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

[Chaos18]

Be sure to get back with us on how that works. I have been looking at that too. I dipped my eggs in vinegar last year and put them in the bator. I also added a teaspoon of vinegar to the water resevour (about a quart of water). I had problems with temp spikes that lost me eggs but when I broke the eggs open afterwards there was no green goo. Before I started using the vinegar I would get failed eggs with green goo. I was improvising from an article about dipping eggs in ascorbic acid (vitamin C). I didn't have any vitamin C but a remnant of Bio-Chemistry 101 from 30 years ago reminded me that vitamin C and vinegar were/are close cousins. So I am fairly certain that the vinegar dip kept down bacteria which will increase the chances of an egg making it to hatching. I don't have the resources to do a complete study with a control group of eggs from the same source in the same machine but if anyone wants to give it a try I would love to hear what your results are.

I'm going to try and do one for the HAL.

 

[mlm Mike]

I will join and hatch chicken and quail

Welcome to the 2016 Easter Hatch A Long!

The Hatch Participant List is Current to Post 2602

The list will not be updated again until I get home tomorrow, going on a little fun over night trip.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

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morning Mike Thank you!

 

[Lozuufy]

Thank you She's my baby he only got all puffed up and agitated because I was taking pictures and she didn't like the flash. Usually, I have no problem reaching under her and checking her eggs. All 6 of my hens are laying now. They all started one right after the other. I hatched 13 poults 2 weeks ago, have 30 eggs due to hatch this week and 100 more in the bator

Lol that's allot of eggs!

I got the seeds this year from some specialty pumpkin kinds, like red, blue, warty, and others... I grew a 80lb one the first year, and this year nothing, so next year I will be putting out about 500 plants, 200 pumpkin and 300 sunflower, and of course strawberries, raspberries, grapes, mint, and of course blueberries!!! I love my gardening... But ya I heard you can eat the eggs after deworming, but I wonder what effects it does with incubating the eggs.

Cool! Different kinds of pumpkins are so fun, and have you tried growing corn? I love growing corn, it is very addicting for me to collect the different colored kernels lol

I got some Glass Gem popcorn seeds recently, very excited to grow them. These are 2 links to pics of Glass Gem corn
http://cdn.territorialseed.com/images/uploads/17709_8915_large.jpg
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71GVFnVFZwL._SL1500_.jpg

I will join and hatch chicken and quail

Awesome! Are they Coturnix quail?

Welcome to the 2016 Easter Hatch A Long!

The Hatch Participant List is Current to Post 2602

The list will not be updated again until I get home tomorrow, going on a little fun over night trip.

Hope you have a good time!

 

[GitaBooks]

I will join and hatch chicken and quail

Welcome!

What kind of quail are you hatching?

 

[MuffMom]

My first post, and, I'm in for a hatch a long contest!

 

[nate1the1great1]

Lol that's allot of eggs!

Cool! Different kinds of pumpkins are so fun, and have you tried growing corn? I love growing corn, it is very addicting for me to collect the different colored kernels lol

I got some Glass Gem popcorn seeds recently, very excited to grow them. These are 2 links to pics of Glass Gem corn
http://cdn.territorialseed.com/images/uploads/17709_8915_large.jpg
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71GVFnVFZwL._SL1500_.jpg

Awesome! Are they Coturnix quail?

 Hope you have a good time! e

Ya we grow corn, potatoes, and all kinds of peas. I just do the pumpkins and sunflowers. Those are very pretty kernels, how do they taste?

 

[Lozuufy]

My first post, and, I'm in for a hatch a long contest!

Welcome! And

Are those quail antwerp belgian bantams? They are so cute!

 

[nate1the1great1]

My first post, and, I'm in for a hatch a long contest!

Hello and what you going to do, or hatch? Are those quail d'anvers?

 

[BantyChooks]

My first post, and, I'm in for a hatch a long contest!

Welcome! They sure are adorable!