dorkings! I've been trying to get chicks or eggs for 3yrs! On a happier note, 4 out of 5 Cotton Patch Goose eggs are developing!!!

I have tried to get some released but Kim wants to make sure thee chickens are close to Show Quality first.

I think she has some of the Best in the US now. That picture was from 2006. They are even better now with 8 years of Breeding.

Maybe next year though since the breeding program has been stepped up a bit.

 

[Marthab1953]

Who knew!? I'm 'Martha' as well, less the 'Mae', although I rarely hear the name Martha. DH calls me 'Sparky', says it's because of my personality, read: temper. Lol.

That's cool! You are right hard to meet another Martha although I have met one that lives not far from me about a hour drive who is Martha May and I am Martha Mae, Which we both thought was funny. She is a little older than me.

About the real temper with the name Martha In my younger days the Bosses and Mechanics where I worked called me the feisty blonde and actually placed bets on when I would blow during the season.

Well nice to meet you Martha.

 

[Happy Chooks]

I came home from work yesterday to find a notice taped to my door. It informed that on Friday, March 14th, from 9:00am to 6:00pm, we will experience an interuption in our power.

NOBODY ASKED ME!! I have a hatch due that day and about 150 eggs in the bator! Off to borrow a generator........

Hope you get it worked out!

 

[Arielle]

Makes me laugh every time I see it...

 

[chicken pickin]

Wow! at least you got notice. They just cut ours. with no warning when they do that here. good luck getting a generator.

X2 we get no notice.

 

[Blarneyeggs]

Makes me laugh every time I see it...

Me TOO!!!!

@chicken picken... When the snow was too deep here I used a sled to move the fresh shavings and such into the coops and the nasty stuff to the garden. (thank you for yet another awesome tip, Sally Sunshine).

Since we're posting the goat pics... here are some of my babies:



The above pic is of our "Houdini" we simply could NOT keep her put...till we got the No climb fence, NOT one escape since....Woo Hoo!!! @SilkieSensation (I know, I know, there is no such thing as a 'goat proof fence'), but this is working for me, for now. YAY!!

 

[Desiree Brown]

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[chicken pickin]

Me TOO!!!!

@chicken picken... When the snow was too deep here I used a sled to move the fresh shavings and such into the coops and the nasty stuff to the garden. (thank you for yet another awesome tip, Sally Sunshine).

Since we're posting the goat pics... here are some of my babies:



The above pic is of our "Houdini" we simply could NOT keep her put...till we got the No climb fence, NOT one escape since....Woo Hoo!!! @SilkieSensation (I know, I know, there is no such thing as a 'goat proof fence'), but this is working for me, for now. YAY!!

No using a sled is a very smart idea. Im going to have to do that. Thank You!

And your goats are too cute!!!

 

[ddhyland]

Good morning all! Having my coffee and waking up. Cannot believe how bipolar the weather is this year. 80 degrees yesterday and down to 52 now, will be a lot cooler and stormy very shortly.

 

[Hayduke27]

It just occurred to me, while fantasizing about hatching eggs, that even though I have this new incubator and all the goodies, I still am praying, deep down, for a hen to go broody. I would love to time this hatch-a-long with a broody. However, I believe it's been said before, you can't ever seem to get a broody hen when you want one.

Does anybody ever manage to participate in the Easter Hatch-a-Long with a broody hen? Sounds like fun to me!!