The second hatch for Isbars finished and these were much stronger than the first hatch. I talked to the man for whom I am hatching them, and he confirmed that eggs were from different sources. I was much more impressed with the second group of chicks than the first group of chicks. Without...
Thank you for the replies. That information does help. I will pass it along to the owner when he picks up the chicks. I am sure that he will feel better too.
Compared to my healthy Marans chicks, these isbars look like runts.
Back to chick flipping.
I am hatching two separate batches of Isbars. I do not own these eggs, I am a hired hatcher. I have hatched a lot of birds, but I have never hatched Isbars before.
The first group of eggs took over 48 hours to hatch from start to finish. That was the first sign of problems to me. Why was...
Farmer's Association put together the swap. As it turns out, there was not a tester today as far as I know, although there has been at all the others they have been to as best I remember. An oversight or miscommunication I'm sure. Farmers has been very good about loaning the use of the parking...
I will be at the Benton Farmer's Association Swap on Saturday 3/23 with a group of Splash copper Marans four girls and a boy. They are three months old.
I will also have some Wheaten Marans chicks and some cream legbar chicks.
Anybody else coming?