Recent content by mtcookie

Lucky my daughter and I are so enjoying watching or babies grow up. She has requested I get more eggs. However I will be out of town this weekend. Would this be possible?

Doing a good job Nifty

Boy all the way

15th thats amazing. LOL big mama is doing great with her chicks. Now my mission is to get the other mama to go broody. Quite though... don't tell hubby.

He thinks he's all that and a bag of cheetos LOL

This is the "Colonel" From the moment this little one was hatched I knew he was a rooster. His comb was huge and he was always watching me. He is a 4 week old Calico/Mille Frizzle bantam cochin. Don't mind the "whats up chicken butt" in the back His lovely manhood showing though.

Miss Lydia It's for Meriks. I have dealt with it before and have no desire to do that again.

Quote: This is exactly what I do. I buy a small package of store bough eggs label them then leave one or two a day in the nesting box. As they lay the good hatching eggs I bring them up to the house. Then if the hen goes broody I just swap out the eggs with the good hatching ones. This...

7 little fluffy butts. I had to pull one out of the shell. Poor little gal had two egg shells on her, both top and bottom. LOL She was fully zipped and waiting to come out. I am going to let that one fluff out then give them a shot. I may have to wear steel gloves to save me from big mama.

Going out to check on the eggs. Hopefully I have 7 fluffy chicks.

I have one silkie hen a year old that has YET to lay me an egg. I keep her around because she is so dang cute. The rest depends on the breed. 20-30 weeks for me.

love to roasting pans.

Boy ? girl My guess

Well "Big Mama" ( LF Cochin) is hatching out six eggs today. Due date is today. I candled them and all but one has internally pipped. So glad she went broody when she did. I had them in the incubator for 6 days and the power kept going out. I quickly tossed them under her. Post pictures when I...

my "gut" would say cockerel