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

[Mirajane]

My chickens aren't average. They're fat! And they love me.

 

[Mirajane]

All my eggs hatch at different dates. I need to put my Ayam Cemanis in lockdown today, but I'm not sure if I should shut off the auto turner and hand turn the other eggs, or fire up the farm innovators incubator for lockdown. What do you all think? My luck with the farm innovators just hasn't been great and I don't want to lose these chicks.

 

[Mirajane]

Just candled all the Ayam Cemanis, all 6 are alive and look healthy!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...eir-babies-7th-annual-byc-easter-hatch-a-long
Deadline for entry is April 1st, 2016 at midnight PST







Contest #6
Broodies & their babies!
7th Annual Easter Hatch-a-long!

2013 winner @Contrastphoto


Who doesn’t love seeing a mother hen with her chicks?
Show us your best pictures of your Broody Hen and her babies.
2 Picture entries per contestant
The winner will be chosen by a panel of judges
To submit your entries, follow rules below and
post your photos in this thread!



1st Prize
Beautiful Homemade Wooden Pen
courtesy of @Pensmaster

2nd Prize
4 bars of homemade soap
courtesy of @Sahwithchicks

Beautiful Bar of "Sunday Brunch Soap"
made with egg yolk and is scented with a champagne fragrance.

3rd Prize

6 MONTH GFM
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[Sally Sunshine]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...to-contest-7th-annual-byc-easter-hatch-a-long​

Deadline for entry is April 5th, 2016 at midnight PST






Contest #8

Natural Egg Photo Contest!
7th Annual Easter Hatch-a-long!

2015 winner @JoyfulPromise


This contest is for photos of poultry eggs in their natural state no dying or altering allowed.
The eggs can be from chickens, ducks, turkeys, geese, swans, quail, guineas, peafowl, pheasants, or any other type of poultry. Use as many different types as you wish! Take photos of your eggs in interesting arrangements and settings!
Please read the RULES below!



2 photo entries per contestant
A panel of Judges will choose the winner
PREVIOUS CONTEST ENTRIES CLICK below...
Natural Egg Photo Contest - 6th Annual BYC Easter Hatchalong
2013 Easter Hatch-a-long Natural Egg Photo Contest

1st Place:
Beautifully Farm Themed Quilted Table Runner!
courtesy of @campingshaws

<insert final image when completed>
Work in progress!! Final images to come!
Teaser photo below!
Of the center 14” block of a chicken-themed table runner!



Thank you @campingshaws​

2nd Place:
Pretty Rainbow Hatching eggs!
(2 Welsummers, 2 Salmon Faverolles, 2 olive eggers)
courtesy of @Sahwithchicks

3rd Place
6 MONTH GFM
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[hershy5252]

I set 10 and when candled one was infertile so I'm down to 9.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

@Sally Sunshine Hi Sally or Mike, just wanted to give you my EHAL day 14 update 15/17 eggs still going, lost one that ended up being a twin embryo around day 11 & one to a blood ring the last couple of days. Another one just doesn't look quite right but will leave in until day 18.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

ancona hatched! ideas on the 2 lights color?

 

[RattleCan]

100 % hatch on my backyard easter eggers

. I've been busy, but I finally caught up! Hope everyone is doing good! Here is a pic of newbies!

I'm super excited to be hatching Easter Eggers. I know they're just mutts, but I love all of the surprise colors. You just never know what you're going to get, especially when you don't know what the parent stock is! I hope my batch is this colorful. I'm in love with the tan chipmunk chick.

Update on my HAL eggs: Today was the Day 14 candle. 29 confirmed swimmers, 1 iffy egg and 3 that looked like quitters but I left them in just in case. So I'm down to 29/41. My pre-HAL eggs go into lockdown tomorrow, super excited!

 

[TJordan]

All my eggs hatch at different dates. I need to put my Ayam Cemanis in lockdown today, but I'm not sure if I should shut off the auto turner and hand turn the other eggs, or fire up the farm innovators incubator for lockdown. What do you all think? My luck with the farm innovators just hasn't been great and I don't want to lose these chicks.

A quick hand turn.