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

[LocalYokel]

e   Good luck!  All of mine that showed development hatched.    Come on baby quail!


 Quail

 

[draye]

Originally Posted by draye

I'm not sure, I think I've about bred out the blue/green eggs. I'm down to one hen that lays green eggs. The rooster she's paired with is pea combed but I think he's out if a brown egg layer.

Here's the rooster:

and the hen:


They are both some kind if penciled patterned. He's trying to get aggressive since it's turning spring around here.

If it is the green egg layers that you're wanting and you have EE's or Ameraucanas and Naked Necks you have the recipe for them. I'll have to wait and see if I get anymore green egg layers.


The hen has layed her first egg since like October.

 

[Hurley]

ieeeeeeeee!

Just got done staring at my baby quail for a good 20 minutes. Best part of the day!

I've got 3 A&M's hatched out tonight, that clutch is starting (100 eggs). Should be all kinds of cheeping by tomorrow, their actual due date.

 

[chickadeeNSC]

I have a few of that mix. I call them my "Easter orps". Excellent layers of huge (average 67g) green eggs when they aren't broody. Mine have been good mothers too. Each of mine hatched and raised chicks last year. Two of them hatched and raised chicks twice.
I had never heard of sweetest day until worked for hallmark a few years ago. It's not really a thing here. I had one store that got in about 2 cards for it. I had to ask my boss what it was. Apparently it's a Great Lakes regional thing.

That's awesome lol. "Easter Orps" How do they look? I think she may have layed her first egg today! Here's to hoping!

 

[generaldsherman]

Obviously it was a gang slaying.

Agreed. We'll see what the trap comes up with.

Not all trader joes has fertile eggs. The box will say fertile on it and there will be a three digit julian date on the carton for the date packed.

What's a Julian date?

 

[LocalYokel]

ieeeeeeeee!  e

Just got done staring at my baby quail for a good 20 minutes.  Best part of the day!  

I've got 3 A&M's hatched out tonight, that clutch is starting (100 eggs).  Should be all kinds of cheeping by tomorrow, their actual due date.

I'm mad jelly on the A&M

 

[UGLYFOOT]

I'm mad jelly on the A&M

I was thinking of hatching some of those. I do not like dark meat. How do they taste? We want both meat and eggs.

 

[ronott1]

Agreed. We'll see what the trap comes up with.

What's a Julian date?

Each day of the year is counted. January 1 is 001, December 31 is 365.

This year there is an extra day so Dec. 31 will be 366.

Produce has this packed by date system on it too.

http://www.fs.fed.us/fire/partners/fepp/julian-calendar.pdf

Today is 053. If the julian date on the eggs is 045, then you can subtract to get how old the eggs are. 53-45=8 days old.

 

[Mirajane]

Each day of the year is counted. January 1 is 001, December 31 is 365.

This year there is an extra day so Dec. 31 will be 366.

Produce has this packed by date system on it too.

http://www.fs.fed.us/fire/partners/fepp/julian-calendar.pdf

Today is 053. If the julian date on the eggs is 045, then you can subtract to get how old the eggs are. 53-45=8 days old. 

My science teacher is obsessed with Star Wars, this is called the Star Date with her, it's the only date we are allowed to write on our papers.

 

[ronott1]

My science teacher is obsessed with Star Wars, this is called the Star Date with her, it's the only date we are allowed to write on our papers.

How silly!