Articles by kathyinmo
Mahonri's 3rd Annual BYC Easter Hatch-A-Long Contests
Mahonri's Hatch-A-Long thread is HERE.
Open Contests:
Closed/Completed Contests:
1. CayuseRanch's Total Number of Eggs Set Contest
This contest is open to all participants to guess the total number of eggs that will be set by...
Luanne,
4-16-2011 pictures
9 Marans ..... 2 blue males, 1 black male, 2 blue females, 4 black females
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? date? Look at these pictures I took today ....
These are NOT...
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These 3 chicks hatched from blue eggs Jan 29, 2010.
Both parents look exactly like this, though their grandparents appeared as common (smooth feathered) Ameraucanas. At this time we are unsure what gene is involved in this feathering.
First are pictures from today (10...
THIS IS KADIN'S CHICKEN PAGE.
4-01-10 Kadin, what are you looking at?
Wait, I have to show Papa....
This is what Kadin sees:
And then, this ....
It's a Silkie chick hatcining!
THIS IS A SILKIE WITH HER BABIES .... (Mama looking not so thrifty and pretty as she usually does. Sitting on...
Jacob, my first Delaware rooster, is no longer here.
These are pictures of my Delaware Project F2s. Hatched the entire month of Sept, 2011.
Pictures from 3-23-2012. These are only F2s, and are not 100% Delaware. The F3s should result in 100% Delaware.
200 eggs hatched, and I have 3 females...
TIPS FOR HAVING A GREAT HATCH!
Hachability Hints and Secrets, from members of the 2012 annual Mahonri Easter Hatchalong....
1. Keep the oyster shell available at all time free choice. The hen can regulate her intake. Shell quality is really important because after about Day 10, the...
Delaware eggs .....
Delawares
This is Alexander 5 months old.
6 months...
Oliver at 6 months:
5 mths:
Oliver and Alexander at 5 months:
Oliver:
Jacob
Jacob and a couple pullets:
Young pullet:
another ...
Series 1 ...This is Floozy. She will not stay in the pen. She...
Jeremy Woeppel XW Ranch Chambers, Nebraska email: [email protected]
Bantam Silver Penciled Plymouth Rocks .....
Updates, etc.
11-18-2012 Project Delaware.... F3s
This is my favorite F2. This hen is solid! I should weigh her....
Hatchability Problem Analysis
H. R. Wilson
Introduction
When a problem occurs in hatchability, usually it can be categorized as a hatchery, egg handling, or breeder flock problem. If the problem has originated within the breeder flock, it is probable that it happened at least 4 weeks earlier...
By Mark Pattison, Paul McMullin, Janet M. Bradbury
Nutrition and Hatchability
The importance of the nutrition of the dam is indicated by the fact that the egg must contain all the nutrients needed by the embryo.
Development in the egg and for a week or more after hatching is, as far as fat...
10-21-2012 F3 pullets - random...
How did this male get in there?
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10-8-2012
F3s a few random shots....
Shipping eggs, by Yard full o' rocks (Scott)
My method for shipping hatching eggs
Supplies needed:
* Large bubble, bubble wrap
* Small bubble, bubble wrap (pre-perforated 12” x 12” sheets, in a roll)
* Inflatable air pillows (large 4” x 6” air inflated packaging pillows)
* Scotch tape
*...