The 8th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!!!!

[ronott1]

Have some bantam cochin eggs going into lock down tomorrow. Was marking them tonight and got a cute silhouette. I will have some pretty silkies and little cochins out there this summer. Ravyn's babies are getting so pretty. A lot of dark blue, and splash going on.
Here is the photo from tonight. Head and beak.







Is that cute or what? I've been seeing legs and toes too. And, you can actually tell that there is feathering going with those legs! These eggs were out for 7 days! Finally got them..the gal kept in touch with me while they were out. Very very good to communicate, and still is. She had gathered the eggs the very day that she shipped. So, fertile eggs, and great packing..I have 8 out of 12 going into lock down. There are some pretty scary air sacs..but, they are alive for now. This lock down is going to make me real nervous.

Great pictures!

8 of 12 for shipped eggs is very nice!

 

[coopbuilder82]

Hi everyone!

I would like to join this year's hatch a long too

 

[The Duck Ladie]

Well the incubator's started up! trying to get it perfect. (The humidity always seems to high)
As of yesterday I had 11 eggs in storage. 6 magpie 5 ancona. When I got today I realised," I didn't put the Ancona hens in the seperate crate. But that should be okay, they're the only ones laying. I won't have to tell on egg from another. I just hope they didn't lay in the muck!" So I went outside, and found what appeared to be an ancona egg (looked just like the rest) sitting on the ground. Thankfully not to dirty. I looked in the house to make sure no one else had laid, nothing. I turned to go when there in the crate the anconas should have been in was a long kinda skinny brown/grayish egg. I pick it up. "Who laid this?" I thought. "I have never seen an egg from my ducks this color!" I put it in storage. My magpie also had an egg. (good girl is she) So now I have 14 eggs! I hope the mystery egg is fertile! I would like to see what it is! Incubation starts tomorrow! Yay! The mystery egg could be from an ancona or a runner. If it' from a Campbell it could have a CampbellxAncona, or CampbellxMagpie, if it from my runner it's might be a RunnerxMagpie if my Magpie drake mated her when she was in the breeding pen with him. I don't think it would be an AnconaxRunner, as my ancona drake dosen't like her and will gentily nip at her if she comes near him. We will see! (A mystery egg! How cool is that? Wonder if I will get another tomorrow!)

 

[I Love Layers]

I should be able to join in this one!

Hopefully setting some SQ and BQ large for blue, black, and Splash cochins

 

[The Duck Ladie]

@BantyChooks

What are you hatching?

 

[Chickens4lifee]

Posted all my chicks but the silkie I helped hatch and they sold in 7 min. looks like it really is a good time to sell chicks in my area. plan to put more eggs in tommorow or sunday

 

[BantyChooks]

@BantyChooks


What are you hatching?

Might have to skip this hatch a long, I need to keep flock numbers really low until next year.

 

[generaldsherman]

I'm in (if I can convince my husband by then...)

 

[ronott1]

Hi everyone!

I would like to join this year's hatch a long too

Welcome!

It is great to have you hatching with us this Year.

 

[ronott1]

I'm in (if I can convince my husband by then...)

I hope you can!

Will it take a lot of convincing?