4th Annual BYC NYD Hatch-along Contests

Contest # 1: Total Number of Eggs Set Contest
LINK TO POST THE TOTAL NUMBER OF EGGS YOU HATCHED
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?fromEmail=true&formkey=dHNQYklmX2dPaWFaLXJpVThDS0w0WGc6MQ
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Contest # 2:

Random Entrant Award​

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6. KYTinpusher's

A Random Poster Award
CLOSED
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/contest6
KYTinpusher will use a random number generator to pick a random post. The contestant that posted on that unknown number wins!
JUST THE HATCHERS!
Prize: 12 Hatching Eggs From KYTinpusher!!
WINNER

Brookhavens​

Link to Thread: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/728912/nydh-contest6


7. BHep's

Cutest Baby Picture Contest

CLOSED
WINNER: HURLEY
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/contest7
WEEK TWO CONTEST
Pictures can be of a baby of any breed or species but the picture must be taken by the entrant. Limit 3 entries per person. Contest is open only during week two: 17 to 23 DEC. Post your picture in the NYD and PM it to Bhep.
OPEN TO ALL OF BYC, NOT JUST THE HATCHERS!
Prize: 12 Hatching Eggs from BHep
Link to Thread: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/728913/nydh-contest7

8. Southland Organics

Best Incubator Design Contest
CLOSED
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/728930/nyd-hatch-along-contest-8-best-incubator-design

The contest is for the best incubator for hatcher design/picture. It must be your own incubator or design and photo. Up to 3 entries per person.Post your design/picture on the NYD Hatching thread . Contest is open until December 31st
OPEN TO ALL OF BYC, NOT JUST THE HATCHERS!

Rules:​

Prizes:

Big Ole Bird poultry supplement

WINNER BROOKHAVEN


9. Egg Art Contest
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/contest9
CLOSED
Show us your creativity! Decorate quail, chicken, duck, turkey or emu eggs with a felt marker. You must post your entry on the hatching thread
Entries must be submitted by lockdown, Dec 28th by 5:00 p.m. PST
OPEN TO ALL OF BYC, NOT JUST THE HATCHERS!
Contest thread: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/730324/nyd-contest-9-egg-art-contest
Prize: 2 Sebastopol goose hatching eggs - to ship Jan 2013 as soon as fertility is confirmed
(colors include: White, Gray, Lilac, Lavender, Blue, Buff) from CelticOaksFarm
WINNER COCHINS1088

10. Southland Organics Flapper Contest

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/728983/nyd-hatch-along-contest-10-flapper-contest


Post a picture of your fowl flapping in action! All fowl are accepted. It's difficult to get these shots, so start trying! Submissions must be taken by entrant. Post your shots by December 31st. A BYC poll will be open to decide the winner after the contests closes to submissions.
OPEN TO ALL OF BYC, NOT JUST THE HATCHERS!

Rules:​

Prizes:
Winner receives
Big Ole Bird poultry supplement





11.How Many Chicks MrHeniz77's Will the Chairs Hatch?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/contest11
Your guess needs to be made before 11:59:59PM on Dec 31 2012.
In order to help break a tie, You'll need to guess the breeds of the first three chicks out. If you want to know what breeds are in the chairs bators see Post # 1! We will be putting up a spreadsheet for the # of guesses and the first three breeds.
OPEN TO ALL OF BYC, NOT JUST THE HATCHERS!

The top 2 will receive win
Big Ole Bird poultry supplement

12. Crazypetlady's Poultry Short Story Contest
CLOSED
WEEK THREE CONTEST
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/731156/contest12crazypetladysshortstory
Write a less than 1500 word short story regarding and starring poultry. You must include a picture or a drawing of one of the characters. Post your short story on the hatching thread and PM it to crazypetlady between Dec 24-31. A BYC poll will be made with the entries for voting. OPEN TO ALL OF BYC, NOT JUST THE HATCHERS!
Prize: 12+ Mystery hatching eggs courtesy of crazypetlady!
WINNER TMNfarm AND Kvmommy

13. Celebrity Chicken Look Alike Contest
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/contest13
Open from Set Date 12.10.2012 to NYD
It's a Celebrity Chicken Contest! You will need to post a picture that you took of a fowl that you own that looks like a celebrity. You will also need to post a picture of your look-alike celebrity for comparison, although you do not need to take that picture (just don't break any copyright laws in your quest!). You may photoshop the pictures slightly, but only to add props or background to aid in your look-alike.
OPEN TO ALL OF BYC, NOT JUST THE HATCHERS!
Prize:
First Place: $20 PAYPAL WINNER Dudu
Second Place: One 4 oz bottle of homemade Vanilla Extract, and 2 jars of Suprise Jelly or Jam From mamawolf544 WINNER JulieNKC
Thread for Pictures : https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/729975/4th-annual-nyd-celebrity-chicken-look-alike-contest


14. SunnySideUp Micro Farm's

"Holiday Poultry" Photo Contest
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/contest14
The goal is to make a poultry and holiday themed calendar. Submit your poultry related holiday pictures - all ranges of poultry age accepted. You will need to submit your photos on this thread. Submission of your picture(s) to means that you are giving permission to use your photo in a calendar printing. Photos must be taken by you, the entrant. Contest runs until Dec 30. Limit of 3 entries per person. Please note which month-holiday you are submitting your photo for.
OPEN TO ALL OF BYC, NOT JUST THE HATCHERS!
Prizes: 12+ hatching eggs for up to 3 different breeds available at the time from
Sunnyside Up Micro-Farm
Check out their website www.sunnysideupmicrofarm.com
like us on Facebook for sales n picture updateshttp://m.Facebook.com/sunnysideupmicrofarm
Thanks for including us!. Jill Sunnyside Up Micro-Farm






15. Green Fire Farms

Guess How Many Eggs We Will Hatch?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/contest15
Think you can figure out how many chicks will hatch during the NYD Hatch?
THIS NUMBER NEEDS TO BE REPORTED BY Dec 31TH, 2012 AT 11:59:59PM EST.
OPEN TO ALL OF BYC, NOT JUST THE HATCHERS!
Prizes
First Place:12+ Rare Chick Special from GFF Winner mnferalkitty
Second Place Prize: $100 Gift Certificate from GFF WINNER KVKCranch
GREENFIRE FARMS

Please post HOW MANY CHICK YOU HATCHED HERE!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?fromEmail=true&formkey=dHNQYklmX2dPaWFaLXJpVThDS0w0WGc6MQ
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Small Batch Best Hatch Rate
CLOSED
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/contest16
This contest is for those hatching less than 24 eggs - we don't want to punish those who have not caught the Big Batch Fever yet!
Hatch contestants may set up to 23 eggs. Post a picture on set day showing the number of eggs you have set and also fill out the hatching spreadsheet with that amount. These eggs may be under a broody or in an incubator. Y You must have your pictures and spreadsheet filled out by 3 days after hatch date. Best hatch rate wins! In the event of a tie, the winner will be chosen by random drawing.
JUST THE HATCHERS!
Prize: 12 mystery Chicks this Spring from Crazypetlady WINNER gabrille1976
link to post your hatch
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AuiiQDvORURBdHNQYklmX2dPaWFaLXJpVThDS0w0WGc

17. Best Hatch Rate
CLOSED
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/729024/nyd-hatch-along-contest-17-best-hatch-rate
For this contest during this hatch, participants will need to be setting a minimum of 24 eggs, with confirmation picture posted to this thread on set day. These can be under a couple of broodies or in your incubators. Tell us how many you will have cooking and then don't go back and edit your post where you tell us how many eggs you start with. We'll need that info by the 3rd Jan at latest to be included in the contest. When the hatch is over, you'll take a pic and post it to show us how many you actually got...the picture must be of sufficient quality to count all the chicks. In the event of a tie, the one who hatches the most chicks wins.
JUST THE HATCHERS!
Prizes:
WINNER

Winner receives Big Ole Bird poultry supplement



18. 202Roosterlane's Worst Hatch Rate Consolation Prize
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/contest18
This hatch is for those of you with bad luck this hatch. You'll need to post how many eggs you're cooking in the spreadsheet by 11 Dec 2012, 11:59:59 EST and post a picture of your incubator or broody if possible in the thread by that date, also. When the hatch is declared over, post the number of chicks you hatched as a picture and fill out the spreadsheet. You must have filled out the spreadsheet and posted your pictures by 3 days after hatch date when the hatch is over.
JUST THE HATCHERS!
CLOSED
Prizes:
First Place: Hova-Bator 1602N Incubator a BYC Cookbook, a BYC 2013 Calendar and a BYC bumper sticker WINNER bnews ​

19.

Best Overall Hatch Participant

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/contest19
At the end of the hatch, PM your choice for best hatch participant to MrHeinz77. This should be someone who you thought was supportive, helpful, funny, encouraging... The person with the most votes wins! Votes will start on Dec 24th and end on Dec 30th, 2012.
JUST THE HATCHERS!
Prize: 1St 12+ mystery eggs this Spring from Babymakes6
2nd BYC calendar and a BYC bumper sticker from 202roosterlane

1st Place Sally Sunshine
2nd Place Ron (I need to get his BYC Name)


20. Southland Organic's Cutest Chick Picture
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/728986/nyd-hatch-along-contest-20-cutest-chick-picture
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For this contest,​

post your cutest chick picture! Th​

e picture will need to be taken and posted by or before 11:59PM EST on De​

c 31st,​

2012. We'll be asking folks in the hatch as well as some moderators to help judge if they are willing.​

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WINNER Chickenhill

21. Southland Organic's Most Colorful MALE FOWL Contest
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/728990/nyd-hatch-along-contest-21-most-colorful-male-fowl
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WINNER Kassaundra


22. Mrsmooncat's New Years Hatch New Years Photo Contest
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/contest22
WEEK THREE-ISH CONTEST
Post a picture on the thread of a new years themed picture that deals with anything poultry... confetti, champagne glasses, hats, noise makers - just add poultry... you get the picture. You must take the picture to be eligible. Contest opens 25 December 2012 and closes on 3 January 2013, 11:59:59 EST. Post pictures on the thread.
OPEN TO ALL OF BYC, NOT JUST THE HATCHERS!
Prize: 1st 6+ choice of eggs from Mrsmooncat WINNER Celtic Oaks Farms
2nd Mealworm starter kit from Mrsmooncat WINNER

Sally Sunshine​

POST HERE!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...new-years-poultry-photo-contest#post_10173302



23. FIRST CHICK HATCHED FOR THE NEW YEAR

The plan is for most, or all of us, to set our eggs on, Tuesday December 11, 2012 at NOON (LOCAL TIME). Obviously, this is an honor system contest. We are using the Atomic World Clock for our OWN LOCAL TIME. When your first chick is completely out of the shell, AFTER Midnight 12:00:00 AM* on January 1, 2013, you take a picture of it in the incubator (wet), then go to you computer and take a picture of the Atomic Clock, link posted below, of the time in your time zone. We are setting at NOON our time, in each time zone. We hope by starting at NOON it should keep the early hatchers to minimum .
Here is the link to the clock, we will all need to synchronize our computers: http://www.worldtimeserver.com/current_time_in_US-OH.aspx
(Make sure you change the state, the clock in the link is for Ohio)
Prize: 1st prize 12 + Mystery hatching eggs from mstricer WINNER delisha
2nd prize 6+ eggs from Mstricer d'Uccle pens WINNER nothingbutbirds


24. Mr Heinz77 BEST BROODY HEN ON THE NEST PHOTO CONTEST

This contest is open to all BYC members, who have broody hens this time of the year. Once again this will be done on the honor system, so please only post broody hens (any fowl) they don't have to be sitting on eggs, just broody. Take a picture of you hen on the nest. Post it on thread, after set date, on Tuesday
December 11,2012 - December 18, 2012. We will setup a poll and the the hen with the most votes wins. You ask what do we win......
Prize: 6 + eggs from his Exhibition Line Breeds

Winner Sally Sunshine
25. GUESS THE BREEDS OF THE FIRST 3 CHICKS Mrheinz77 HATCHES

This contest is open to all BYC members. This will be a week 3 contest. From December 24, 2012 thru December 31, 2012 NOON. All answers must be posted before NOON 12:00PM on December 31, 2012. mrheinz77 will list the breeds that he will be setting on page one. You can then post your guess on the the link that will be posted during that week. In the event of a tie, we will refer back to the total amount he set and the one that is closet to that amount will be the winner.
(The tie breaker is only for the this contest and doesn't take away from the total set prize)
List of breeds coming soon
Prize: 6 + eggs from his Exhibition Line Breeds
Link on first page of main thread or here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFJmZXlxMzRJdGpPZkJGZGQ1bE1wZmc6MQ#gid=0

Winner Debs_Flock
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26. GUESS HOW MANY CHICKS MRHEINZ77, MSTRICER,CHIQTIA AND CRAZYPETLADY WILL HATCH

OPEN TO ALL OF BYC, NOT JUST THE HATCHERS!​

This contest is open to all BYC members. After set time we will announce the contest has started. Please don't post anything until we my the announcement, the start of contest. ​

Your guess needs to be made before 11:59:59PM on Dec 31 2012.​

In order to help break a tie,​

You'll need to​

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guess the breeds of the first three chicks​

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If you want to know what breeds are in the chairs bators see Post # 1!​

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573 eggs set by the chairs
breeds to pick from for tie breaker
.d'uccle, Lav AM, Lav. AM/BR, Wheaten AM, Blue cooper Marans,and Olive Eggers
chicken eggs silkie/OEGB mystery swap eggs, quail
arkansas blue mystery bantams oe (f1f2) FCBM Cot quai ( mix italian buff tuxedo) leghorns, icelandics, sumatra silkie, small breed suprise,
and mine in the first post

Please put your answers here.​

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https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEFNNHU1X3gtM01zUkhKWXdwdDRGb0E6MQ#gid=0​

Prize: 1st Prize: 12 eggs from mrheinz77 Winner Tazcat70

**A special thank you to everyone who is running a contest and/or offered a prize**​

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If you would like to sponsor a contest let us know.


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