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Hey, it's Chickam time! This year we have 12 eggs hatching, and we hope to have Yoya, a gray Giant Cochin hen who has gone broody (in other words is awash in little chicken hormones and wants to be a mama) to be mom to the chicks. After the chicks hatch, the cam will remain on for the next 8 weeks, 24/7, so you can watch the chicks grow up. The brooder box is in my dining room so you'll also hear us, but that's OK. If you've never seen or heard of Chickam before, you can read last year's OP here: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3707110&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=1 It answers a lot of questions so I won't have to make THIS post a huge wall o' text. But if you have any questions that aren't answered there, please ask away and we'll try and answer them! So far we have 5 eggs that have pipped (the chick inside has made it's initial 'pop' through the shell with it's beak so it can get air and begin the process): #16, 15, 3, 11 and 9. #16 actually pipped yesterday and has started to unzip it's shell, so it should be out soon! This year's eggs are all from our mixed flock of many breeds, both standard size chickens and bantams (small guys!). We have two roosters for dads, one is an Americaunas/Giant Cochin mix, the other is a bantam Cochin fella. The mamas include many different breeds, as the eggs hatch and the chicks grow we'll be able to say better who mama is. If you listen closely you can hear the chicks peeping and see the eggs rocking back and forth as the chicks get into hatch position. Watch the hatch at the links below, one with chat—keep it PG rated, LOTS of kids (including mine) and teachers & very young kids in classrooms watch the hatch! We have zero tolerance for hate, really bad language (the occassional standard cuss word is OK, ie: ‘Holy poo poo that’s a big chick!’ or ‘drat, what’s taking so long?’ but nothing extreme), racism, etc. and will ban anyone not playing nice and being a decent human being. We try to answer questions both in this thread and in chat: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/chickam2008 Or watch here, full screen, no chat—best for kids: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/chickam2008/pop-out If you want more Chickam or chicken info, I’ve got a site here: http://jackshenhouse.com/Chickam.htm NAME THE CHICKS! YES, YOU! List yer name choices here now! Nothing my kid can't say without getting her mouth washed out with soap or us called to the principal's office, and no names previously used. As they hatch, our 16 year old daughter will draw names out of a hat for each chick, so everyone’s name gets a fair shot. One name per Goon to keep it fair! You cannot assign a name to a specific egg #, sorry. If you post more than one name we’ll choose one to drop in the hat. I’ll update the egg # below with the name & hatch time. There are 12 eggs, originally there were 18, but when I candled them at 10 days in, some duds were removed--that's why you'll notice gaps in the numbers. When I candled, some embryos I saw for sure, other eggshells were too dark to see through so we'll just have to see if they hatch. Here's what we have: 7 Embryos: #3 & 5, which are large, light brown eggs--#3 pipped 4/28 at 4AM, hatched at 9:45AM 4/29, named 'Peepers' #8 & 9, large dark brown eggs--#9 pipped 4/28 at 11AM, hatched at 12:40AM 4/29, a black chick named 'Alecto'. #8 pipped at 1:30PM 4/29, hatched at 12:30AM 4/29, a large red/blond chick with a green color spot named 'Marshmallow' #13, a small light green egg--this egg was laid by Toaster, a bantam Cochin hen, pipped 4/28 at 4:15PM, hatched 4/28 at 10:15PM, a gray/buff chick named 'Bowie' #15, a small dark green egg--Pipped 4/27 at 11PM, hatched 4/29 at 12:30AM, a very blond chick named 'Kotori' #16 a bantam egg laid by Wiggles, our gray mottled Belgian d'Uccle--Pipped 4/27 at 2PM, hatched on 4/28 at 1PM, a black/buff chick named 'Milton'. 5 Embryos I *think*: #1, a large dark green egg #6 & 7, large light blue eggs #11, a small light green egg--Pipped 4/28 at 6AM, hatched 4/29 at 3:15AM, blue spot, named 'Fiver' #14, a small dark green egg--Pipped 4/28 at 4:15PM, hatched 4/29 at 2:40AM, named 'Lenore' EDIT: I did the breakout on the 4 eggs that didn't hatch (#1, 5, 6 & 7): one was a dud and never developed, one quit 3 days in, another 6 days in, and the last quit at 18 days--the chick had never turned into hatch position. When you get quitters, no matter when they quit, it's Mother Nature saying something is wrong and calling a halt to things, it's sad but it's for the best. Velvet Sparrow fucked around with this message at 02:07 on May 2, 2016 |
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i bet you can't juggle those eggs
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# ? Apr 28, 2016 20:47 |
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16 coming out now maybe!
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# ? Apr 28, 2016 20:48 |
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i want to care
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# ? Apr 28, 2016 20:49 |
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Name one of the green-shell ones Chickthulhu
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# ? Apr 28, 2016 20:53 |
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Name one of them EAT MY FLESH CHILDREN YOU DESERVE IT
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# ? Apr 28, 2016 20:57 |
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Chickam is the best time of year! Throwing in the name Spaghetti if you haven't already had a chicken named that.
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# ? Apr 28, 2016 21:00 |
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Yay the cam is up! I can't believe it that this is happening on my birthday. Come on #16! Throwing in BeepBoob for a name!
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# ? Apr 28, 2016 21:06 |
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^^^ Happy birthday!JiveHonky posted:i want to care You can! Don't worry, the chicks get cuter as they dry out and are no longer little spazzy slimeballs. #16 is out! We'll hold off naming until the kid gets home in about 2 hours. We already had a 'Spaghetti', sorry!
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# ? Apr 28, 2016 21:13 |
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^^^^ Thank you! I got a shot of #16 before she went off cam!
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# ? Apr 28, 2016 21:15 |
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I'm requesting the name milton. congrats number 16, you did it
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# ? Apr 28, 2016 21:17 |
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Name a chicken Doug McClure please.
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# ? Apr 28, 2016 21:22 |
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Submitting the name Skeleton Dan
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# ? Apr 28, 2016 21:24 |
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throwing in the name Hen Solo
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# ? Apr 28, 2016 21:26 |
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How's about Cluck Nukem?
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# ? Apr 28, 2016 21:33 |
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#8, back in the left corner, has pipped on the back side of the egg--that's why #16 is climbing back there, to annoy her.
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# ? Apr 28, 2016 21:36 |
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I submit Nerd Pun Name Appropriate for Reddit
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# ? Apr 28, 2016 21:49 |
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tasty looking chickens
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# ? Apr 28, 2016 21:50 |
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#6 should be named Wimpy
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# ? Apr 28, 2016 21:52 |
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I submit Vladimir Cuten as my chick name.
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# ? Apr 28, 2016 21:54 |
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We should name one of them BB-8
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# ? Apr 28, 2016 21:54 |
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They're not all not gonna be left alone without a heater and die like the last time, right?
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# ? Apr 28, 2016 21:55 |
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are you going to brutally mruder them on livestream?
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# ? Apr 28, 2016 21:56 |
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im gonna have breakfast for dinner tonight in honor of this thread
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# ? Apr 28, 2016 21:56 |
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Seriously though the boys are getting sent to the slurry machine right?
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# ? Apr 28, 2016 22:01 |
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Name one Strychnine
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# ? Apr 28, 2016 22:07 |
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YEssss chickam! I submit Picklebutt (if that is too inappropriate then Picklefeathers)
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# ? Apr 28, 2016 22:08 |
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Name one Stillborn
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# ? Apr 28, 2016 22:09 |
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I would like to suggest the name Goose
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# ? Apr 28, 2016 22:12 |
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I would like to submit Hamtoo in memory of the roo I named last year. Do you know how he's doing?
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# ? Apr 28, 2016 22:14 |
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ChrisHansen posted:I would like to submit Hamtoo in memory of the roo I named last year. Do you know how he's doing? Prolly dead and eaten.
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# ? Apr 28, 2016 22:35 |
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Chinatown posted:im gonna have breakfast for dinner tonight in honour of this thread
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# ? Apr 28, 2016 22:46 |
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name submission Abu Hajaar
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# ? Apr 28, 2016 22:50 |
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Microwaves Mom posted:Prolly dead and eaten. They don't eat them, they send the excess roos away.
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# ? Apr 28, 2016 22:51 |
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Lareine posted:They don't eat them, they send the excess roos away. to a happy large farm in the country?
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# ? Apr 28, 2016 22:59 |
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I vote for Chickenator. Has that one been used before?
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# ? Apr 28, 2016 23:07 |
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Falun Bong Refugee posted:They're not all not gonna be left alone without a heater and die like the last time, right? I thought that was Fluffy Bunnies and some quail eggs.
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# ? Apr 28, 2016 23:08 |
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CynCyanide posted:I thought that was Fluffy Bunnies and some quail eggs. Dude I don't keep track of all the GBS egg people.
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# ? Apr 28, 2016 23:11 |
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Falun Bong Refugee posted:Dude I don't keep track of all the GBS egg people. Don't worry, I'll keep track of it for you.
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# ? Apr 28, 2016 23:12 |
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Chewbackhen Hen-Solo Princess Layer Yes I am a goddamn genius, you are welcome.
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