You might get more response to your question if you posted it in the "Breeders & Hatcheries" forum. This particular forum is more about specific breeds and questions about breeding, ect.
My wellies took nearly 10 months too! They had their first molt this winter and now their eggs are HUGE and very dark/speckled so I finally forgave them for freeloading for so long.
I have a few light brown leghorn hens that give me lots of big white eggs! Mine are just hatchery quality from Ideal. I have to say, out of all the different breeds I have, these are by far the biggest troublemakers! One sneaky little devil keeps finding a way to sneak out of the pen every...
All is a very broad spectrum, yes? Chickens and roosters are animals, with animal instincts no matter how cute and cuddly they are. This topic keeps springing up again and again on here and I wonder, if instead it was a dog that suddenly grew vicious and started attacking, would everyone still...
Check out this link: http://backyardchickens.yuku.com/topic/1604/t/hatching-egg-care-guide.html#.TywpJJjUPao It will tell you everything you need to know!
And
I would put the cardboard down and then shavings on top. I also put some paper towels down on top of that for the first few days to make it easier for them to find their food. Everything else sounds great! Chicks are much tougher than people think so try not to worry and enjoy them!
I ordered one of their weekly specials last June and got a really neat variety for ordinary egg layers. Plus .80 cents a chick is too good to pass up! We just put the roos in the freezer last month and they are tasty. Sign up for their emails and wait until after the spring chick craze has...
I've been skulking around this place since 2008 and never clicked on this forum....I feel like half my life has been wasted!!!!
Hopefully this is an ongoing thing like until May or June? I SWORE to my husband I would not even get my incubators out of the closet until after I have our baby in...
Sex links do good here as well as australorps. Really anything with a nice large comb. I give mine shallow pans of fresh water to stand in during the harshest months of the summer, they seem to appreciate it!
My olive eggers lay russet colored eggs - very pretty, but not olive! Do they have a single comb or pea? Apparently the pea combed ones lay the olive eggs.
Hi Jenna -
Will you have these eggs available through the spring? I would love to hatch some but I promised my husband I won't until after our baby is born in April!