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

[Razadia]

Quote: I got mine from Meyer. I'm starting to think they came from the Rare Breed Assortment. I only ordered 3, all females. All 3 of my Andalusians are pullets. I ended up with a lighter blue, a darker blue, and a splash. I really need to get some new pics of them all when it dries out some.

So I found out today that my austrolorps had the early stages of scaly leg mites, which I have never had before, and when I got them they were like that, so I spent my night with 3 chickens in the bathroom getting pedicures... They somewhat enjoyed it, well the roo LOVED it, since he loves cuddles, but the hens however... Sort of, well the one hen, the other one just laid in the tub (not standing) which took longer to get done with... Lol they are so silly,a don I love there different personalities. Well now that that's over, I am very happy.. Hoping for no more of that...

Leg mites seem to be the most common thing I run into. Never had my own birds get it, but I've been given plenty that had to be treated for it before quarantine ended.

Haha I'm Korean and they're spamming/advertising an online casino... why here though... T_T very random IMO

Nice Mass Effect avey.

 

[TJordan]

My current batch will go into lockdown in 3 days... Sadly my husband said NO to another batch until next spring... Says to many birds and I'll be overrun and over stretched on my finances. I figure my current hens will all be laying again in about a week then I'll start selling eggs. That way he can't say they cost.

 

[Eps32]

This is Jonas he says hi. He was named after the snow storm Jonas that knocked are power out for three days. He was one of the chicks that made it with no heat lamp for a day in a half till I got a generator. He's was 4 days old at the time now little over 3 weeks. Dad was a barred rock mom was a EE. I think he's a Roo just my opinion though. What do you experts think Roo ?

 

[ronott1]

This is Jonas he says hi. He was named after the snow storm Jonas that knocked are power out for three days. He was one of the chicks that made it with no heat lamp for a day in a half till I got a generator. He's was 4 days old at the time now little over 3 weeks. Dad was a barred rock mom was a EE. I think he's a Roo just my opinion though. What do you experts think Roo ?

Could be a cockerel--I see you have butter and spices at the ready just in case!

 

[TJordan]

This is Jonas he says hi. He was named after the snow storm Jonas that knocked are power out for three days. He was one of the chicks that made it with no heat lamp for a day in a half till I got a generator. He's was 4 days old at the time now little over 3 weeks. Dad was a barred rock mom was a EE. I think he's a Roo just my opinion though. What do you experts think Roo ?

3 weeks and no tailfeathrrs yet. Very possible. I've always been able to tell girl from boy by speed of feathering. Fast = hen slow = rooster just saying.

 

[mallory2013]

Could be a cockerel--I see you have butter and spices at the ready just in case! 

 

[mallory2013]

Soooo it's snowing really hard here and our power got knocked out for an hour and then came back on for 10 minutes and then got knocked out again for an hour and a half and then just came back on Again!! Thank God for hand warmers and fluffy blankets!! My bator got down to 85 degrees

Im hoping that the eggs aren't too affected by this and they stayed toasty with the hand warmers.

 

[UGLYFOOT]

Could be a cockerel--I see you have butter and spices at the ready just in case!

I have 4 pips (that I can see) in the hatching tray for my VERY FIRST hatch! I am soooo eggcited! I was sure I would miss it tomorrow but I think that my count is off on days. I wasn't counting the day I set them as a day.. Does that make sense? Or are they early?

 

[OneMountainAcres]

Soooo it's snowing really hard here and our power got knocked out for an hour and then came back on for 10 minutes and then got knocked out again for an hour and a half and then just came back on Again!! Thank God for hand warmers and fluffy blankets!! My bator got down to 85 degrees

Im hoping that the eggs aren't too affected by this and they stayed toasty with the hand warmers.

They should be fine. My big incubator got knocked down to 75° for 4 hours maybe a week ago and it doesn't look like I lost any from it.

 

[ronott1]

I have 4 pips (that I can see) in the hatching tray for my VERY FIRST hatch! I am soooo eggcited! I was sure I would miss it tomorrow but I think that my count is off on days. I wasn't counting the day I set them as a day.. Does that make sense? Or are they early?

It could be!

External pips usually happen on day 19 to 20 but sometimes they do come early. Double check the temperatures--a bit too warm on average can make them hatch early.



I hope you have a great hatch!