Posts by Pinx

Not sure if I'm posting this in the right place. Forgive me if I'm not.   I have a Black Cayuga duck that is about a year old. She has looked perfectly healthy until 2 days ago. She looks very oily and while the other ducks...

Thanks. I read the replies earlier but was on my phone and it wasn't wanting to let me reply.   I have a still air incubator. I'm not quite sure about it because I have yet to have a chick hatch on the left side of the...

So I have been having problems with sticky chicks. My batch last week I had 2 hatch normally, then another completely zipped and died. I noticed it had amber colored liquid coming out of the shell and it was literally stuck to the...

Well I have been mia for a while. Mycomputer went crazy and wont work. My cat had 3 cute little kittens, one being a calico manx. I actually woke up to her trying to have kittens in my bed snuggled up to me under the covers! Huge dog...

Well I just remembered I forgot to take pics of my chicks.... Too bad I sold 6 and 1 died or I would go take a pic now. Oh well, I'm not going to win anything anyways lol.

Just turned in my final hatch count. 45 eggs set.... 11 chicks hatched.   Not bad for my first time. Only a week left until I put my next batch into the hatcher lol... I've got it bad.

Quote: Originally Posted by happyhensny  Quote: Originally Posted by kathyinmo  Am I the only one wanting my hens to STOP going broody? Current broody girls I have include 1...

I have a broody Silkie , I'm so excited for something else to do all the work, and take care of chicks. I just hope that the other Silkie and the Cochin don't think they should follow the leader. 1 Broody at a time is good enough for...

I have 2 black silkies and 1 splash silkie chick, with one egg left in the bator. I don't think it will hatch but I'm leaving it in just incase. It is an odd shaped egg so even when I set it I didn't think it would make it to hatching....

Quote: Originally Posted by Pinx  Out of my last 4 eggs I have 1 black silkie chick out and another chick pipped.  I'm so excited. The first chick out of my flock! And will be the last pure bred chick out of my...