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

[Cynthia12]

what is candling??????

This is candling..and they use a pizza box! You can just hold the flashlight in your hand, or buy a candler.

This one is interesting too...how many of you have some blocks like these for your kids..steal them back..quick! lol

 

[Pennae]

does any one know any small cheap incubators

 

[RedIII]

But, but, 5 yrs. old..they just don't know better.  They should have been told in the beginning?  

I knew better to touch things that weren't mine in someone else's house when I was tree. Maybe they didn't know better, but this sounds like a good learning opportunity.

Candling is shining a bright light through the shell of your incubating eggs to see the chicks while they are developing.  It's highly addictive.

It is also the less-popular method of accidentally blinding yourself with a very bright light. This way is not recommended.

 

[LadyCluck77]

I can on some..that are the ones that you can feather.  I did learn how to vent sex..it works great, but you have to be sooo careful..can do damage, that I am not sure I will try that again after reading what I read about it. 

What information do you recommend for vent sexing? I usually can tell at two weeks by wing feathers, but I'm very interested in learning about the vent method. I know it's critical to be gentle or you can kill a chick.

 

[Junibutt]

Hmm I looked on the actual Brinsea website www.brinsea.com says they have NO giveaways currently running https://www.brinsea.com/articles/Giveaways.aspx

I guess I gave my DOB and email to some stranger.

 

[Junibutt]

Most of my eggs are doing the half shell thing. Mine lay on their side. Embryos stay on that side, even if it's not on the lowest point (does that make sense?). I think I've seen it in previous hatches, but I have a brighter light now and I'm seeing things that I couldn't see before, so I'm not sure. These eggs are from my hens and a friends. Not the same breeds. Hers are pure and mixed, so certainly not genetic. We don't feed the same feed or live too close to each other. I dip her eggs in a weak bleach solution before putting them in the bator with my eggs (haven't had any problems doing that). So the only thing in common is my incubator and I had some of the eggs in a second one until day 9 1/2. I'm not going to worry about it. Oh, one more common thing. We had a cold snap during collection time and both our flocks almost stopped laying.

Fingers crossed!

 

[mlm Mike]

If you are interested in winning a Brinsea Incubator be sure to enter the Cutest Baby Fowl Contest!


Contest #7: Cutest Baby Fowl

To enter, go here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/955900/contest-7-cutest-baby-fowl-2015-easter-hatchalong/0_50

Contest #7​

Brinsea’s Cutest Baby Fowl Photo Contest!
6th Annual 2014 Easter Hatch-a-long!

We are looking for the cutest baby Fowl out there!

2014 winner mrschofield





A Panel of Judges will
determine the winner!

The Prize:
Mini Advance Incubator

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Contest Rules:
Entries welcome for all types of Domestic fowl – chickens, ducks, peafowl, geese, quail, etc.
Absolutely No fake editing
Open to all BYC members in the U.S. and Canada (if the winner is from Canada, you might need to pay shipping)
Must be your picture, taken in the last year
Baby fowl must be less than one month old
Maximum of 2 entries per member
Cannot use a photo that has been posted in prior contests
Must be 18 years old to enter

Deadline for entry is April 17th, 2015 at midnight PST
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[Sambi89]

Quote: If you look under rules it lets you know Brinsea isn't giving it away Hobby Farms is in collaboration with Brinsea. It's like if I was holding a raffle for something I don't manufacture my own prizes so I would buy a prize and raffle it off. So hobbyfarms is giving it away.

 

[Puddin Fluff]

Puddin Fluff, I am loving your phoenix pair. Very pretty!

Thanks for the compliments on my birds. My broody now has an assistant and another friend who wants to be broody. The assistant will be allowed to stay, they are sharing eggs and the box, the other friend is about to meet the broody buster.

We were gone for a couple days so today is day 8 for me. Candling tonight!!!

Beautiful!

 

[chickadoodles]

Quote:
Oh my! Now what????