S J Turner Chicken history , project goals, and Pet chicken progress.

HI, I will be using this thread to do a history on my chicken experience the to track the birds i hope to use for my chicken projects.
None of the existing Breeds has all the features i want, so i will be working toward creating some.

The rest of the standard i will breed for will be worked out once i have begun the program and done more research on what goes with the existing criterion.
As you can see they all derive from silkie or frilkie - so will be polydactly.

Breed 1
Blue eggs.
Hookless Feathers.
Frizzled
Lav Colour
Bantam
Walnut comb
Comb coulor of Black or purple.
Non tufted.
Non bearded.
Non booted.
not rumpless


Breed 2
Chocolate eggs.
Hookless Feathers.
Frizzled
Black/Blue/Splash Colour
Bantam
Walnut comb
Comb coulor of Black or purple.

Breed 3
Brown eggs.
Hookless Feathers.
Frizzled
Buff
Large
Walnut comb
Comb coulor of purple or red

OK

General Backgroud.
In the early 80's i lived of a 250,000 arces property running 46,000 sheep, 150 cattle, various dogs and cats and btewwen 20-30 chooks.
chooks were all hens, and we brought in POL Pullets yearly to keep our numbers up.

The chooks had about and acre of coop, which was in 2 sections, both with water troughs, but feed was just thrown on the ground for them.

I left there in 1996 and got back into chooks in 2014 when we were given a retired hen, Her Blind daughter with a crooked neck, and a rooster.

Next post - pics of chooks form 2014 to current.

15 baby chicks outside in the outdoor brooder for the first time



and again



the inside Brooder


and agian



Mullet- our baby Araucana


Some of the eggs from our silkies, plus KC's First


Our First ever 3 eggs day


Dorain Grey and KC


And Again


More of our newbies in the brooder


Earlier Brooder pics


Hatching in Progress

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Hatching in Progress


first 5 in brooder


And again


First 3 in brooder


Angel and Dorian


Angel and Dorian

Dorian Inside after a fight and loosing to sebastian

Dorain Grey and Angel

Eggs Pipping in Incubator


Eggs Pipping in Incubator


More Dorian


More Dorian


Flock Free Ranging



Red Red asking if i have any sandwich bits for her.


Dorain


Red Sebastian and Shadows


red and Sebastian


Day 14 Candling


Chook out at farm - not one of mine


Damaged egg - It got discarded at day 14


again


angel on my desk


a wet shadows and KC


and again



5 chooks and an egg


setting eggs


Dorain and Sebastian Crowing. Im not sure if that is streak or shadows in there .



incubator set



the 30 eggs i set


and again


Dorian


Dorian Crowing



Sebastian Crowing


eggs in nest


the flock


chook laying.


Bathing Zorrow the frizzle - (not one of mine)


Dorain Grey, Shadows of Grey, Streaks of Grey - my 3 silkies


Our FIrst egg


and again


Zorrow and Dorain hanging out,


Zorrow and Dorain hanging out,


Zorrow and Dorain hanging out,


Zorrow and Dorain hanging out,



Dorain


Zorrow visiting - to try and get Fertilized.


Zorrow


Zorrow


Everyone in bed - golfballs in the nests


Firast eggs out at the farm


Dorian collar





sebastian collar


sebastian collar


our last pic of Cluck cluck


Blackbeard eating the chook food


Cluck cluck


Dorian COllar


BLakcbeard and chooks


chooks


balckbeard and chooks


clcuk cluck


coop version 4


coop


coop



coop V2 from door


chooks in plants


chooks in plants


Shadows of Grey


Red Red


CK


cluck cluck


A way to make a 6 week old stop flying up to the clothes line


Red


Sebastian, Streaks of grey, Dorain Grey


Cluck cluck


Dorain


Sebastian


Cluck Cluck with a sore leg



again



Chickns


Bokkins



More bokkins


and agian


and 6 week puic of red red and KC


again



More red and KC


Sebastian and Shadow , Streaks and Dorian are behind


Sebastian and Shadow , Streaks and Dorian are behind cluck cluck on right


Interactive introductions


more intro pics



agian



again



intros again











sebastians first day out with the silkies


sebastians first day out with the silkies



sebastians first day out with the silkies


sebastians first day out with the silkies

sebastian and cluck clucks first day out with the silkies

KC and Red meeting Mum and dad


KC and Red meeting Mum and dad


KC and Red in Brooder


KC and Red in Brooder


KC and Red in Brooder


KC and Red in Brooder


KC and Red in Brooder, angel on chair watching


Cluck cluck with KC and Red


KC,RED , CLuck cluck and sebastian


KC red Cluck cluck and sebastian


sebastian





sebastian


trying to wing sex red.


KC and red in brooder


KC and red in brooder

KC and red in brooder


KC and red in brooder


KC and Red


Cluck CLuck first meeting KC


cluck cluck in abox


Zorrow rthe Frizzle out at the farm


Chooks and plants


KC drinking


RED and KC


Cluck cluck and KC

Okay So,
My first ever hatch i borrowed an incubator and set 18 eggs.
I got 2 chicks.
After that I actually found out how a hatch is supposed to work.

Most recent hatch. I borrow the same incubator and set 30 eggs.
i will update on that later. for now I am going to go back and tags all the pics in the previous post, then upload some new pics.

Will hopefully get back on to putting some more information up instead of just pictures in a few days

Love them who is holding the chick?

my DH Bec

OK - so it looks like the post i am up to should be the rundown on my most recent hatch.
i Borrow the same incubator i used last time and place 2 digital thermometers that i had been checking for about a week.
I a total of 30 eggs. 10 from my silkies that had been laying an egg every 2 days for about 2 weeks and had just gone to daily.
12 Purchased eggs made up of 3 Araucana, 3 Dorking,3 Orpington and 3 Sussex cross frizzles.
remaining were random eggs from out at farm - 3 of which were from the EE.

I set all the eggs in the carton.
I candled at around day 5 and couldn't find all the air cells.
Dropped one of the Araucana eggs
Took the eggs out of carton and started hand turning 1 or 3 times daily
candled day 10. marked all air cells.
The Ara egg i dropped has lost all its fluid and started to smell. tossed it
Candled day 14 and put non slips in incubator. made cloth rings to set eggs upright again - no more turning.
tossed 7 more eggs - all clears leaving 22.
Day 18 - started adding water.
Day 20 - first pips. couldn't quite get beaks out of shells. moved eggshell off beaks to allow breathing.
over the next 36 hours did various air cell pips after they piped -
missed doing one and it suffocated in shell.
3 chicks got full assists as the failed to zip correct directions, pipped upside down, mispositioned etc.
after final zips and life checks had 15 chicks in brooder .
3 fully formed chicks dead in shell with yolk fully absorbed.
others were clear.

The hatch should have 2 Dorking, 2 Sussex Cross, 1 Araucana , 2 silkie cross, 2 Easter eggers and remaining mixed Backyard Chickens.
total 15 - pictured are above from before 12 days old.