Valentine's Day Hatch

[superchemicalgirl]

We use him at Christmas to torture the dogs.

Where'd you get him? I could use him to torture my parents dogs when I go visit. They've been banned from my house for shoddy behaviour.

 

[anderson8505]

I love being subscribed to the same thread as Melissa Rose, she puts so many smileys in her posts and it always makes me chuckle.

The courting rooster contest is over on Valentine's.... give it a shot people, otherwise I think we only have one entry!

 

[MethowPeeps25]

Here is a quail chic pic

They are so very small I am afraid to pick them up because they are so very delicate

OH MY GOODNESS THEY ARE SOOOOO CUTE!!!!!!! Love love love <3

 

[ChestnutRidge]

Hello, WLLady, and

69 chicks will be quite a handful, but I'm sure you can find homes for any extra fuzzybutts you may end up with! I think you found the right thread!

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love the poetry! and the films (i will HAVE to put swings in my new coop i'm building now), and the photos! i just joined BYC today, so won't be joining the contest, but i do have 28 eggs due to hatch on valentines day, and a hubby that agrees that chickens are kinda silly. i didn't realize i was going to have a valentine's hatch until i actually got out the calendar, i literally was just collecting eggs until the turner was full! and i didn't get them into the incubator until about 6:30pm. on days 5 and 8 i candled and found that some were collected too early after putting in the rooster and they weren't fertilized, so out they came. so from 42 i have 28 that look good so far. i'm trying to keep my hands off them now until tuesday (except to get them off the turner this weekend)! and on tuesday i'm interviewing people at work so i can't even be home to obsess (oh, wait, i mean "watch")! and i can't get the camera to focus on the bottom of the incubator (self focus, gets the digital readout on the top of the incubator VERY nicely). so i'll just have to wait and see what (if anything) happens! these are just mutts....barred rock rooster on RIR, RIR x columbian, barred rock, black sex linked and new hampshire girls from my mixed flock. I lost 3 hens from my flock 1 to coyote, 2 to barn cat (evil humungous barn cat....which last weekend itself got eaten by coyotes in broad daylight about 20 acres away from where i was working on my new coop!). so down to 8 hens with orders for LOTS of farmgate eggs-can't meet the demand, so....need more girls! i'm a little scared because i have another incubator to hatch on the 21st, and if all these eggs that look good by candling hatch i'm going to have 69 chicks running around! but that's what obsession does i guess....i couldn't bear to throw out any eggs and leave a turner half full! so i hope i did everything right and get fuzzybutts soon! and i hope tuesday hurries up and gets here so i can see photos of all the new chicks everyone's hatching!

 

[notinoz2007]

melissa rose those are adorable. what kind of quail are they? i usually see the striped brown ones, never these yellow fluffies, so cute! whats their size comparison?
wllady, i would love to have 69 chickens running around, i have just a tiny yard tho. barely big enough for the ones i have now. maybe i should switch to quail, lol

at the end of day 20 (for me) i have 15 chicks, one is injured/deformed tho. 1 more working on its zip right now. i dont see any more pips but they could surprise me and be walking around in the morning. i do have pictures but too tired to post them. probably tomorrow.

 

[Dingo]

Cute english whites Melissa Rose.
I did a final count today during cleaning, after losing the weak one today I have 7 chickens and 23 coturnix quail. The OEGB are spunky little birds, and one of the wyandottes thinks she can fly already.

 

[mrheinz77]

Nice looking chicks champer.

Today is lock down day. I can't wait to see my new babies. With any luck I won't have enough brooder space.

 

[silkymom1986]

Going in lockdown today!!!

Woohoo!!

Just waiting on DH to get outta bed to help me, then will give you a final count that made it this far!!

So excited!!!

 

[silkymom1986]

I love being subscribed to the same thread as Melissa Rose, she puts so many smileys in her posts and it always makes me chuckle.

The courting rooster contest is over on Valentine's.... give it a shot people, otherwise I think we only have one entry!

X 2, Melissa always brightens up any thread!!

Whats the courting rooster contest? I must have missed that one?!?

 

[NotAFarm]

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From post #1:

4. Post a picture on the thread of a rooster in courting action, not mating, courting. You must take the picture to be eligible. Begin posting photos on the thread January 24. Contest ends February 14, 11:59:59 EST.
No photoshopping, etc.
*OPEN TO HATCHERS AND NON-HATCHERS ALIKE*
Only one entry (one photo) per BYC member.
anderson8505 will post photos on a separate page https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/vie er-contest and judge the winner. Winner will be posted on the thread on February 16, 2012.
Prize: 6 month GFM from anderson8505.