Checking-In On Peeps - Post Here To Say Hello!

[casportpony]

Good morning! Life is good on the farm ☺ The chickens are doing great! We're one big healthy family with zero issues (thus far thank the Lord). Thank you for reaching out and checking on us busy birds, lol. Love everyone! Lynne Dunlap ❤

Welcome back! Glad to hear you, the family, and the chickens are doing well. Thanks for the update.

 

[Pyxis]

Hi everyone
I have been away
Was just logging in to ask a question about hatching lol

I have a few goose eggs in the incubator now ready to hatch
They are chirping away but been over 24 hours now and still hasn't externally pipped yet lol
I have been going down every couple of hours to talk to them hoping it will encouraging hatching

Welcome back!

Geese keep you waiting! I've got some in too, due in about a week.

I personally like to do a safety hole if they've been internally pipped more than 24 hours, to be on the safe side.

 

[casportpony]

Everything has been great here for the most part! Ive been raising 15 home hatched chicks from my flock, to add to my flock of 25. One of my hens has been the star of the show with 100% hatch rate from her eggs that ive put in the incubator. My silkie rooster, Buckwheat, unexpectedly fathered a chick (i didnt know he was getting busy lol) who is identical to him! My other favourite silkie had 3 eggs hatch from this batch of chicks which was a happy surprise because she is so well natured. Quail and hens are laying like crazy. Predators have been minimal.

Unfortunately we very unexpectedly lost a Cayuga duckling this morning that we just got. heart breaking. Her 3 siblings are doing well though and are so adorable.

Happy Spring everyone!

Welcome back. So sorry to hear about your duckling. Congrats on 100% hatch rate, that's amazing! Do you have any pictures of them? I'd love to see some pictures, especially of Buckwheat and his son.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Oh, were to start - I am starting over because of a stray dog who somehow made it into my coop and killed every chicken except one who was hurt really bad. Three were roaming in the yard and were not attacked. So to those 4 ladies I have added 11 chicks which are today 5 weeks old. I will be releasing them into the coop most likely next week. They are all feathered out and have so much fun when I allow them a few minutes out of their area. My beautiful Rooster did not make it so I will just have my gals this time around. Thanks for remembering me and asking about what is going on with my girls.

So sorry but congrats on the new chicks

 

[ShrekDawg]

They’re “tutus” we did a photo shoot. They only stay on for 30 seconds and then we take them off

Cute!!!

 

[Pyxis]

Oh, were to start - I am starting over because of a stray dog who somehow made it into my coop and killed every chicken except one who was hurt really bad. Three were roaming in the yard and were not attacked. So to those 4 ladies I have added 11 chicks which are today 5 weeks old. I will be releasing them into the coop most likely next week. They are all feathered out and have so much fun when I allow them a few minutes out of their area. My beautiful Rooster did not make it so I will just have my gals this time around. Thanks for remembering me and asking about what is going on with my girls.

So sorry to hear about your losses I recently had a neighbor's dog come and wipe out a lot of my flock. It even caused one of my emus to escape, and getting her back was a debacle.

 

[ivy_huan]

Welcome back!

Geese keep you waiting! I've got some in too, due in about a week.

I personally like to do a safety hole if they've been internally pipped more than 24 hours, to be on the safe side.

That's what I was thinking. The air cell on the eggs are very odd looking too. I assume because they got cold at night after they were laid.
I'm gonna make a safety holes tomorrow if they don't pip externally then.

I actually have another 5 eggs in there that I put in after a week lol. So hopefully I will get some goslings

 

[ChickConcierge]

Very pretty, especially for their ages!

Thank you!!

 

[mill-j]

Checking in here too. Hope everybody is doing well.

Life has changed a lot for me since I joined this forum. I moved several years ago. Unfortunately ever since then my incubator has been sitting empty. Wanting to get some chickens again this year but I don't know if that'll happen. Don't have nearly the space that I used to. I'd have to keep the flock pretty small. I know how difficult it will be to only hatch a few a year when I'm used to hatching hundreds every year.

I have currently shifted my main hobby focus towards beekeeping. Been keeping bees long before I started hatching chicks. Bees do not require fencing and daily chores so right now it makes more sense for my limited free time. I have most of my bees in outyards which also works better for the limited space at home here.


So many hobbies.... So little time.

 

[Spotgieter]

We have such a vibrant community here at BYC... tons of active friendly members. Of course, life gets busy, so I was thinking it would be fun to start a thread welcoming some of our peeps we haven't heard from in a while.

If that's you, come say hello and let us know what you've been up to.

(if that's not you, feel free to invite peeps you haven't seen in a while and say hi to those that post here)

Thank you for asking just busy with work and stuff.