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post #1 of 519
4/26/12 at 11:06pm
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post #2 of 519
4/27/12 at 2:51am

I hatched these four chicks yesterday. I have no idea what they are. Just that they hatched out of green eggs.

 

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I particularly like the one with the chipmunk stripes, they start at her eyes and go all the way to her tail. I've named her Chip. Of course.

The darker one on the bottom is guessed to be a boy. I'll know as soon as I learn how to vent sex. He hatched out of an oblong egg (we're going to see if this old wives tale is true or not). 

 

Hatch rate on these 6 eggs was 63%.
I have 3 more eggs due next week (one of which it turns out was infertile).


Edited by Lute - 4/27/12 at 2:54am

1 Pit/Chowchow Puppy (Carmen), 1 Boyfriend (Xander)

5 Black Sexlink, 3 Red Sexlink, 1 New Hampshire Red, 1 Cockoo Maran, 2 Delaware, 6 Rhode Island Red, 1 RIR Rooster, 7 Pekin Ducks, 1 Cayuga Duck, 1 Guinea Fowl, 17 Californian Rabbits.

 

Incubator: 0

 

The wish list is much longer.

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1 Pit/Chowchow Puppy (Carmen), 1 Boyfriend (Xander)

5 Black Sexlink, 3 Red Sexlink, 1 New Hampshire Red, 1 Cockoo Maran, 2 Delaware, 6 Rhode Island Red, 1 RIR Rooster, 7 Pekin Ducks, 1 Cayuga Duck, 1 Guinea Fowl, 17 Californian Rabbits.

 

Incubator: 0

 

The wish list is much longer.

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post #3 of 519
4/29/12 at 12:55pm
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Mine are from green eggs too! Well, some green, tan and pink, more have hatched yesterday,20120429_153527.jpg Moe. With ten chicks

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post #4 of 519
4/29/12 at 12:56pm

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post #5 of 519
4/29/12 at 1:11pm
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I'm going to guess the one with chipmunk stripe is a boy, maybe, ones I had with that turned into real pretty roos. I have 2 with that now, it's neat to watch em feather out and surprise! Mine are mixed breed, I call them Appalachian chickens that all started from chicks an old timey neighbor gave me, all I know for sure is they have old English game.
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post #6 of 519
4/29/12 at 1:21pm

omg how cute it makes me want to go and get more and mine are only 3 and 4 weekish old but starting that dinosore phase where there cute that only a mother can lover as my daughter puts it

My city farm:

4 Chickens 1 Buff Orpington Cheerio Rose, 2 Exchequer Leg Horn Lilly & Phoenix and 1 Amber star mix Little Bit.

3 rats Summer, Winter and Spring

3 Dogs: Lab Honey bear, Samoyed Duke, Pit mix Candii

3 cats: Snickers, Kit Kat, Zelda

1 desert turtle Harry

And a whole lot of fish in the fish tank

 

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My city farm:

4 Chickens 1 Buff Orpington Cheerio Rose, 2 Exchequer Leg Horn Lilly & Phoenix and 1 Amber star mix Little Bit.

3 rats Summer, Winter and Spring

3 Dogs: Lab Honey bear, Samoyed Duke, Pit mix Candii

3 cats: Snickers, Kit Kat, Zelda

1 desert turtle Harry

And a whole lot of fish in the fish tank

 

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post #7 of 519
4/29/12 at 1:25pm

Bibi 6 weeks.jpg

I promise these were chicks just a few weeks ago! I don't know what happened! They grow so fast!

In this picture, Bibi (White California) is in the spotlight, with a tail-shot of Miss Charlotte (BA).

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post #8 of 519
4/29/12 at 1:42pm

wow they are very pretty, and I think they are Americanas

I got 1 that has a wide brown stripe . the Americanas lay  the  green eggs and the hens  are called easter eggers.

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post #9 of 519
4/29/12 at 1:56pm
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Those look like the ones I got from tractor supply!!! They are going to be great hens I wish I had bought a dozen now.

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post #10 of 519
4/29/12 at 1:59pm

I have four red pullets from TSC and they are so hard to tell apart!  Six must be realllly hard, I don't think I could do twelve!

We have a dozen different breeds of chickens and we love them all!

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We have a dozen different breeds of chickens and we love them all!

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