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

[JoyfulPromise]

JoyfulPromise, any update on your little chick??

Thanks for asking, but sadly, it didn't make it.

It was too active and ended up puncturing the exposed yolk sack. But I am very thankful for the 29 healthy chicks that I have, and they are all doing well with their adoptive broody mothers.

Congratulations on your beautiful Sultan chicks!

 

[Mama Bay]

One of my HAL is cute puffy cheek fat black chick from a green egg. The mother is EE and father Ghost Barred Leghorn mix ... Would it be considered an Easter Egger?

 

[ronott1]

One of my HAL is cute puffy cheek fat black chick from a green egg. The mother is EE and father Ghost Barred Leghorn mix ... Would it be considered an Easter Egger?

Yes, an Easter Egger.

Should be quite productive--The chick may lay lighter eggs if it is a pullet.

 

[Mama Bay]

Yes, an Easter Egger.

Should be quite productive--The chick may lay lighter eggs if it is a pullet.

Thanks! It is so much bigger and fatter than the other chicks I hatched. It looks like a mini black bear cub

 

[FrenchToast]

Hey guys is this the brinsea spot check that supposedly works really well?

http://www.amazon.com/Brinsea-BGB-Spot-Check-Thermometer/dp/B0099Y9SUQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1428935432&sr=8-1&keywords=brinsea+spot+check+thermometer

Thanks MK

Just an FYI
I ordered 2 of them from brinsea. Read over a degree different. Called. They sent me a 3rd. It came and doesn't want to stay on if it turns on at all. I left them a message. I will be requesting a refund and a postage paid return label. They are real cheesy if you ask me. I bought a meat thermometer for $7. It can be recalibrate as well.

 

[Cynthia12]

So many wonderful entries made this a tough contest to judge! There can only be 3 winners.

The winners of the Dustbathing Contest are............



1st Place:

leilanio

2nd Place:

lilbrownrat

3rd Place:

toynutz

Congratulations!​

CONGRATULATIONS!!

 

[whamphascat]

love this one ,looks like is napping after dust bathing

 

[chickadoodles]

Congratulations to the dust bathing winners!

 

[NikkiCole5]

Hey guys I need advice soon, we got a huge thunderstorm last night, and today, don't usually get rain here. I have/had a duck laying on some eggs, that are developing great, the duck is not on the eggs right now and the place the eggs are is totally soaked. Should I just bring them in the house to the incubator or hope it works out?

 

[ronott1]

Hey guys I need advice soon, we got a huge thunderstorm last night, and today, don't usually get rain here. I have/had a duck laying on some eggs, that are developing great, the duck is not on the eggs right now and the place the eggs are is totally soaked. Should I just bring them in the house to the incubator or hope it works out?

Wait to see if the duck goes back to the eggs. They can sit for several hours and be just fine. The water will not hurt them either.