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

[Wickedchicken6]

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Oh...here dinner is at noon. Supper is at 6pm. Ok...well it's 2pm and we're still waiting to have "dinner". It's what happens when you're married to a farmer...

 

[Cynthia12]

Oh...here dinner is at noon. Supper is at 6pm. Ok...well it's 2pm and we're still waiting to have "dinner". It's what happens when you're married to a farmer...

Yes, I mentioned this before..dinner is lunch for some. I think I can safely say, at least Breakfast means the same thing everywhere, at least in the states!

 

[aplynn]

The girls are seriously proud of their eggs this morning, singing the song of their people.

Nice batch of 8 so far. Good girls! Negative schmegative, it ain't THAT cold. Hubby came home with Valentine's roses. They are just beautiful, love him. [COLOR=B42000] [/COLOR]

Very nice birds, flowers and Hubby

 

[Cynthia12]

Love the flowers! I also have a thing for pretty vases. That is a pretty one.

 

[LocalYokel]

Dinner, we just finished up lunch!

[COLOR=4B0082]Oh...here dinner is at noon. Supper is at 6pm. Ok...well it's 2pm and we're still waiting to have "dinner". It's what happens when you're married to a farmer... [/COLOR]

Its true dinner and supper are diffrent

 

[IHeartPoultry]

Who else is going to hatch some "food" eggs (from whole foods, sprout, fresh market,etc.) for the hatch a long?

I plan to hatch about a dozen eggs from whole foods, I'm going to try to get a couple eggs from each brand. I am going to try to get some quail eggs or fancy colored eggs. I am pretty sure I've seen blue/green/pink eggs before at whole foods, but that was a while ago...Fingers crossed... ​

 

[Peachickie]

Who else is going to hatch some "food" eggs (from whole foods, sprout, fresh market,etc.) for the hatch a long?

I plan to hatch about a dozen eggs from whole foods, I'm going to try to get a couple eggs from each brand. I am going to try to get some quail eggs or fancy colored eggs. I am pretty sure I've seen blue/green/pink eggs before at whole foods, but that was a while ago...Fingers crossed... ​

If I can't get enough eggs out of my hens I'll probably pick up a dozen trader joes eggs to fill up my incubator.

 

[chicken pickin]

Oh...here dinner is at noon. Supper is at 6pm. Ok...well it's 2pm and we're still waiting to have "dinner". It's what happens when you're married to a farmer...

Yes, I mentioned this before..dinner is lunch for some. I think I can safely say, at least Breakfast means the same thing everywhere, at least in the states!

Its true dinner and supper are different

I have never heard this before lol. I have only ever heard breakfast lunch and dinner, here supper and dinner are the same.

Its always interesting to hear how others in different parts of the country talk or use certain words.

 

[GitaBooks]

This one is only $9 at walmart. Mine works good, MAYBE 1 degree off

Awesome. I think I'll get one next time I'm at the store.

ok so it is like -18*f outside right now, I think I am gonna make the decision to not let my flock out of the coop today. they have a LOT of room in there if I open the inside door. But , this bitter cold is with a nasty wind chill and I fear they will not be smart enough to go in in they get too cold. NOW, I feel so guilty not letting them out, has anyone else just said not a good idea today with your flock?

Its really cold here too, but our barn is big. Adding some treats and a dig box will give them something to do.

We haven't had the brutal cold this year that we had last year. I haven't kept them in this winter, but last winter, there were a couple of different weather systems that had below 0F temps for a few days in a row. I did keep mine in then. It was suppose to get to -4 F last night but it stayed at 0F and this morning it was 7F by 8:30. My big coop door opens to the east. On the north side of the big door, I have a low structure/run that has a pop-door from the coop on the west, a solid wall on the north, solid wall on the east and hardware cloth all on the south with a door. It is a sunny, albeit very cold, day and they will congregate along the east wall, blocked by the wind on the north by the low structure/run, and "sunbathe". When snow is on the ground, they don't venture far from the coop.
Best pics I could find, taken last year since I don't have any from this year:
east side of coop (which is 12' x 28',divided into sections, at the end of a 28' x 45' building) on the left. Low structure/run shows the south side w/ door partly open. On the ground are 4' x 6' rubber stall mats...easy to shovel off in the winter and spray off with the hose in the summer.



Main coop big door from the east side. Low structure/run on right. If it is really windy, I will leave the big door shut and only open the pop-door into the low structure/run and prop the pop open (see pic below) so that the flock has access to the outside but the coop stays warmer.

Those are beautiful chickens.

The wet, damp conditions are so much more harmful to them than the cold temperatures. Keeping them dry and out of wind, as you are doing with the tarps, is the most important thing. They wear feather/down coats so the cold is not usually a problem unless they have some other underlying thing going on.
Mine will be off the roosts in the morning and eat whatever I bring out to them. They'll sunbathe if the sun is out but the minute it moves so that the east side of the barn is in the shade, they are back in the coop. They are smart!!

Yeah, chickens are really hardy in the cold. I love to make mine as comfortable as possible to help keep their immune system up the best I can. My poor six week old bantams are stunted because I think all their food as gone to keeping warm and not to growing.

Well i lost the two eggs in lock down , due to crazy temp and humidity issues but now they seem to be good fingers crossed the rest of the eggs will hatch

I'm sorry to hear that. I hope the rest do well.

 

[caeti21]

Awesome. I think I'll get one next time I'm at the store.

Its really cold here too, but our barn is big. Adding some treats and a dig box will give them something to do.


Those are beautiful chickens.


Yeah, chickens are really hardy in the cold. I love to make mine as comfortable as possible to help keep their immune system up the best I can. My poor six week old bantams are stunted because I think all their food as gone to keeping warm and not to growing.


I'm sorry to hear that. I hope the rest do well.

Thank you