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post #29471 of 45734
1/20/12 at 9:31am

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post #29472 of 45734
1/20/12 at 9:37am
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All is good in chickendom again! 2.gif


indeed!!!

 

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"Maybe home is not really about geography...maybe home has more to do with the work we've all done as individuals to increasingly become people we can live with. Maybe home is the desire to live soulfully, the tiny ongoing desicions we make that allow the soul room to breathe." -Linford Detweiler
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post #29473 of 45734
1/20/12 at 10:30am

For those of you who have made your own incubators that are tall: What did you use for a heat source?  I am thinking of using a radiant heat panel..anyone used one of those?  It is compatible with the thermostat I got and won't burn anything. Any other ideas?

Tropical Plant Freak with Marans: Bcm,wheaten,golden cuckoo, BBS, blue copper,barred blk tailed buff, blk tailed buff, blue/blk birchen. Lavender, white, buff, and black Orps, Silkies, Key West aka Gypsy chickens, Ameraucanas, Muscovies, Sebastapol Geese, Guineas,Gobblers, Parrots. Currently working on some exciting Key West and Marans projects. 

~Not selling eggs or chicks at this time~

 

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Tropical Plant Freak with Marans: Bcm,wheaten,golden cuckoo, BBS, blue copper,barred blk tailed buff, blk tailed buff, blue/blk birchen. Lavender, white, buff, and black Orps, Silkies, Key West aka Gypsy chickens, Ameraucanas, Muscovies, Sebastapol Geese, Guineas,Gobblers, Parrots. Currently working on some exciting Key West and Marans projects. 

~Not selling eggs or chicks at this time~

 

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post #29474 of 45734
1/20/12 at 11:43am

How old does a cockerel have to be to actually be able to do the deed properly?  My blue guy is 5 months old and I had to take him out of the pen he was growing up in because he and his buddy (ameraucana) were stalking and grabbing the two pullets in there and those girls were NOT into it.  Those girls are obviously not ready to be grabbed and jumped on, they kept screaming and freaking out.  lol

 

Anyway, now the two 5 month old boys are in their own pen.  The blue marans, Igor, is so funny.  Always jabbering and picking things up and putting them down.  Today I gave them some left over roast beef all chopped up.  I thought he would gobble that up so fast but he kept picking up little pieces and making all kinds of little noises then putting the morsel down then repeating this over and over.  Not sure if he ever took a bite himself. lol

Now this marans tho he was my first ever hatched and we love him to bits, his comb has a big thumbprint I think.  He has waaay too many feathers on his toes and he is not really a solid blue but a blue copper that is mostly blue.  Anyway, he will not be a part of my marans breeding plan.  But I am not going to get rid of him cuz he is "special".

 

Could I put him in with my Easter egger hens and actually get fertile eggs?  I have put so much energy, time and money into buying fertile eggs and chicks that the idea of having eggs conceived in my own back yard is almost foreign to me.  lol!    

 

So to make a short story reaaalllly long.  Is 5 months old enough to fertilize eggs?

 

“Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.”  ~ Buddha

 

My coop building thread... http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/613051/my-new-breeding-pens-progress-pics

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“Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.”  ~ Buddha

 

My coop building thread... http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/613051/my-new-breeding-pens-progress-pics

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post #29475 of 45734
1/20/12 at 11:52am
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Originally Posted by Christie Rhae View Post

So to make a short story reaaalllly long.  Is 5 months old enough to fertilize eggs?



Probably! You could try cracking open an egg or two and check the germinal disc. If it looks like a donut rather than just a tiny white dot, he's doing the deed!!

 

Working hard in Canada with Bearded Silkies (White, Blue/Splash, Porcelain), B/B/S Ameraucanas,  and Black/Blue Copper Marans

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Working hard in Canada with Bearded Silkies (White, Blue/Splash, Porcelain), B/B/S Ameraucanas,  and Black/Blue Copper Marans

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post #29476 of 45734
1/20/12 at 12:21pm
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Originally Posted by Christie Rhae View Post

So to make a short story reaaalllly long.  Is 5 months old enough to fertilize eggs?



Probably! You could try cracking open an egg or two and check the germinal disc. If it looks like a donut rather than just a tiny white dot, he's doing the deed!!

 


Oh yeah, I read about that.  This is a whole new chapter for me!

I have an EE hen who consistently lays the most vibrant egg.  

eggshell.jpg

 

It is always crazy beautiful.  I think I might try to make my own olive eggers. What an idea!!  Wait till my husband catches on to what I am up to!  lol   He might take away my incubators.  wee.gif

 

 

“Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.”  ~ Buddha

 

My coop building thread... http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/613051/my-new-breeding-pens-progress-pics

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“Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.”  ~ Buddha

 

My coop building thread... http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/613051/my-new-breeding-pens-progress-pics

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post #29477 of 45734
1/20/12 at 1:37pm

I am not into the Blue and Green eggs but lordy that is the most gorgeous egg!!

~S & S FARMS~ Doing our best to breed the finest, Pied Peafowl, Black Copper, Blue Copper, Golden Cuckoo, White, and Birchen Marans, Exchequer Leghorns, Black Crested White Polish, and Swedish Flower Hens.
 

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~S & S FARMS~ Doing our best to breed the finest, Pied Peafowl, Black Copper, Blue Copper, Golden Cuckoo, White, and Birchen Marans, Exchequer Leghorns, Black Crested White Polish, and Swedish Flower Hens.
 

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post #29478 of 45734
1/20/12 at 3:20pm
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Saw Dr. Oz the other day and we got some b12... so we will see what happens with that.



If you are b12 deficient, that means your intestines aren't absorbing it. Taking it orally won't help if that's the case, you need to do injections.

Wendy, chemist, mama to 4 human children, a crazy Husky/Australian Shepherd cross dog, a cat, several fish, bunnies, 17 goats,and our ever growing flock of chickens, ducks, turkeys, and geese.

My oldest son is breeding BBS Orps! Looking for breeding stock!

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Wendy, chemist, mama to 4 human children, a crazy Husky/Australian Shepherd cross dog, a cat, several fish, bunnies, 17 goats,and our ever growing flock of chickens, ducks, turkeys, and geese.

My oldest son is breeding BBS Orps! Looking for breeding stock!

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post #29479 of 45734
1/20/12 at 3:39pm
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That handsome roo a couple of pages back, almost looks to me like a Black tail Buff x Cuckoo. Can't really see it in the pic too well, but is his breast area reddish??


He has blueish feathers with red around the outside of each one, giving him a reddish lacing look on his breast area.  :) So I am guessing he is just a Cuckoo mixed with something else then.  :)

 

Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourself.  Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.  Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus.  Philippians 2:3-5
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Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourself.  Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.  Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus.  Philippians 2:3-5
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post #29480 of 45734
1/20/12 at 4:18pm

Oh no the broody wannabes are at it again. I pulled one marans and one fluffy butt orp buffinator off their nests tonight. The buff orp girl had a ton of eggs under her including one she must of broke and had dried egg and goo all over herself Uggg. sickbyc.gif  One of my Key West hens ran out in the woods a few days ago and didn't come back. Today I went hiking around looking for her and found her on a nest between two huge trees that had fallen over roots and all sticking up which formed a strange corner room. I took her and her eggs and put them in the KW coop. I'm surprised nothing ate her out there.

Tropical Plant Freak with Marans: Bcm,wheaten,golden cuckoo, BBS, blue copper,barred blk tailed buff, blk tailed buff, blue/blk birchen. Lavender, white, buff, and black Orps, Silkies, Key West aka Gypsy chickens, Ameraucanas, Muscovies, Sebastapol Geese, Guineas,Gobblers, Parrots. Currently working on some exciting Key West and Marans projects. 

~Not selling eggs or chicks at this time~

 

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Tropical Plant Freak with Marans: Bcm,wheaten,golden cuckoo, BBS, blue copper,barred blk tailed buff, blk tailed buff, blue/blk birchen. Lavender, white, buff, and black Orps, Silkies, Key West aka Gypsy chickens, Ameraucanas, Muscovies, Sebastapol Geese, Guineas,Gobblers, Parrots. Currently working on some exciting Key West and Marans projects. 

~Not selling eggs or chicks at this time~

 

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