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

[tnspursfan09]

My neighbor just gave me the cutest little sunbeam rotisserie. She's only used it once and thought that I could make better use of it.

 

[chikenscratch]

Of my original 11, one was broken by the hens, 5 hatched with one of those dying, and I still have 5 to go!

 

[Pozees]

Cynthia, congratulations, and I would be keeping the pale yellow with black stripe down the back - the one third from the left in the last picture with the OE peeking around it - I love those markings on chicks, they usually turn out beautiful adults, so you feel free to buy it a plane ticket to CO LOL.

I have been ridiculously busy still, barely time to read every 3rd or 4th page and try to keep up with most of what's going on. It is my own fault of course, as DH would say, took on too much at once, but I would rather be busy than bored. Lots of projects to do, all are behind I just moved some eggs to the hatcher early this morning (about 8 hours later than I planned), 15 Salmon Faverolles, 7 of 9 shipped White Bresse (!), and my first two home-bred Ameraucanas - I didn't select the pair, I asked the breeder to select for me, and I love the birds - cannot wait until Friday!

I have a dozen or so home bred HRIR growing up right now, and am very excited to see how they turn out, they are the sweetest, funniest chicks. As soon as they figure out the humans are the food bringers, they run to greet you every time you visit, to see what you've brought them this time. I adore them.

 

[Kalalyn21]

My total was 14 out of 26 set eggs

 

[starlingdaly]

Wow you got it and I even misquoted it.  Send me a PM and I will let you pick some eggs.

For those that don't know, it is a Firefly reference.  If you have never watched that series, take the time.  It is the absolute best scifi-western.

OMG I was just a little too late to say it! LOVE Firefly. Hate that there's not more.

 

[Junibutt]

Here are a couple of pics of my 1st chic born at 9:30 this morning. She is a CCL and we have named her Hope. CCL experts can comment if we have sexed her correctly.







2 more CCL eggs have pips (Yeah!!!)

 

[foxvalleyfarm]

Chicks 2 and 3 raced each other to get out and both are now screaming because I left them alone. The first one is in the brooder since he kept sleeping on top of the pipped eggs.

 

[CackleJoy]

I understand someone wants our shipped egg info but I can't get this thing to tag correctly. Am I spelling it wrong? Can someone help me by spelling it out? I've lost the name in this voluminous thread. Since one of my batches of shipped eggs had a 80% success rate, I'd like the method recorded as wonderful!

 

[angelobutter]

angelobutter - if all else fails, see whether anyone nearby is advertising on Craigslist. Newly hatched chicks, depending on whether purebred and if so which breed, can sell from $3 to $25 in my area, usually much closer to the $3 if it's the time of year local feed stores have hatchery chicks. If they are out from under the heat lamp/heat plate I try for at least $8 each (think of the time, electricity, and equipment they will have saved by not needing to provide heat!) - and I always offer a discount for more than a few. I have had many conversations about hatchery versus local chicks, about sexing chicks, about what happens to extra males at hatcheries, and I try to be gentle and factual.

I also ask whether their coops/brooders are all set up already, whether they have chick starter, what they are using to keep young chicks warm, whether they have ever raised chicks before, etc. Some people don't know what a chick requires, and asking a couple of questions gives me some idea of whether they know how to care for them.

@angelobutter you need to research pricing online for each breed and what quality and what need there is for the chicks.

(sigh) thats what i thought. I am THE worst person at settling on prices. oh well I will try to figure this out a bit.

I justrecieved my Brinsea Spot check in the mail. But its not reading a temp it just has a letter L and the f for fahrenheit in the upper right corner is flashing. Im not sure how to get it to read the temp lo

I got one and it was doing just what yours is, checked and even replaced the battery, put it in my mouth to test temp, put it int he incubator to test temp and nothing. I wrote to them and they sent me a new/functional one right away.

 

[ronott1]

I understand someone wants our shipped egg info but I can't get this thing to tag correctly. Am I spelling it wrong? Can someone help me by spelling it out? I've lost the name in this voluminous thread. Since one of my batches of shipped eggs had a 80% success rate, I'd like the method recorded as wonderful!

@ozexpat

wants the information.