Olandsk Dwarf Chickens - Page 40

 

More pictures of the abominations please :)

Here are a few group shots of everyone together:

 

 

 

 

here is one of the suspected Maiden Rock mixes:

 

 

The ones that are part Silkie have feathered feet, so they are easy to seperate.  Here are some pics of just "the fuzzers" as I'm calling them:

 

 

 

 

 

 

And then here are pics of the pure Olandsks:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The one most feathered out is three weeks old and the others are every age up to born yesterday.  Here is a wet fuzzer that hatched out a little bit ago:

 

 

 

I am curious to see what the fuzzers turn into, I'm hoping some of them will be good broodies, if so I'll keep them and probably eat the rest.  I did finally get around to setting up a seperate area for the Silkies a couple of days ago, so I won't be getting any more of those crosses.  I shuffled some other infastructe around a bit too, and that seems to have thrown the Olys off laying, I haven't been getting any eggs from them since.  Which is ok, I was feeling like I need to bring the hatching train to a stop here soon.

Edited by tbird9 - 1/10/13 at 8:52pm

ha, ok.  I think I only have this one for now:

 

 

I can try to get some more tomorrow.

actually, here is a video of some of the chicks that I mostly don't have anymore.  One of them is a different silkie/oly that looks a lot like the one I've still got.  The video is dated 7.09.11, so I must have been wrong about when I did that incubating, I must have set them in June.  Sorry, this summer was a bit of a whirlwind.

You can see that I had one chick born with a serious backward leg. He kept up for a bit but we did cull him shortly after this.  There was one other chick from this batch that was born with serious curled toes.  I called him Hobbles, until I looked on the internet and learned I could splint his feet.  I did the splint, even though he was almost a week old and it worked.  

 

Other than that I have not had any of the hatching/incubation issues that other folks have mentioned.  I'm a seriously novice incubator and I have been making a lot of mistakes and having some difficulty with certain eggs, but it seems like there is almost nothing I can do to screw these guys up, almost every one has pipped and hatched like clockwork on day 19 or 20.  In this current hatch I have not had any toe issues and I now know that I have been running my hatchers on the very wet side.  I've been doing that because the trouble I had back in June was with it being too dry.

Edited by tbird9 - 1/10/13 at 8:52pm

Wow, lots going on there!  Your Olandsk dwarfs could be mine, very similar!  Ha ha...abomination....I hatched 3 mixed dwarf wyandottes, eggs won on ebay, I'm curious to see who they grow into.  Ebay auction was titled "Chicks party mix."  Who could resist? 

 

How big is your operation?  Coops, sizes?

 

They all look healthy!
 

Is anyone looking for Olandsk eggs? I have 18 ready to ship in the morning - I was collecting for someone who had to cancel her order at the last minute. Please pm me if you are interested and we can discuss details.

Thanks

ps - LOVE the pics of the brooder full of OD chicks!!!

I guess I will consider these a cold hardy breed. We're about 10*, colder earlier this morning, and they are all out of the coop, doing their normal chicken stuff.

Yes, I do believe the chicks would be fine without the heat lamp I put in on Monday.  But it helps me by keeping their water from freezing.  And they act like it's a spa  :-)
 

 

 

Rats, can't seem to display this photo

http://www.flickr.com/photos/24171959@N05/8407383594/

Edited by celticgarden - 1/23/13 at 7:00am

What a neat picture Celticgarden. I wish I had electricity in my coop for a light or heated waterer. The water is freezing quick these days.

Only the best in chicken relaxation.

Looks like a chicken ski resort ;)