The 6th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

[bantambury]

I had to share!

HAHAH MY TURN!!!

caught this on video back in june. I was holding my hen and she flew out of my arms spooking my roo. he decided to mount on her, but was so thrown off with all the excitement this happened...LOL
I thought it was pretty darn funny

 

[Happy Chooks]

when do we post numbers sat??????? It will be very interesting to see just how crazy everyone is!!!!!!

Yes, we'll start posting the number of eggs set on Saturday. Those who are setting quail will have to let us know when they set all of their eggs.

 

[Cynthia12]

. 2nd winner of the Random Posting Contest is

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Congratulations! You have won a 6 month GFM!

The magic time was 2:05PM on 3/2.
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[Cynthia12]

Happy, it's wonderful seeing all of those bees!

 

[jbkirk]

We don't spray our fruit trees. They are older, but we have plenty of apple trees, so we get plenty. Have a huge cherry tree that just keeps on giving. When we see the honey bees, we are pretty excited, because we know we will be getting fruit.

Did you know that Bees only account for 1/2 of all pollination. But it is a whole 1/2.

 

[gevshiba]

Y'all aren't even going to believe this. After having to convince DH that the HAL was a cool thing to do, and nearly having to back out because he wasn't on board, yesterday he told me to save ALL THE EGGS for hatch.

So in addition to the EE/OE that I picked up Saturday, I'm saving ALL my SS and SS mixed eggs. I have white chickens and black chickens under the SS roo.

Does anyone know if speckles are a dominant trait? I can't wait to see them!

Back before I had an SS rooster, I crossed a Buff Orpington on my SS hens. I got buff birds with a few feathers with light baring. I sold them and they were killed by a dog, but I saw a couple pictures and they had lost the barred feathers.

 

[ocap]

my hens started increasing their egg production yesterday, just in time

 

[campingshaws]

Back before I had an SS rooster, I crossed a Buff Orpington on my SS hens.  I got buff birds with a few feathers with light baring.  I sold them and they were killed by a dog, but I saw a couple pictures and they had lost the barred feathers.

That's disappointing. I wonder if it's like the barring gene and the rooster carries two, while the hens carry one? So maybe having the SS roo over the mixed hens will make a difference.

 

[SallyinIndiana]

I'm still waiting on my mallards to start to lay. I have 3 females hatched out last summer and still no egg.

 

[cree57i]

I am in lugoff, southCarolina. About 30 mins. Away from columbia.

I wish you were closer to Tennessee. I got more than 3 dozen today! I've never shipped eggs so not really sure exactly how to get them to you safely. Planning any trips to Nashville in the next few days?