Thread formerly known as Hatch day is today - Page 3391

My three remaining giant peking eggs from this batch are alive, and 2 are internally pipped!    We got us a HATCH DAY getting started here!

Dutch Chic!  How nice to see you, hope your well?  Hows the birds?

Hey Marty & Dutch.

Hope you are doing ok in the heat.  I am sounding like a broken record... but would you both puh-leaze post new pics of your birds??

Marty, how's your giant pekin hatch going?

Remember this?

Just thought I'd show a pic from today. 

Baby update.... I took the camera outside yesterday

3 black sumatra chicks and 1 cochin hatched 6-24

Barney - Buff   Hatched 3-5   isn't his drake curl cute

one of Barney's Buff girls  same age

the current goose flock... we'll decide about Sept who stays, who gets sold and who goes to freezer land.. Squishy Stays

Gem and Pearl... Gem's colors aren't what they should be,  QJ has an extra drake

about 1/2 of they ducks including the pair of Blues from Julie

Turkeys  #3 and 4 in pic came from Julie... looks like all 5 are boys.. making plans to order from Porters next year

I discovered (or confirmed) last night that:

1) I can't find a peepee to save my life when vent sexing

2) That my two drakes and one female pekin are actually three drakes

3) That I really need to get rid of a couple pekin drakes

Miss me? Thursday I ended up with food poising so had to go to the doctors. Friday I was out watering the plants and ended up having a heat stroke. However, I do have a surprise. Guess what I got? Peafowl . I purchased  6 green javas chicks . They'll look like this full grown:

Oh, and I somehow ended up with a ton of eggs to go in the bator. 4 runner eggs, 16 pekin eggs and 44 from my flock (if I mentally counted this right). I was out of room in the fridge, so going out for the season with a huge hatch.

Having to hand turn two dozen. Oops!

My three remaining giant peking eggs from this batch are alive, and 2 are internally pipped!    We got us a HATCH DAY getting started here!

My three remaining giant peking eggs from this batch are alive, and 2 are internally pipped!    We got us a HATCH DAY getting started here!

I have an extra girl turkey. :) I am only wanting to keep a pair, and have a boy and 2 girls I'm pretty sure. Neither of the "girls" has strutted or gobbled. If you want her for breeding to one of your boys, you can have her in exchange for a few eggs from something next spring.   I love the pretty reddish color coming in on #4's butt, lol.  Hoping they look like lilacs, and if you order from porters next spring let me know. I'll add a few lilac poults to your order so i can compare them to the turkeys I/we have. 

Lol, I have too many drakes too. I've gotten better at finding pee pee's, but still am only around 60-70% accurate. 

She's pretty friendly. She comes up to me, takes food from my hands, etc. Doesn't bite, but has seriously sharp nails so I only hold her with a hoodie with thick sleeves on, lol or I get scratched all up. She just hangs around out of her cage, doesn't mind the kids.

Hey darlins!  Just set 118 Giant Pekins , 5 dozen Heritage Turkeys , My own Cayugas & Sussex ~ I also am hatching my 22 Ohiki eggs !   BUSY BUSY here ! My bator still has an empty tray & a couple rows left on another ..... NEXT  Sat auction.... trouble

Gunna go back & read the last couple days posts