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I agree that the incubator is more reliable for hatching, but I love watching my broody with her babies. It's amazing to think that we kept the chicks in a box in the garage for weeks and she has them running all over the yard at just a few days old. It's so cool to hear the chicks & mama...

Blaundee is correct that only 2 eggs hatched. Unfortunately one of the chicks was dead yesterday morning. There was no sign of trauma or pecking, but it was outside the crate so I don't know if it possibly got out in the middle of the night & got too cold. I went to the feedstore & got 3 barred...

There were 2 adorable balls of fluff when I came home today. One snuck out from under mama briefly & I got a pic. There are 5 other eggs under her- one of which may have a pip. We'll see if there are any more babies tomorrow.

There was a pip in one of the fertile eggs I got from Blaundee this afternoon- & it is only day 20! I was worried because the broody got back on the wrong nest one day last week. New chicks for Mother's Day. I can't wait for tomorrow.

My broody is still sitting on blaundee's eggs. It will be 21 days on Monday! She had a little nest confusion a few days ago, so I hope the eggs are OK. I guess only time will tell. dak, I would definitely be interested in buying buff laced brahma eggs or chicks sometime in the future if you...

dak, I just saw a pic of your buff laced Brahma on the Brahma thread. gorgeous! are you breeding them yourself?

Busted! Hubby just came in & told me "you should go check because it looks like that broody girl is sitting on a bunch of eggs." I guess I could have played dumb, but I went ahead & admitted that I put them under her. The next questions was "where did you get them?" I said "from someone I met on...

I'm trying to decide how & when to tell my husband I put fertile eggs under the broody He's afraid to disturb her, so he won't notice unless he happens to check for eggs when she's off the nest. Of course, it will be hard to hide baby chicks... The biggest problem is that those baby chicks are...

My broody is still sitting on Blaundee's eggs. I was able to check them while she was off the nest for her daily constitutional yesterday. It looked like another egg had been broken/eaten in the nest (I have 1 hen who is laying very thin-shelled eggs right now) but all 10 of the fertile eggs...

For Ideal, it's $25 of chicks not including shipping. If you're ordering sexed hens, it's less than 10. The other nice thing is that there is no minimum number of any breed (there is a small surcharge for <5 of a breed, but you can order just 1 if you want). Their shipping was pretty cheap &...

My Welsummers do lay a nice brown egg. I have 2 from Ideal & 1 from Privett (ordered through Town & Country Feed). I can't tell them apart, so I'm not sure who lays which egg. 2 are fairly uniformly dark, & 1 has dark speckles. Here are some pics. First is one I took recently to show my...

I got fertile eggs today from blaundee! My Brabanter is still broody, we'll find out in 3 weeks if she can stick with it.

We live in Albuquerque in the valley. We have hawks, coyotes, roadrunners & neighborhood cats. We lost 2 chicks out of the pen during the day when we first moved them outside. I can't remember how old they were, but they were not full grown, maybe 6-8 weeks. At that time the pen was open at the...

Your eggs & chicks are gorgeous dak!

This site is so great! I am going to get some from Blaundee on Thursday. I had thought about trying to get eggs or chicks from DAK even before this... maybe once I get another coop built

Anyone in NM with fertile blue or green hatching eggs you're interested in selling? I have a hen who seems determined to be broody & was thinking about giving her some eggs. I would like to add some color to my egg basket, but don't want to spend too much if she quits or if the eggs don't make...

We had a frozen egg in the coop yesterday. brrrrrrrrrrrr. Luckily the chickens don't seem too bothered by the cold.

I also double-checked the city ordinance using the link on the website I provided. It clearly states 15 chickens (poultry) are allowed. Good to know, since I have 14.

Actually 15 chickens (with no more than 1 of them a rooster) are allowed in the city limits. The ABQ Urban Chickens site has links to the legal code: http://urbanchickens.org/abq-urban-chickens Of course, you still may be subject to noise or odor complaints. Or covenants if your neighborhood...

Another new Albuquerque chicken keeper here. Re: the swap meet at Farmer's Feed. We happened to go by one day when they were having it- All I saw were non-chicken fowl. For hatchery chickens, Town & Country feed will order 5 of any breed from Privett. Not sure about finding local breeders.