i set 9 dozen less one cracked egg on monday night!
The funny part is, I will be at a conferance during the two day hatch and my hubby will be running the farm, tending kids and monitoring the hatch!
I will be expecting hourly texts from him!!
Hope everyone else is all set!
I use the same feeders (I like the blue, haven't seen that one! ) I use these while they are little and I can still stand for them to be in the house.
I moved my current batch (30) to the barn yesterday. I picked up a cool feeder. It is one of the lont red ones, but intsead of feed holes, it's...
i think the flocks are separate, it's the notations on the eggs that are suspect....i even had some in there with no breed written on them, just date collected.
This suspect chick, is now growing faster than the two Orp chicks, also developing black pins on the wings. The yellow is much darker...
I just finished a rather odd hatch....i set 36 silkie eggs and 12 Buff Orps.
I have reason to believe the person I got the eggs from is rather.....shall we say.......not always exactley truthfull?
Long story I wont bore you with, but i have 3 supposed Buff Orps hatched......Two of them look...
Good Luck Frosthazard!!
Brooster, how is it going?
I ended up with 19/22 Silkie babies..really good hatch. Really diverse colors, i will post pics whn i can figure it out.
Only got 3/12 Buff Orps......Very disapointing.
Going into lockdown on sunday with a batch of Americaunas, silkies, 2...
If you heard chirping, I bet you go home to babies!!
Silkies are new to me, and as you know i have some issues with the gal i got the eggs from.
When they are all hatched and dried i will post pics. I am unsure of breed standards/colors. I got these as my foundation stock and need to know...