The 7th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-A-Long!

[Hurley]

Now for something else, totally random, for grins and giggles.


How about a couple drawings I did on a 3-subject challenge?

This was a 5 drawing set - free choice of subject, but all 5 in the series were to have the same 3 objects in them (more or less) and each drawing was to stretch for a different feel from the others. Not sure what I did with the last two drawings, right now, but here are the first three of them.

(Moon, Apple/Tree, and Chicken were the 3 things I chose to include in the series. These are the first 3. The 4th one was a chicken jitterbugging with a tree with the moon as a disco ball overhead, blackout background. The last one was an older chicken, head shot from front, beak holding a sprouting apple seed, with the moon behind, surrounding the head. I wanted the chicken to grow up as I moved through the drawings, with the apple tree going backwards through its life - barren tree, fruit bearing, flowering, sapling, seed).

 

[sjturner79]

are you intending to breed them or sell them?? I am still researching this pullet egg stuff, I ran out of time last night and it got pretty chaotic. I think the abstracts go by egg size and not really when they started to lay so using those for reasoning just makes no reason

But we do know, there are issues later on with growth. So its up to you, if it was me and I would set them and sell them as pullet egg chicks so the buyer is aware.

Good Morning!!

do you have an idea of what breeds your planning?

My wishlist is
Lavender Araucana - If i get less than 2 hens out of current hatch.
Rhode Island Red
Buff Orpingtons
Dorkings
Cornish
If I don't have any of those avaible i'll set the current gen of my sizzle projects

 

[ToddQ]

  Welcome ToddQ!  breeds to hatch?

welcome Patricia!!    what do you plan on hatching?

welcome! you will enjoy it!

true story!!   Welcome!   what kind are you gonna look for?

GREAT ADVICE and love your set up!

will be attempting copper marans and a few barred rock

 

[Cynthia12]

rigged

NOT! Lucky. Should have gone and bought a lottery ticket!

 

[Cynthia12]

Since this is a pretty active thread and yall are experienced hatchets can anyone tell me if I can set eggs that are cold when collected. It's like 20 here and when I collect eggs they're usually cold. Not frozen but cold. Would I be able to hatch them if they get cold?

Someone has surely answered this. Trying to catch up. If is one word wars going on, it shouldn't be long..but..in case you weren't answered. I have set cold eggs from outside..of course, they sat in the carton pointy end down for the day, or a few days first until I got what I wanted to set.

 

[Cynthia12]

Whew, ok caught up. And sadly I saw some not so BYC appropriate photos and conduct.

Remember, family friendly, and, ahem..child friendly. I am still young at heart! Ya hear?!?

 

[Cynthia12]

@Hurley you are so very talented. If you were to donate one of your photos for a prize, I would be doing everything possible to win it! Just beautiful Some things just come natural for folks..yours is in drawing for sure!

 

[Cynthia12]

will be attempting copper marans and a few barred rock

I may have an active Blue Copper Marans by the time the set date comes along myself! I am so excited to see if he is ready, and the girls are laying.

 

[ToddQ]

I may have an active Blue Copper Marans by the time the set date comes along myself!  I am so excited to see if he is ready, and the girls are laying. 

Dang, would love blue, I have only 1 black that lays nice dark eggs.

 

[sjturner79]

Since this is a pretty active thread and yall are experienced hatchets can anyone tell me if I can set eggs that are cold when collected. It's like 20 here and when I collect eggs they're usually cold. Not frozen but cold. Would I be able to hatch them if they get cold?

Not a problem. I get no difference in results from eggs 7 days in fridge, or 7 days at room temp. I have also had 75% hatch on 9 eggs 21 days in fridge.