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

[UGLYFOOT]

I am in! This will be my first HAL. I am new to chickens as of last year, and the math has already grabbed ahold of me!

Hubby decided to just go big for Christmas, for my first incubator, he got me the GQF Sportsman 1502 (feeding my insanity). It arrived on the 13th of January. I set 18 mixed backyard chicken eggs and 2 runner duck eggs on the 16th. For the next stagger I set 19 Serama on the 20th. I just bid on 8++ silkie/showgirl eggs on Ebay. I have 12 live chicks arriving on the 28th. In addition to the 4 hatched two weeks ago by a friend, and the 16 babies shipped to me in the month of December. After all this he asked me where I am going to put all these babies.. Ha Ha Good thing he just built me a new 2nd coop that is 16 X 12! We will be very busy building additional pens for the small breeds so they don't have to fight with the BIG ones. Feeling grateful we have 5 acres and good neighbors that are not too close!

Guess I better figure out what I want to put in for this??? I might need some local eggs to assure a better hatch rate.
Anyone in the North Idaho/Washington/Montana that have purebred eggs I can get by then?

 

[RachaelR32]

I'd love to hatch some chicks for Easter. I'll need one of my girls to go broody though and I don't think thats likely. I only have 3 girls -pullets. 1 laid me a few eggs end of last year, went broody in December and hatched me some chicks yesterday. It'll probably be too soon for her to be broody again. The other 2 are total freeloaders who have never laid anything and think their sister does somr crazy stuff with the whole egg laying chick hatching thing. So I'll be hoping on one of them, so not much hope there :-(

 

[mommaford09]

I'm in!

 

[mommaford09]

I am in! This will be my first HAL. I am new to chickens as of last year, and the math has already grabbed ahold of me!

Hubby decided to just go big for Christmas, for my first incubator, he got me the GQF Sportsman 1502 (feeding my insanity). It arrived on the 13th of January. I set 18 mixed backyard chicken eggs and 2 runner duck eggs on the 16th. For the next stagger I set 19 Serama on the 20th. I just bid on 8++ silkie/showgirl eggs on Ebay. I have 12 live chicks arriving on the 28th. In addition to the 4 hatched two weeks ago by a friend, and the 16 babies shipped to me in the month of December. After all this he asked me where I am going to put all these babies.. Ha Ha Good thing he just built me a new 2nd coop that is 16 X 12! We will be very busy building additional pens for the small breeds so they don't have to fight with the BIG ones. Feeling grateful we have 5 acres and good neighbors that are not too close!

Guess I better figure out what I want to put in for this??? I might need some local eggs to assure a better hatch rate.
Anyone in the North Idaho/Washington/Montana that have purebred eggs I can get by then?

You have an awesome husband! Keep him around. LOL That is what happen to me last year. I hatch everything I could get my hands on. Happy hatching!

 

[draye]

Dr. Draye.
Hows it going?

It's going great.

Did a small hatch this month.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Put me down for this hatch a long. I'm going to give it a try.

YAY!!! Hi'ya draye!

I am going to try to be in! (will let you know first couple of weeks in Feb)... Should be in our house by then, so no worrying about my MIL freaking out about eggs. Maybe I'll try ducks or geese this time around...

fd!!! where you been hiding!!! Dont try to be in,.... be there!!!!

I MIGHT be in, depending on how the current batch of Cream Legbar eggs hatches out, and how well and quickly my rooster recovers.

- Ant Farm

Not might!! say you will!!! I pray roo recovers!!

I am in! This will be my first HAL. I am new to chickens as of last year, and the math has already grabbed ahold of me!

Hubby decided to just go big for Christmas, for my first incubator, he got me the GQF Sportsman 1502 (feeding my insanity). It arrived on the 13th of January. I set 18 mixed backyard chicken eggs and 2 runner duck eggs on the 16th. For the next stagger I set 19 Serama on the 20th. I just bid on 8++ silkie/showgirl eggs on Ebay. I have 12 live chicks arriving on the 28th. In addition to the 4 hatched two weeks ago by a friend, and the 16 babies shipped to me in the month of December. After all this he asked me where I am going to put all these babies.. Ha Ha Good thing he just built me a new 2nd coop that is 16 X 12! We will be very busy building additional pens for the small breeds so they don't have to fight with the BIG ones. Feeling grateful we have 5 acres and good neighbors that are not too close!

Guess I better figure out what I want to put in for this??? I might need some local eggs to assure a better hatch rate.
Anyone in the North Idaho/Washington/Montana that have purebred eggs I can get by then?

someone does have a great hubs and has an addiction like most of us!!! grateful is right! 5 acres is plenty to keep them neighbors at bay!! Welcome to the HAL!

I'd love to hatch some chicks for Easter. I'll need one of my girls to go broody though and I don't think thats likely. I only have 3 girls -pullets. 1 laid me a few eggs end of last year, went broody in December and hatched me some chicks yesterday. It'll probably be too soon for her to be broody again. The other 2 are total freeloaders who have never laid anything and think their sister does somr crazy stuff with the whole egg laying chick hatching thing. So I'll be hoping on one of them, so not much hope there :-(

we will pray for broodies!!! or you could always make a cooler bator ya know! cheap and fun to do! much easier than you think too! there are links in my siggy!

I'm in!

AWESOME!! welcome!! what do you wanna hatch?

 

[lacymorgan]

He he he I got my new bator yesterday so NOW I am ready to do this thing.

 

[Chaos18]

He he he I got my new bator yesterday so NOW I am ready to do this thing.

 

[dolfi]

Thank you! They are even prettier in person. I probably will set some I can't seem to help myself! I have about 40 isabelles and splits in the incubator right now. What I need to be doing is building coops!!! This is a picture of some of the NYD isabelle chicks.

Those are just stunning

 

[lacymorgan]

I am very Eggcited to get this I have 7 dz in it now

will help fill the orders I have for chicks