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post #33141 of 45751
4/11/12 at 5:53am

Good morning!

 

  It didn't freeze last night, but did get down to 36* here. May freeze tonight.

 

  Vicki ~ Congrats on the 75! Hope you have a great hatch!! D.gif  My head would be spinning if I ever hatched that many!

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post #33142 of 45751
4/11/12 at 5:58am
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Originally Posted by Debbi View Post

Good morning!

 

  It didn't freeze last night, but did get down to 36* here. May freeze tonight.

 

  Vicki ~ Congrats on the 75! Hope you have a great hatch!! D.gif  My head would be spinning if I ever hatched that many!

morning Debbi! It definitely froze here...still not above freezing yet, but hoping when i come back from work and go work in the garden, that the plants I covered will be alright!
 

I'm already starting to hear teensy cheeps here and there from that hatcher. Haven't seen any rocking eggs yet, but should by tonight or tomorrow morning I think since my hatches always start early....Come on babies! I want to meet you all! clap.gif

 

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post #33143 of 45751
4/11/12 at 6:03am

Good deal on the peeps! I would be crazy if I had to go to work with a hatch starting! Of course, it would probably lessen the mileage I put on my feet when mine are hatching. I thought it would slow me down putting the bators in the far end of the house. Nah, I just walk more! gig.gif Good excercise, but it sure doesn't make them hatch any quicker, or in my case, better...

"Live and learn from fools and from sages" ~ Aerosmith
Black & Blue Copper Marans, and one Wheaten ~ White, Partridge & BBS Silkies
Member of:  ASBC

 

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"Live and learn from fools and from sages" ~ Aerosmith
Black & Blue Copper Marans, and one Wheaten ~ White, Partridge & BBS Silkies
Member of:  ASBC

 

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post #33144 of 45751
4/11/12 at 6:26am
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Good deal on the peeps! I would be crazy if I had to go to work with a hatch starting! Of course, it would probably lessen the mileage I put on my feet when mine are hatching. I thought it would slow me down putting the bators in the far end of the house. Nah, I just walk more! gig.gif Good excercise, but it sure doesn't make them hatch any quicker, or in my case, better...


haha too funny! I kind of am glad that I work for a bit today and tomorrow...it helps me to get away from the hatcher for a while so I don't obsess so much. The real hatch date is friday, but I'm guessing I'll start seein chicks sometime thursday. So, I'll be home for the fun day....when I get to finally take them out hopefully!

 

"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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"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 #33145 of 45751
4/11/12 at 7:08am
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Thought I would post some current pictures of my two prize girls (to me, at any rate) ... at 20 weeks ... I couldn't be more thrilled. They are over-melanized at this point but beyond that, I think they're perfect!

 

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There are two of them and I still can't tell them apart unless I study their toes .... idunno.gif (one has short outside toes .... )



 They are lovely!!!!! clap.gif

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post #33146 of 45751
4/11/12 at 7:17am

Good luck with your hatch Vicki!

 

 

 

Question~ Does anyone else notice that their chooks are great hunters?

 

Everyday for the last 5 days I have found poofs of Robin feathers in random spots near or in the Marans fenced area.

 

Last year I watched Gnarles snatch one right out of the air and then everybody had a feeding frenzy...but that the last time I actually saw it happen. Now I am just finding the left overs. I knew they would eat pretty much anything but I didn't know they would make a daily sport of it.

"When the Power of Love Overcomes the Love of Power the World Will Know PEACE" -Jimi Hendrix

 

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post #33147 of 45751
4/11/12 at 8:08am
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Good luck with your hatch Vicki!

 

 

 

Question~ Does anyone else notice that their chooks are great hunters?

 

Everyday for the last 5 days I have found poofs of Robin feathers in random spots near or in the Marans fenced area.

 

Last year I watched Gnarles snatch one right out of the air and then everybody had a feeding frenzy...but that the last time I actually saw it happen. Now I am just finding the left overs. I knew they would eat pretty much anything but I didn't know they would make a daily sport of it.


Ours do not like the little birds in their run areas and will chase them out but we have never seen them actually take one out!
 

 

Our Crew: 2 human adults, 3 human kids, 1 Aussie,1 Cocker, 5 rabbits,  Andalusians,  Welsummers,  Cuckoo Marans, IB and White Peafowl, 1 pair Red Golden Pheasants

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Our Crew: 2 human adults, 3 human kids, 1 Aussie,1 Cocker, 5 rabbits,  Andalusians,  Welsummers,  Cuckoo Marans, IB and White Peafowl, 1 pair Red Golden Pheasants

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post #33148 of 45751
4/11/12 at 9:47am
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Good deal on the peeps! I would be crazy if I had to go to work with a hatch starting! Of course, it would probably lessen the mileage I put on my feet when mine are hatching. I thought it would slow me down putting the bators in the far end of the house. Nah, I just walk more! gig.gif Good excercise, but it sure doesn't make them hatch any quicker, or in my case, better...

I agree with you! I have eggs(not Marans this time) hatching today or tomorrow and I am at work so I set up a hatch cam hide.gif

 

Ron

 

 

 

Ron

 

Is this a Hobby or a way of Life? Chickens: Australorp, Barred & Partridge Rock, Hatchery & Heritage RIR, Golden Comet, Marans, Easter Egger,  Silver Gray Dorking, Basque Hen, Partridge Penedesenca, Olive Egger and UofA Blues

Hatching 101 including Shipped Eggs

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Ron

 

Is this a Hobby or a way of Life? Chickens: Australorp, Barred & Partridge Rock, Hatchery & Heritage RIR, Golden Comet, Marans, Easter Egger,  Silver Gray Dorking, Basque Hen, Partridge Penedesenca, Olive Egger and UofA Blues

Hatching 101 including Shipped Eggs

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post #33149 of 45751
4/11/12 at 9:51am



You need to feed them once in a while lau.gif

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Good luck with your hatch Vicki!

 

 

 

Question~ Does anyone else notice that their chooks are great hunters?

 

Everyday for the last 5 days I have found poofs of Robin feathers in random spots near or in the Marans fenced area.

 

Last year I watched Gnarles snatch one right out of the air and then everybody had a feeding frenzy...but that the last time I actually saw it happen. Now I am just finding the left overs. I knew they would eat pretty much anything but I didn't know they would make a daily sport of it.



 

Proud member of APA, ABA, ASBC, MCCA, JBBA, LIPS.

Winner, Marans Chicken Club USA Egg contest Jan. 2013 Northeast Poultry Congress. My girls rock!

 

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Proud member of APA, ABA, ASBC, MCCA, JBBA, LIPS.

Winner, Marans Chicken Club USA Egg contest Jan. 2013 Northeast Poultry Congress. My girls rock!

 

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post #33150 of 45751
4/11/12 at 10:11am
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I agree with you! I have eggs(not Marans this time) hatching today or tomorrow and I am at work so I set up a hatch cam hide.gif

 

Ron

 

 

 


I don't know if that would be good or bad? If I saw one in trouble, I might've had to beg off as sick for the rest of the day! gig.gif
 

 

"Live and learn from fools and from sages" ~ Aerosmith
Black & Blue Copper Marans, and one Wheaten ~ White, Partridge & BBS Silkies
Member of:  ASBC

 

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Member of:  ASBC

 

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