Posts by yoie

She has her nest in a dogloo inside a dog kennel that we set up for her. I figured if she hatches the goose eggs and leaves the muscovys I'll either finish them in the incubator or put them under a broody silkie. They are always...

I am new to having a broody goose, I have silkies so I'm use to the broodiness. But this is my first broody goose! I noticed a few days ago my Pomeranian goose decided to set on some of her eggs. The only problem is I have no gander...

Ok here are some better pics of them all. Of the five boys which would you all keep? I am really liking the light little guy, but not sure if that is what I should be looking for if I am trying to better my breeding.   Group...

I just had an awesome hatch, went to bed last night with two chicks hatched and four pipped. Woke up this morning to six chicks! All eggs that went into lockdown hatched. One of my best hatches in a while! I ended up with 5 boys and 1...

So excited! I have five out of six legbar eggs pipped! Can't wait to see what hatches, will update later!

I am so excited about the three little chicks I just hatched out! I mixed my Cream Legbar Rooster with my TetraTint Hen and got three beautiful chicks! I'm hoping if they turn out female they will give me some nice green eggs to add to...

So excited out of four Legbar mix eggs I set to test my roosters fertility, THREE hatched! I was really surprised by the variation of color that I got too. The mother is a TetraTint (Leghorn X RIR) and the rooster of course was my...

Quote: Originally Posted by ChicKat  Hi Yoie - They are pretty eggs, and they have a nice saturation.  I see what you mean about being greener than you would like.  Do you have an Online Auction Color Chart...

My hen is finally laying! I am so glad that she is finally giving me some eggs, but a little disapointed about the color. She hatched out of a nice blue egg, but hers are more green then I was expecting. Here is a pic of two of her...

Quote: Originally Posted by nicalandia  below chicks have a very strong contrast. due to two reasons, the one on the left is a heterozygous silver(S/s+) male and the two on the right are gold Red enhanced females...