Posts by Ashburnham

My latest hatch - 14 out of 24 eggs. Quite a good result for pullet eggs and the time of year.

Quote: Originally Posted by Ashburnham  10 healthy babies from 24 eggs. There are still a couple of eggs pipping, but I don't have great hopes for them. Not too bad considering they were all pullet eggs...

10 healthy babies from 24 eggs. There are still a couple of eggs pipping, but I don't have great hopes for them. Not too bad considering they were all pullet eggs and the time of year.

Quote: Originally Posted by Colourful  Two very good lines. Come spring, would you be willing to send eggs? If so, let me know because I intend to do my own line of big blue egg layers and I would love an...

Nine healthy chicks hatched so far- Two projects One to produce a bigger and better araucana by crossing with isa brown derived hens. one to produce a pure blue egg layer by crossing Araucana with White...

Here they are this morning - a few more still pipping.

Well my little late season 3rd cross Araucanas are starting to hatch right on time, despite power cuts. 3 lavender chickies out so far - pictures to follow.

Well done!  xxxx

I ended up using a bathroom heat lamp bulb running through the dimmer. Very accurate temp control.   xxx   M

Here's my latest brooder - never lost a chick so far. http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/673192/my-new-baby-brooder