Posts by SusanJoM

Thanks, Ridgerunner. I have three thermometers in their and they all say the temp is about 98. I did, finally, take the top off and change the rocker switches. I think #4 was ON, so now #5 is ON. My old brain may have f***** so...

My Hova was in storage for a couple of years, and although I thought I had tested it before the eggs arrived, I guess I wasn't quite diligent enough.  My eggs are here and have been in the bator for 24 hours now and the temp won't...

what's the humidity like? If it isn't high enough the membrane can get brittle and too hard for the tired little guy to get all the way out/through...

The eggs arrived this afternoon exactly as you said they would. They were beautifully wrapped, thank you. All 10 are setting in the turner (off). In the morning I will heat up the 'bator, and put the eggs in.   Looking...

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What's a "lavender split"?Do you mean a chicken that is carrying the lavender gene but from only one parent so it's not visually a lavender?Or??????Susan

Thanks, Illia.   I got my first true Blue and Black Ameraucana hatching eggs from Jean a few years back.  I passed on the black and the blue roos, but I still have several of the black and blue hens from that hatch and...

Hi folks.  I've been off the board since about April of last year.  Time flies when you've got too many chickens.But here I am again and I'm curious what the status is and who's working on Lavender Ameraucanas.I got a dozen...

Thanks Mike.Thanks Jaynie.I'm gonna be very curious to see how well I do in determining their sexes. :-))))When I got the original trio, it was sooooooo confusing.  Since I had been told that I had a roo and two pullets, I kept...

Anyone had good luck determining the sexes of these guys early on?  When I got my first BSFs last spring, the seller was confident that she had knew the sexes of the three she gave me, but in fact they turned out to be a trio of...