Mehhhh. I have to pick which chicks to keep and which to sell. They're just barnyard mix and EE, but I can't decide!!! Help? I tend to choose roosters....lol
One out of these two (any guess on what in the world they are is also appreciated)
And one out of these EE
So this hatched out of an egg I got from a friend marked CL/EE ???
She knows it was a CL hen, but her black Ameraucana Rooster had gotten into the pen, so she wasn't sure who the father was. What do you guys think?
I just put eggs back in!! Not sure who is keeping up with hatch on this thread (or if anyone is) @Sally Sunshine
15 Salmon Faverolles
4 Blue Copper Marans
9 Barnyard Mix (EExRIR)
Yes! She was. She has been very faithful to her eggs and really wasn't aggressive when I went to give her food and water. She puffed up and was noisey, but never tried to bite or peck. She is a blue copper marans. About 2 years old. Generally very friendly.
Yes. They did not make it. I'm just so afraid of her killing the chicks. Does you have any experience with this? What are the odds that she will accept them?
My poor first time broody sat on her eggs the entire time. They should have hatched Saturday and didn't. The chicks in the incubator did though. She is still sitting on the remaining two eggs and I have been debating on giving her a few chicks. I want her to have babies, I just don't want to...
They are two days old today. I'm just worried about putting them under her and then having to go to work the next day.... She is in a great set up, I wouldn't have to move her or the babies. She's in my grow out chicken tractor. I keep going back and forth because I don't want to potentially...
Brinsea was great!!!!! 18/21 babies hatched!!!!!! I had a power outage for about 45 minutes and still got 18 chicks! Hooray!!! I feel a lot less discouraged about incubating now. Its nice to finally have a batch of happy chirping babies!
Maybe I'll be brave enough to pull out the styro and...