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

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: sure, I think I will have to keep quoting him, I mean it muwahhahhhhaaaaa

 

[WHmarans]

sure, I think I will have to keep quoting him,  I mean it  muwahhahhhhaaaaa

Lmao
Ah Brad .. So much talent, such a tight shirt. (Totally kidding .. Kind of). It's mesmerizing because its funny! I used to work as a lifeguard and one of the lifeguards decided to try on lost and found items during break and one of them was a 6 year olds shirt. I do not believe I have ever laughed harder in my life. Reminds me solidly of that incident.

 

[SoManyHats]

Oh my gosh, I think I'm going to pull my hair out!! I've got five hens who refuse to lay eggs anywhere but in the one corner of our community nest box, and my broody hen who refuses to sit on eggs anywhere else. So today I go in and check on her, and one of the other hens has apparently decided she is no longer going to tolerate the broody hogging the spot. So this is what was going on:

Another picture, which I took with my good camera and I don't know how to upload here, is of her sitting directly on the broody hen's back! So I got her off and locked her out of the coop, and boy is she . Why won't she pick a different place to lay???

Was I wrong to intervene?

 

[chickensnbees]

Wow! Great job with shipped eggs- how long do you typically let them settle? 
And do you turn right away once they go in the bator?

I usually get my eggs early from the post office and have them unpacked and sitting in the incubator room by 6 am. I set them later that night after dinner. The Bresse eggs I set in a carton and started tipping each egg the next morning and for 5 days then layed down. These were from mzstre and we're packed amazing with only mildly loose air cells that were completely normal by day 5. The ducks I began hand turning very carefully the morning after setting. I'm experimenting with the RIR eggs. I put some into a turner after they rested and the other half I put in another bator and didn't start the turner until day 5. Same type bators side by side with same temp reading. I can't wait to candle those and see how they do and if turning early or later makes a big difference.

 

[WHmarans]

Oh my gosh, I think I'm going to pull my hair out!! I've got five hens who refuse to lay eggs anywhere but in the one corner of our community nest box, and my broody hen who refuses to sit on eggs anywhere else. So today I go in and check on her, and one of the other hens has apparently decided she is no longer going to tolerate the broody hogging the spot. So this is what was going on:

Another picture, which I took with my good camera and I don't know how to upload here, is of her sitting directly on the broody hen's back! So I got her off and locked her out of the coop, and boy is she . Why won't she pick a different place to lay???

Was I wrong to intervene?

I've seen hens pile in a box to lay even if none are broody. If it bothered your broody I think you did the right thing.

 

[Cynthia12]

It's still morning here..for a min.

 

[Cynthia12]

Soo sweet! They are getting big fast!

 

[misbhaven]

wrong place still funny though

 

[misbhaven]

still waiting on more ducks to hatch...the one who is half hatched is doing well..

 

[Cynthia12]

I'm sorry, but have to say it..why does this always look like the wee wee dance to

me?

And someone better point the way to the door on the left down the hall real fast!

Just remembering how my kids used to look, when ...well,...when....Funny how our grandchildren are looking the same way now when...when...