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I got my little fuzzy butts!  Happyhen's 3 Orpingtons (1 blue, 2 black, Tab kept the splash for breeding) plus 4 Ancona, 1 Australorp, 1 GLW and 1 EE (looks the same as the GLW right now).  Everyone is happily cheeping and running around.  Tomorrow morning is the TSC trip for a few more! 

Did you win dinner? Learning how to shoot is a good thing.  Keep practicing!!!

edited to say, I didn't hit quote....this is for Annie  happyhensny!

Did the Cortland TSC run this morning, only had part of the 625 chick shipment, rest comes in Tuesday and Wednesday.  Today they had a huge bin of Buff Orp, bin of Tetra Tints, one of Golden Comet/Red Sex Link and one of Cornish Rock cross. Not what I was hoping for.  Guess I'll make a couple trips after work the next two days to see what else they get.  Still hoping for Sussex, Wellsummer and Dominique, maybe another Australorp or EE.  

Rancher, I know you keep your room temp high when you are hatching...but let me tell you what happened with my recent adventure into bator hatching.

I bought that little bator....cost like $20 with shipping....it's molded plastic, no insulation at all.   Has hollow legs to put water in.    Cat tipped it over and the eggs were on the floor for a while.  Put them back in.   We heat with wood and the furnace is set to come on when it hits 62*....soooo my room temps can be anywhere from 62 - 85....and the bator was on a small box near the floor so it probably never gets anywhere near the high the thermostat reads.   I still got 50% hatch rate...which is great when you only have room in the bator for 2 eggs....I will admit that the 7 watt bulb kept it a constant 100 degrees when I checked it...but I didn't check it in the middle of the night, only after the fire was started,etc.  (creature comforts before chicken duties, sorry)   So I am not sure that the room temp has to be as high as you keep your room....as long as the incubator has the power to keep the internal temp constant, it shouldn't matter what the room temp is...below 65 probably isn't a good idea, but most people keep their house 65 or above.
 

Just went to our local tractor supply store and guess what they HAVE SILKIES! I'm so upset because after all this searching around I just go into the store for supplies and BOOM there they are and I can't even buy them! Why can't it just be the end of May already! 

This was the one in Clifton Park, outside of Albany. I told her I would be back tomorrow sometime or call in the morning if I could find someone to take 3 or 4 of the 6 minimum purchase I would need to make but I'm doubtful that will happen. I'm making a trip up to Syracuse this weekend Friday night or Saturday morning if you want me to bring you any that may still be available. I just don't think even having 2 for myself would work right now. 

Can you let me know what they have available at the Cortland store? 

  I had no idea I had the self control I used today. I went to the local hardware store, and they had chicks from a farm down the road for sale. AND chocolate Indian runner ducklings. If I didn't have 37 eggs going on lockdown tomorrow, and have to reload it with sumatra's and Indian runner eggs, I would have brought home those ducklings. 

My problem with goats (and it's minor, really) is that goats GIVE BIRTH....which means they can have problems with the birthing process....which means I have to be a midwife to AN ANIMAL....not my idea of a good time, really....oh and to get goats milk they HAVE to give birth.  That means you need a billy goat too....does anyone see "chicken math" happening on 4 legs here?   Cuz *I* do....and many, if not most, goats give birth to TWINS.  Chicken math to the max. 

Ok so I know people have recommended NOT getting silkie chicks from hatcheries, but what about other breeds? Like Buff Orpingtons or Bantam Cochins? Would I still be disappointed as I would if I ordered silkies? 

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Originally Posted by java girl 2 

 

can we see pics of the roos please??
 

 

 

Will take some decent ones tomorrow. I definitely think the rumpy Araucana roo will go to auction. He's pretty and he's fine with his hatchmates, but he's not letting me integrate the smaller chicks that have been caged with them for two weeks. He's the only one that picks on them. grrr. The EE roo seems to be calmer. May lock them both up and see if I'm able to let the smaller chickens out.