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

[chattery41]

4 so far. Moved them into temp housing. Gave them a stuffy to cuddle with.

Don't know where the '700' came from. Tried to edit it out and can't. Oh well, i have 4 healthy , happy, 1 day early babies. Hoping the other 2 hatch tomorrow along with the 3 rescues. Out of 6 eggs only the 2 blue ones are left. hmm

 

[Penny Hen]

Ugh finally caught up.. Today was stressful.. I woke up at 4:30 because my door in my room blew open. So I decided to check on Twizzler, so I felt and I could only find 1 so I looked everywhere under her, and I lifted up the flap that kept getting straw under it so it was lifting it up. Well guess what was under... An egg on day 16... It was cold... So I put it back under, and tried to sleep, but once it got light out I checked her and made sure they were BOTH under her, and then I proceeded to cut out the flap so it wouldn't happen again ( thinking that it was dead) so I eventually decided to candle it around 9 this morning to check, and sure enough IT WAS ALIVE!!! I was so happy, and I know God was watching us, because if that door didn't blow open I wouldn't have woken up until later, and that chick would be dead... Then we had to make the goat pen into a pig pen to move the big ones over... I had to stand out there so that the chickens wouldn't fly in, but they didn't, but tomorrow we have to put a door in which shouldn't take long. So how was everyone else's day?

The Blessings of Providence! Remember those moments because they are some of the most important in your life.

 

[Penny Hen]

Thanks! I've been thru most of those threads. Sad thing is, the breeds I'm looking for are either late getting going or very few people have them or sometihing. Sometimes I get exasperated with myself, WHY do I have to go for the rare, hard to raise and/or expensive birds Every. Single. Time?!? Lol

I know someone on here who has Unv of GA Blue Egg Sumatras. He has eggs right now.

 

[AmyPaperlady]

[COLOR=0000FF]I'm in need of an Emu update................how are the emu eggs doing?[/COLOR]

There were emu eggs at our feedstore when I went earlier this week. Just as well that we don't have anywhere near the room for emus--doubt I'd get one of those gorgeous eggs to fit in my incubator

 

[Chickenkid75]

I would like to be entered, as my previous entry was not put in. I am now just hatching chicken eggs,.

 

[Prairie Fleur]

I know someone on here who has Unv of GA Blue Egg Sumatras. He has eggs right now.

Wow!!! Sounds amazing, I'd love to see pics. Care to point me in their direction?

 

[mlm Mike]

I would like to be entered, as my previous entry was not put in. I am now just hatching chicken eggs,.

oops sorry, you have been added!

 

[Hurley]

Actually, I got to looking and am embarrassed to say I really never really looked too closely at the badges. Apparently I've been a fiver for over 11 months.

Soon to leave the fabulous fivers for the sexy sixers?

Sixers rock!

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Soon to leave the fabulous fivers for the sexy sixers?

I guess that makes me sexy.

What is for 7 years, Senile Sevens?

Egh? Waddija say? Speak into muh good ear, wudjah?

5.999999 and holding steady...

Een my day, we didn't have no fancy 5-year-badges. We scraped lines in the coop wall and we LIKED it! Liked it fine.

 

[dolfi]

My coops are still crowded. I moved chicks,hens and roos around. I really need more space. One of my older hen keep pecking the juveniles so I put her with a pair of my mixed. The coop was a 8x6 with nesting boxes and place to hide if needed. All was great. The next morning when I went to feed is couldn't find my hen. She was hiding all hurt. Apparently she was attacked by the other hen.
Lily's head is now swollen and she can't open her eyes. I feed her 3 or 4 times a day. I put iodine on her head. This happened two days ago. Today she finally stand and open one eye. I think she's going to make it.
My question is Lili hatch 2 months ago and chick, it is a tiny one that I keep with the newly hatch. ( I think it's a female) she is awesome with the babies. Warms them teaches them to eat and all, but when I put my hands in the brooder to change feed or water she attacks me. It's so bad that she pecks my hand that she stays hanging when I put back.
Should I keep he? After what happened to Lili I'm not sure what to do with her.

 

[Wickedchicken6]

She just keeps getting prettier. Had to share. I've never kept the frizzle...I wasn't to sure about them. I did keep a white cochin frizzle for a short time. Now all I need to do is think of a name for her!

I think I'm in LOVE!!!

She just has that "it" factor.