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I got my fingers crossed for you.

Thank you so much for the tips. I will make adjustments and keep my fingers crossed. I have more eggs on the way.

I too have heard that unmarked boxes may do better. This is the worst a box ever shipped. But I have had good and bad results both ways.

Welcome! Congrats on starting a flock, I'm sure you will love it, but be warned chickens are addicting. Especially the Swedish Flowers.

I do let my shipped eggs rest for 24 hours before putting them into the incubator. This batch I let rest for 36 hours. I also read that you should not turn them for the first couple of days. Usually I turn the turner on right away or in 24 hours but I heard it's better to do it between 3 and...

I have some SFH in the incubator now. Only 6 because of USPS. I'm surprised I have any given the circumstances. 3 eggs were broken out of 17. Only 3 did not start. One was an early quitter and 4 more quit soon after. I'm hoping they hatch well. I usually have problem when it comes time to...

Now that my favorite Roos is gone I have a few more growing out. I was really liking a crested cockerel to put with my non crested hens. His comb was coming in nice and straight. The problem is he has a side sprig. I'm thinking I should just cull him but was wondering what everyone here...

Sorry this is a late post but my roo was very aggressive. Could not turn your back and he even came at you head on. I finally sent him to the pot after he attacked my 2 year old for the last time. All my kids were afraid of him and I did not want to use a bird with that kind of aggression for...

beautiful flock!

To me they look like they can still be Sweedish flowers.

Wanted to know what you all think about my SFH roo. He is the only mature one I have at the moment. He is 21 weeks old from GFF. I want to breed him to some hens I have from TOFH. I think he is handsome and was really impressed with his overall size and growth rate. He is in with various...

I too prefer the method you described, I just found it odd that the eggs never started or quit early. I am assuming trauma from shipping as I hatched other eggs in the same bat or at the same time and they were fine.

If you can get live chicks it's usually better then eggs. I have had most of my eggs from shipping develope until hatch then die before piping because of malpositions. I also got SFH eggs from different breeders from different states. Another breed was included in one of the orders. The SFH...

I like this black pullet. I will post some pics of mine if it ever stop raining.

I believe snoleapord is the rarest. I also find black based a bit harder to get. At least really nice ones. Then the blues. I have 2 really nice blues. At least I think they are nice.

I keep saying if I'm getting mostly pullets, then somewhere someone has to be getting mostly males. It's good to have a large number of males to choose from. Especially when taking personality into account. You can have a "perfect" bird but if he's nasty or to rough with the girls you may...

Your Roos are beautiful. I got a pair from GFF. I love my roo. Most of my chicks from GFF turned out to be pullets. Wish I had some more Roos.

I love to hear this! I'm hoping for a nice one.

very nice!

I got barnevelders, SFH, and ameraucanas from bluehouse. They were all great quality. I will be working with bluehouse again.