Recent content by redrocketrooster

That sucks!!!! I know you were excited about them being in the big girl pen. Any chance she was spooked and got out somewhere? It's surprising what a spooked chicken can do... Oh man Im so sorry, but sometimes with chicks it just happens. :C Bantams can be pretty hard to raise and silkie chicks...

They all found homes. Thanks for asking! Now I have to sell the coop I just had made...literally the hens started living in it two days ago. Maybe going to sell my Brinsea octagon incubator too.

When a female is ready she'll be dark red or purple if she's littered before. Her vent will open if she isnt pregnant as early as 2 days if she isn't pregnant. I bet your girl is carrying. Palpitating for kits can be done as early as one week but its easiest to feel at day 10-12. If the kits...

Im sorry you lost Miracle. :C The rest look very nice tho! I think the two top are blue and the bottom is black.

Im sorry to hear about your unhatched chicks. FOr future reference you may want to crack them open and see where they stop developing or if they just didnt manage to pip. kicking myself for not posting this earlier for you! Here is a wonderful guide by Sally Sunshine...

If your asking if hatching out hens during Fall will impact their egg laying/production....This would be the first i've heard of it. I maybe could see how having pullets hatched and adapted to colder weather may cause a delay in egg production when the heat in AZ sneaks up on them. That could be...

Every hatch is different, thats why I keep doing it! Watching the eggs develop and then getting to see which breeds hatch first still puts me in wonder. In majority of my hatches Ameracuanas and ameraucana mixes hatch first and have the best vitality. The bantams were rocking back and forth...

Waiting on LadyKota and Mary. Mary says she knows someone who makes very nice ones.

Id be down to go with a group. It might be really interesting to enter the sillke I got from East Coast Silkies. They are supposed to be show quality. Where is the fair being held?

Congratulations Lady Kota :-)!!!! Thank you for posting pics. I was going to pm you and ask how your lock down was going. I feel that marans tend to get stuck in their eggs....after assisting a few part of the way I place the egg in warm moist paper towel. It seems to help but some, just don't...

I read a thread a while back that agreed Maran was both but perhaps they ment Marans. Oh well. You learn something everyday.