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

[Sally Sunshine]

Hope I don't have any of these thinks in my hatch this time...

DITTO!

I've got a second pip!

Come on little chickies! I REALLY need to get to bed but I'm so excited now I doubt I could sleep. But if I sleep the time will seem to go by faster and maybe I'll wake to a chickie....decisions decisions...I am actually pretty tired...ok bed it is. Fingers crossed for chicks and more pips in the am.

GO CHICKIES GO!!









We had an excellent hatch of mutt eggs and ccl

But most are BOYS!!! How does gender get chosen and when? should I replace my roos?

 

[ChickenCanoe]

DITTO!

GO CHICKIES GO!!








We had an excellent hatch of mutt eggs and ccl

But most are BOYS!!! How does gender get chosen and when? should I replace my roos?

Unlike mammals, the hen determines the sex of her offspring.


17 degrees here now. Hopefully this is the last hard freeze.


I found some interesting items for you hatchaholics.

Here's a usb data logger for temp, humidity. The less expensive one is accurate to ±1F and 3% humidity
The more expensive one is accurate to ±0.6F and humidity ±2%
After your hatch you can track your temperature and humidity throughout incubation.
http://www.thermoworks.com/products...perature_humidity_loggers.html#Specifications

For those with a separate incubator and hatcher, this one is a two channel thermocouple with alarm. It's accurate to within 0.2% so I take that to mean at 100F, it's accurate to ± 0.2F
http://thermoworks.com/products/handheld/TW8060.html#Specifications

 

[mlm Mike]

Ah well I guess I'll just wait....

Argh, I want another incubator and some eggs to arrive in the mail, so badly. I am quickly being sucked into the addiction of hatching, a Hatch-A-Holic as they call us.

It will be here soon.

Panthers are not technically a species. The term panther refers most often to black leopards and black jaguars, which are actually just melanistic individuals. Panthera is the genus of large cats. The Florida Panther is really a puma and is the same color as a mountain lion.
In what state did your friend see these? Possibly melanistic puma? Where I live in Southern CA, black jaguars have been seen. They are more common in Mexico and South America.

Cat lesson of the night

I hope your cold is gone!

Interesting.

Hallo, i'm Joing too, from Aruba

I will hatch
15 layers (hyline)hen x barred plymoth rock eggs
12 ameraucana pure breed eggs
12 easter egger x ameraucana eggs and 3 Arubian jungle fowl x ameraucana eggs
A total of 42 eggs but i have to start march 31 because normaly some eggs hatch on day 19 and some day 20 explly my ameraucana pure and cross breeds and it will be my first time hatching barred plymouth rock x hyline eggs and the Arubian jungle fowl x ameraucana

Greating from Aruba

Welcome! Good luck with your hatch.

Good morning, Everyone! Rise and shine . . .




Collect eggs . . . only three more days to set!

How did you train him to do that?

Oh Joy! Yet another chance to get 'chickens in snow' pics. .

Oh, I mean that sucks.

 

[mlm Mike]

Today is the last day to enter contest #1!

Contest #1 has begun for the
5th Annual 2014 Easter Hatch-a-long!



Guess How Many Eggs Will Be Set!









Give us your best guess on how many eggs will be set by all BYC'ers participating in this hatch-a-long.
It includes ALL eggs, whether they are chicken, duck, goose, turkey, quail, emus, etc.
Have the closest guess and you win!



The Prize:
$25 Amazon Gift card




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The Rules:


This contest is open to all BYC members in the U.S. and Canada

Only 1 guess per member & Number may only be used once,
(Please make sure to check through the posts to make sure that your number isn't already taken)

If you want to lock in a number, post it before anybody else.

You can change your guess to a different day/hour IF IT IS NOT TAKEN (you are
responsible to verify if your new guess is available) but if you choose another day you allow someone else to take your previous guess.

You can change your guess as many times as you want until the end of the contest!

To change your guess: Edit your guest post before the end of the contest


Be the closest to the actual number SET to win

Deadline: March 26th at midnight PST to submit Guess!





To enter your guess:
Post in this thread with your guess of how many eggs will be set. (Please make sure to check through the posts to make sure that your number isn't already taken.)

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If you have not joined in the Easter Hatch-a-long, join us here:​

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/857062/the-5th-annual-byc-easter-hatch-a-long​

 

[PAchickenlover]

Ok, let me clarify what my friend told me then. She told me of huge black cats (Panthers) roaming around where she lives. They had some big cat take their German Sheppard a few years back. That is what she told me anyhow.

Panthers are not technically a species. The term panther refers most often to black leopards and black jaguars, which are actually just melanistic individuals. Panthera is the genus of large cats. The Florida Panther is really a puma and is the same color as a mountain lion.
In what state did your friend see these? Possibly melanistic puma? Where I live in Southern CA, black jaguars have been seen. They are more common in Mexico and South America.

Cat lesson of the night

I hope your cold is gone!

Talequah, Oklahoma or somewhere around those parts is where they have been seen. Of coarse the forestry dept. and G.C. deny that they exist ( just like they deny that there are any mountain loins in PA ). I knew that they were a melonistic product of the original breed (weather it be mtn lion, jaguire, or leopard) its just that most ppl refer to them as Panthers, I guess to distinguish the coloring of the cat. Supposedly they are having more and more problems in OK with large cats taking animals, a lot of people are starting to worry more about their children. I know my friend will not let her kids play out in the yard unless someone is out there with them with a loaded gun.

I am feeling 100% better thank you. I ate raw garlic for a few days and could really tell the difference. I am so glad we all are chatting online and not in person because I would have chased ppl away with my breath.

 

[uphilljill]

About 24 eggs from my pre-HAL test hatch are on day 18 and moving into the hatcher tonight. (Clears out some more space in the incubator for the HAL.

) Salmon Faverolles, Barred Rocks and BYMs hatching this weekend. Eggs are looking good with lots of movement:


In other news: One of my goats is showing signs of kidding today and another is imminent. Looking forward to a weekend of cute, fuzzy babies!

 

[mlm Mike]

About 24 eggs from my pre-HAL test hatch are on day 18 and moving into the hatcher tonight. (Clears out some more space in the incubator for the HAL.

) Salmon Faverolles, Barred Rocks and BYMs.

In other news: One of my goats is showing signs of kidding today and another is imminent. Looking forward to a weekend of cute, fuzzy babies!

Looking forward to pictures!

 

[PAchickenlover]

Btw...

Haha haha thought that one was funny. No seriously, going for coffee now...

 

[chicken pickin]

About 24 eggs from my pre-HAL test hatch are on day 18 and moving into the hatcher tonight. (Clears out some more space in the incubator for the HAL.

) Salmon Faverolles, Barred Rocks and BYMs hatching this weekend. Eggs are looking good with lots of movement:


In other news: One of my goats is showing signs of kidding today and another is imminent. Looking forward to a weekend of cute, fuzzy babies!

Oh Kids YAY! I hope it goes well for you and the doe. And PLEASE share the kid pics with us.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: awesome!