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Wow, that’s great that they hatched. Amazing what good eggs can handle! We sold our RV, but I think Bill may have kept the portable generator. Seems like a no brainer, but I hadn’t thought about it. I’ll have to ask him to have extra fuel on hand and to fire it up once or twice tomorrow, before...

I’m really worried about the expected gully-washer of storm too. The last one didn’t flood our place here north-east of Merced, but it made the drive to and from work quite an ordeal. Many of the roads were washed out. We only lost power briefly, but I’m concerned about a longer outage this...

I forgot to add pics!

We set 103 eggs for the HAL and our final number of birds hatched is 63. :celebrate Once “we” for got to toggle the turner switch back on :smackand another day temperature spiked, so overall, I think we did okay. Since we only have one LO hen, we also put 3 Blue Cochin hens in with our LO...

We set a total of 103 eggs between Thursday 3/8 & today. (There are another 89 at various stages of development, some will hatch this week) 19 Ameraucana x BCM 15 Amercauana x F2 & F3 OE 12 Jubilee Orpington 4 Silkie 4 Silkie x NN 22 Lavender Orpington x LO and Blue Cochin (We’ll sell or gift...

Those are dark for Orpington eggs. I have one Jubilee that lays an egg that’s darker than the others, but just a shade of two. Do you know what other birds the seller has, other than Marans?

I’ve heard of that, not sure if it’s really done though.

Never thought of that, it’s sure worth a try! Thanks!

Sorry about the bobcat incident. Counting bees, hmm, must be like counting butterflies; count their legs and divide by six? :confused:

Yes, no luck. Zero fertility out of 2 flats of BCM & F2 OEs. It felt like punch to the gut with every egg candled and opened. Jesus (Spanish pronunciation) has been a great bird. I’m glad to have him out with the hens. (Named by our then 12 year old son who noticed that the two day old bird...

Hi all, we’re going to be setting eggs for the HAL. Not sure what kind or how many yet. DH has the fever this year too. He’s already set up 4 breeding pens and he’s working on the fourth. Unfortunately our BCM Rooster just isn’t doing his job this year. Good news though, he gets to be out on...