Here is a pullet that did well in last falls county fair. My daughter loves her bantam Favs.
She won Reserve Champ of show, and champion in showmanship. 13 years old.
Thanks to Jim Konkel, for the eggs we hatch. (top notch breeder in Central WISC.)
Jim does not ship eggs.
Set a new batch of eggs today. mainly Standard Salmon Fav's and bantam Fav's
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/homemade-incubator-4
I will post as we go . Fun to have the incubator running again!
Update on the new waters: They work great! I have them in 3 coops now, and are much better than the open waters I have used for years, the birds (even very young) learn how to use them within minutes.
I will be breeding them... Fav's are new to us. Our bantam's are 2 months. old, and the LF's are 5 weeks old. We are very much looking forward to showing them, and then hatching more.
mine came with the specs to drill the right size hole. they are threaded, and I used tephlon plumbers tape. and they screwed into the bottom of the plastic pails. no leaks. sink tested.... I still have snow on the ground here, and am waiting for spring to show me the yard again before I place...
One month old. 1 banty Sam fav, 2 LF Sam fav's, 2 quail D'anvers . The dark bantam is more than likely to be a cockerel, and the 2 LF are pullets, the D'anvers I am hoping to be one of each. All will be shown at the county fair this fall.
here is the Banty cockerel
changing how I water the flock, purchased the nipples from Amazon for a dollar each.
I have 3 five gallon pails, and for my smaller breeding coop a 2 gallon pail with just 2 nipples. I will still use my five gallon tray waters for my free ranging birds when they are outside, the nipple waters...