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

[Happy Chooks]

Contest #6
2014 Easter Hatch-a-long

Natural Egg Photo Contest!

2014 winner The Sheriff




This contest is for photos of poultry eggs in their natural state no dying or altering allowed. The eggs can be from chickens, ducks, turkeys, geese, swans, quail, guineas, peafowl, pheasants, or any other type of poultry. Use as many different types as you wish! Take photos of your eggs in interesting arrangements and settings!



2 photo entries per contestant
ENTRY DEADLINE
Wednesday, April 15th, 2015 at Midnight PST
A panel of Judges will choose the winner


The Prize:

Egg Skelter, Treat Package, 30 pound bag of Manna Pro Organic Layer Pellets and a 30 pound bag of Organic Scratch ($125 value)

Courtesy of Manna Pro


For details and to enter, go here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...egg-photo-contest-2015-easter-hatchalong/0_50​

 

[coop410silkies]

Any of y'all ever had a day 7 egg that has development but no apparent air cell? I have a FBMC egg that's fairly dark and I can see the shadow of the embryo and the tippy top of the egg, where the air cell should be. The other four FBMC eggs look normal.

i just candled a few like that; some of them had no development at all, but when I saw movement in one (these were a few days older), I got out my high power flashlight to check it out. Sure enough there were not so obvious air cells. Over half the eggs in my first two incubations of this year failed to develop or make it to lockdown. Some were almost 2 weeks old when I set them, but not all. I didn't check for fertility, and just settled on them having gotten too cold, as I wasn't the most diligent about collecting them often. Hope my current set does better. Good luck on YOUR hatch. Laurie in a colorado blizzard

 

[Cynthia12]

ok going to try to hatch us some babies !

 

[Corny Caleb]

Aww, its a shame I got my emu eggs too late : / I just set 3.

 

[Amywilliams]

I'd like to join in. I will be hatching some mix breeds

 

[myfivegirls]

Contest #5
The 6th Annual BYC Easter Hatchalong

Broodies and their babies!

2013 winner Contrastphoto


Who doesn’t love seeing a mother hen with her chicks? Show us your best pictures of your Broody Hen and her babies.
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Can't wait to see all the great photos! Now, I just have to sort through all my photos of broody hens!!

 

[Peep-Chicken]

Anyone else vaccinating the chicks they hatch against Mareks?

 

[kittydoc]

Anyone else vaccinating the chicks they hatch against Mareks?

I did with my last 3 hatches, but I need to order some more vaccine. I hate the way it is marketed only for big hatcheries, but if you are careful, you can subdivide the "powdered" part from the liquid diluent and get 2 to 3 uses out of it.

 

[ellymayRans]

Anyone else vaccinating the chicks they hatch against Mareks?

I do. I've never trusted dividing it though. I've skipped a few batches here and there over the years but just try to fill the bator when I hatch or coordinate chick arrivals as close as possible. It's all pretty easy. I have a condition and my hands shake way too bad to administer so DH does that part while I sterilize and pinch the skin.

 

[OneMountainAcres]

Anyone else vaccinating the chicks they hatch against Mareks?

I don't but I'm still new to babies and hatching