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

[ronott1]

Woohoo! I was sad that I was going to miss the Easter Hatch-a-long, but hubby to the rescue!

He is building me a cabinet incubator, and hopes to have it done sometime this week!

That is great news!

 

[Cynthia12]

Except for them sending me the OLD version

 

[TJordan]

Well haven't had any eggs in almost a week. Yesterday that dog killed 4... Today I find 11!!!! I think maybe I need to let a dog near, not kill, them more often

 

[mlm Mike]

Sounds fun were in

Welcome to the 2016 Easter Hatch A Long!

Count me in!!!!

Welcome to the 2016 Easter Hatch A Long!

Ok I'm in I never did a hatch along is there a minimum of eggs I need so far I found a half dozen easter Eggers and a half dozen rir

Welcome to the 2016 Easter Hatch A Long!

Woohoo! I was sad that I was going to miss the Easter Hatch-a-long, but hubby to the rescue!

He is building me a cabinet incubator, and hopes to have it done sometime this week!

Welcome to the 2016 Easter Hatch A Long!

Hatching Participant List Current to Post 5704

 

[ToddQ]

UPDATE After last nights incubator troubles and my eggs hitting 106 degrees, I have been quite worried about them since they are on day 15 now. I just candled and it looks like I only lost 3 and had 4 blanks out of 28.

I finally decided to move my broody and her golfballs to the new in coop brooder. Made the move at noon. Figured was as good a time as any. I just picked up her nest, with her in it and moved it. She never made a peep. Feeling good I waited an hour, then went ahead and took her golfballs from her which really made her mad. So I gave her some real eggs 1 at a time and she was like a backhoe pulling them under her. She took 12 and absolutely refused any more. I guess she knows her limit lol. So now we wait fri-sat. Should be the day they hatch. Fingers crossed.

 

[ToddQ]

Well haven't had any eggs in almost a week. Yesterday that dog killed 4... Today I find 11!!!! I think maybe I need to let a dog near, not kill, them more often

Scared the eggs right out of them

 

[henless]

Count me in for my first ever hatch-a-long and first ever hatch! I'll be hatching some of my Cream Legbars. Can't wait!!

 

[ShrekDawg]

UPDATE After last nights incubator troubles and my eggs hitting 106 degrees, I have been quite worried about them since they are on day 15 now. I just candled and it looks like I only lost 3 and had 4 blanks out of 28.

I finally decided to move my broody and her golfballs to the new in coop brooder. Made the move at noon. Figured was as good a time as any. I just picked up her nest, with her in it and moved it. She never made a peep. Feeling good I waited an hour, then went ahead and took her golfballs from her which really made her mad. So I gave her some real eggs 1 at a time and she was like a backhoe pulling them under her. She took 12 and absolutely refused any more. I guess she knows her limit lol. So now we wait fri-sat. Should be the day they hatch. Fingers crossed.

That's awesome!!! Good luck with the hatch!! And i think they probably still have some wild instincts and know that many wouldn't survive/would be too hard to manage. And/or she can count. Birds are really smart even chickens so i bet she knows exactly how many she can handle what will you do with the others? Keep them in the brooder?

 

[Chickenluver106]

These are the two little Delawarean their names are Marilyn Monroe and Madonna

 

[Chickenluver106]

Oops typo I meant Delawares