4-H-er thread!

[I Love Layers]

Nice to meet you! Hope you find some birds

 

[I Love Layers]

1 and 2) Black Pullet
3) Blue Pullet
4 and 5) Blue Cockerel
5 and 6) Black Cock

 

[I Love Layers]

Got my awards check in, hopefully next year I can double that.

 

[I Love Layers]

I am going to try and set some eggs next week. They would be out of BM-1 over BLF-2 and BLF-3. I would probably set them on Thursday or Wednesday so that they hatch over Christmas break. I collected the eggs about 2-3 weeks ago, so most of them probably won't hatch.
I am thinking of using 2 incubators also. One for days 1-17 and one from 18-21. This way if I want I can stick newer eggs in if I get any at different stages of the incubation.

 

[I Love Layers]

Set 16 Cochin eggs today
6 from BLF-2. I have never shown her but she is not a bad bird, I got her in September '16 from Jamie Matts
8 from BLF-3. Thats the blue pullet that got Reserve Asiatic Pullet at state fair and reserve overall at county. I got her in February '17 from Jamie
And the male over them is BM-1, Reserve Asiatic at state fair, also from Jamie

My PC is the one hatching them, she will be 5 years this spring so I think this will be one of her last batches

 

[LilJoe]

@I Love Layers , do you just do the fairs or the"big" shows, too?

 

[I Love Layers]

@I Love Layers , do you just do the fairs or the"big" shows, too?

This year I just did fairs as I didn't have anything planned. 2018 I plan on going to a show in Hutchinson, MN, it is usually the District 5 meet for cochins, and there are some pretty good cochins shown there. And then I am planning on going to the cochins international western meet also.
Its hard to go to anything but fairs here since everything is so far away

 

[I Love Layers]

I love the width on this pullets head

 

[LilJoe]

She'll be a good breeder!

 

[I Love Layers]

Rotater is turned off this morning and humidity added. Still haven't candled, I am just hoping and praying I get something or I will have unmature pullets and cockerels at county... If I get time to candle I will, but if I don't and nothing hatches by Thursday they will be thrown out. I am regretting not not setting them until now