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So today I had another first regarding chickens. I found a lady willing to sell three hens that have just started laying eggs. So we get there and I have loaded up the black australorp and then the silver laced wyandotte everything is going fine tell I try to get the black star. She runs past me...

Quote: I have not had cornishX yet I was planing on getting sum this summer so I cant help you out on what they will be like But I do have my chicken coop painted and the chickens do not peck at it. So long as you stay away from the color red I don't think there will be a problem. I all ways...

Quote: True Oh! And I candled some of the quail eggs today, and so far have found only one clear But it is still early so I will give it a few more days. Looks like I will have a pretty nifty hatch out of these eggs. I won't candle the goose egg until later. YAAA! you will have to keep me...

So I was thinking of raising meeties this summer and saw that some one got hers in egg form. What is better getting day olds or eggs? Oh and if I deside to get day olds anyone what to go in on an order?

Quote: What are you hatching? I have 7 goose eggs 6 turkey eggs and 6 chicken eggs (3 bcm 2 barn yard mix and one bantam) in the bater right now and will be putting in more quail tomorrow. they are all do to hatch about Easter.

Well you could all ways sell the baby goose and then buy more hatching eggs to hatch out. Or you can buy one more egg so that your baby will have a friend and the the two of them can make you eggs:lol:

Ya I herd that the Brinsea Octagon Eco was a good one that is one of the two that I was thinking about the other one is the Genesis Hovabator 1588 with auto turner. Its hard to say on bators. Oh and I am all ways happy to help out. I am still new to having my own birds only had mine for about a...

Sooo Today is my anniversary and my hubby said he would buy me a new bator. I was so existed because I have a cheep styrofoam one. So when he asked me what type of one I wanted i was like ummmm.......... Soooo ya I need help. What type do I ask for. Now keep in mind that I am not one of the...

Quote: They where up and running with in 6 hour time frame. They where not even dry before they new how to walk and run. I hate to say it but if your baby is not running/walking by now something is wrong. What type of problomes is the baby having with walking? It legs would slip a lot and...

Quote: Yep I took pics of them earlier in the day before you two came over. Ahh cool How long did it take them to start walking correctly? My baby quail that I hatched is now two days old, and still has troubles. They where up and running with in 6 hour time frame. They where not even dry...

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Quote: Yep they are cute little fuzzy butts that can fit into a shot glass. The first two pics are of them I just sold might just have to hatch more. I was only hatching them cause I had a double yoke quail egg I wanted to try hatching. Its the third and forth pic. The brown egg is a...

Ya!!! My first hatch out of my own eggs!!!! I got 10 quail so far. Though one I dont thin he will make it He seams to have some sack still out side the body and his little feet are all curled up. Poor guy. Im hopping he will get better with time but I just dont think so. I will post pic tonight...

Quote: I saw it I am so existed for her. I was just whiting tell i got over the OMG OMG dose she know what she is getting her self into. late nights looong days bad smells lots of stickiness that you just don't want to know what it is. man I miss when mine where small. its soo much of a tell...

Quote: Well I live in Eagle River and I have 10 chickens 4 geese and like 20 quail (I keep forgetting to count them ) so yes you can. You just have to look at the zoneing laws on the house you live in. All so it helps to keep those around you happy by keeping a low profile. Shot the lady that...

Quote: I do sell the quail eggs i am normally over run with them. Its all I can do to eat them all and have been selling the eggs to eat. But if you want them for hatching I can do that to. I just set some of mine in the bator to hatch. Though I have not hatched out any before i know they are...

Quote: I am still looking. I have bid on some eggs and this time it is looking better like I might get them. I am on the list for eggs from Sterling Meadows Hatchery. She has some really nice birds and I have gotten some chickens from her in the past. If I had more patience I would just what...

Quote: Well it is my first egg so i will not know if they are fertile yet. I have one girl goose for sure and the other three are unknown yet. I got them when they where babies last winter the family I got them from did not sex them and I am new to it so will not know untell I see them laying...

Quote: Yep I have 4 geese and one of them laid an egg for me today I was so happy. Oh are any fertile? If they are, Please let me know if you are ever interested in selling them. And how big are the eggs? Well it is my first egg so i will not know if they are fertile yet. I have one girl...

Quote: Goose eggs? Like from your own goose? Yep I have 4 geese and one of them laid an egg for me today I was so happy.