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

[NotAFarm]

Only 1 week until emu eggs need to be set! Anyone setting them?

 

[caeti21]

Ive got some eggs coming coming in im super excited e

 

[jbenson]

I'm in!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

my random post entry, a silver spangled appenzeller spitzhauben chick, hatched January 14/15

beautiful!

I've been wanting to join my first hatch a long and this one would be perfect. Getting some quail this weekend and will start collecting green and blue eggs to hatch closer to time. Which my turkeys, geese, and Guineas would start laying but they stopped as soon as it got cold!!!

Welcome !!! hope they start laying again for you!!

Ohhhh SALLY MORE PICS!!!!!!!






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LOL I love your enthusiasm Nathan!!

Thanks! Same to you, Sally!! (Even thought I'm sure you don't need it..lol)

Everyone needs luck and blessings! thank you!

so pretty!!!

Lockdown, then I have another hatch planned after this one, then the Easter Hal hatch, I will be so busy!

good luck my friend!!

I'm in!

Awesome!!!!

 

[Lozuufy]

Yes I do indeed have pictures! I am quite proud of it haha. My very first hatch was a bit hairy because I had no idea what I was doing lol. I had a little more than 50% hatch rate with 8 eggs out of 14 hatching. They were shipped. The next batch I hatched were ones I got from my bantams and I had a 100% hatch rate (8 eggs out of 8).

My first batch of shipped eggs



The outside, it has two viewing windows. Sometimes I wish it had more!! Haha



Ignore the writing, my younger sister wrote notes of encouragement to the chicks as they were hatching

This is what I use for temp monitoring. Its awesome. It was the most expensive part of my bator, I think it was $15.



Please don't mind the mess, I need to clean it after my last hatch! I use a computer fan wired to a repurposed plug (the plug used to be for a cell phone charger) and the light bulb is in a regular socket. The light bulb is my heat source. The fan actually circulates the heat very well for being so small!



This is the best picture I could find of the way I turn the eggs, I cut an egg carton and duct tape it to a 1/2" wooden dolley. The dolley then sticks out the side of the bator, and I can turn the eggs without opening the top. However in this case I had to manually move some of them because I could only fit a dozen on my egg carton turner.



So there's my little bator!

Awesome!

Quote:
Bantams seem to be almost always hatching evil plans

I am very excited

I will have my own cabin too so can't wait for that. I see lots of new birds in my future, not just bantams. The one kind I can't get though is emus, both my parents said NO to those

(I haven't asked about ostriches yet though

)

Here are some better pictures of my new poults I had 13 out of 14 hatch. Please excuse the messy brooder. Of course I took pictures before cleaning it

Cuties

 

[Happy Chooks]

Here are some better pictures of my new poults I had 13 out of 14 hatch. Please excuse the messy brooder. Of course I took pictures before cleaning it

Silkiezilla in the first 2 pictures!

Cute!

Lovin the photos...the homemade bator..wow! Those little poults are adorable!

Cool bator!

This thread was started 5 days ago......5.....and we have over 700 posts!!!

Pretty typical.

I still need eggs for the hatch along! Anybody need a doll quilt?! I sew... Would trade for bantams, white call ducks, Sebastopol goose eggs.... Intense egg colored layers that don't pig out... Pm me of you would consider a trade. I can also sew a simple child's apron or whatever you "need" lol

I don't have what you are after but

that you sew. I hate, hate, hate sewing. It's all I can do to sew boy scout patches on shirts.

Only 1 week until emu eggs need to be set! Anyone setting them?

Not that I'm aware of.

someone is setting emu eggs.

 

[campingshaws]

I brought home babies yesterday!! e

 

[BantyChooks]

I brought home babies yesterday!! e

Aww how cute!
Svart Hona?

 

[FridayYet]

Good morning everyone!

 

[campingshaws]

I brought home babies yesterday!! e

Aww how cute!
Svart Hona?

Yes! I'm hoping for pullets to add to my pair. Now I'm up to 9! e