Recent content by bluedubloonfarm

I need to get a video of this: Our chicks have chick start (dry) available to them at all times, I started feeding them the fermented feed of that very same chick start (with kefir) and they go absolutely psycho over it when I bring it to them, while they shun the dry stuff. I have never seen...

@DirtCreature, I think so far we only have 1 hatched out of 5 so far that is blue, those darn splashes always seem like they are 75% splash 25% blue in a splashXblue mating!!...not 50/50. Aww well I still like splash on the hens just not on the roos, bleh.

@ Cats cradle: I remove mine as soon as hatched, I don't like them clonking around all the other eggs. I realize this doesn't work for everyone, I'm in a high humidity area so it's really not too far off from the incubator humidity. So far I haven't had a problem with hatch rates doing this, but...

Still got lots more to hatch, but here is one of our blrw! :)

Adorable! Congrats aaggjg! Love the pics :)

I am so excited for hatch time! ^^Lavender orps, I want some of those so bad. I may have to mosey on over to the egg auctions and get some for next hatch..hehe

What I do is have a full run, then separate it into 2 separate runs by running chicken wire through the middle, if that makes sense... this means you have to have 2 shelters though...This allows them to be protected but to get used to each other. We do this with our Nubian bucks that don't get a...

Thank you!! I'm definitely doing this!!

You should be good, I wouldn't worry about it, last year I hand turned and forgot a lot of the time, and they were still good. Wow! Your silkies were nice layers! I hope mine lay that well when they are in full swing.

Oh yes, I am already impatient! This is my first hatch this year and first hatch with my genesis hovabator so I am especially excited! I look several times per day too!I candled yesterday with an led flashlight, I got rid of 3 that were for sure no good, there may some more but the shells are...

Ours aren't very good layers, but their personalities are adorable and they do make great pets. I'm not much of a bantam person, but silkies have really captured me. We also had heard that they go broody easily which is actually something that I want more of in our flock, so that is a plus.

How did you poison the eggs? We have squirrels that steal our eggs, crack a hole in the top and eat the contents. I don't think a trap would be sufficient enough for them our hills are crawling with them! We try to shoot them everytime we see them...but they are learning to scat when we come around.

I'm with you, I'm looking for some new BLRW stock, eggs or chicks. I have eggs in the bator right now so I have to wait until the 19th of May or so before I can put new ones in.

Oh and I forgot, one lonely silkie egg!