Recent content by chevynova

  1. chevynova

    Looking for true BLUE eggs.

    I have two batches of eggs pending shipment as of this morning. Thanks very much for the helpful PMs!
  2. chevynova

    Looking for true BLUE eggs.

    I get a lot of my eggs on Ebay with excellent results, but I've had a terrible time trying to get blue eggs for my friend's and my big 2013 hatch. I have purchased both Ameraucana and rumpless Araucana eggs. Most of the sellers I have bought from quote the breeds' standard of blue eggs, but what...
  3. chevynova

    Just In Time Hatching Egg AUCTION and BIN Thread

    I'll take these! Sending a PM now.
  4. chevynova

    Starting a batch tomorrow 1/25 anyone want to join me? Valentine hatch-along!

    You might also find a quail waterer at the feed store. They have teeny pans barely any wider than the water jars. I love mine, and so of course it is missing now that I have new chicks. As DraigAthar said, chick grit works, as would rocks or any other clean, inedible objects you can put in...
  5. chevynova

    Starting a batch tomorrow 1/25 anyone want to join me? Valentine hatch-along!

    Grats on all the pips and babies so far!! Mine aren't due until tomorrow. Howeverrrr, I did manage to hatch a few cuties last weekend! Kryten, Lister, Cat, and itty bitty little Rimmer. He's a bantam Cochin and less than half the size of the others!
  6. chevynova

    Starting a batch tomorrow 1/25 anyone want to join me? Valentine hatch-along!

    It really is upsetting when you open dud eggs for the first time, especially if you don't know for sure. I don't have a very strong stomach, but I've done a lot of what I consider extremely gross things for my chickens and hatching eggs and found I could be a lot braver than I thought. It's...
  7. chevynova

    Starting a batch tomorrow 1/25 anyone want to join me? Valentine hatch-along!

    I am also using a second incubator as a hatcher, but this is my first time doing a staggered hatch. Seems to be working well! Just a friendly heads-up -- if you leave bad eggs in the incubator, you run the risk of bacteria contaminating your good eggs. The bad eggs can even explode if they...
  8. chevynova

    Starting a batch tomorrow 1/25 anyone want to join me? Valentine hatch-along!

    Of course I will! And good luck to everyone else who will be subject to the weather tonight!
  9. chevynova

    Starting a batch tomorrow 1/25 anyone want to join me? Valentine hatch-along!

    ^ Oooooh, puppies!!!! I had a weird, miraculous and stunningly disastrous hatch last weekend. The eggs were silent as the grave on hatch day Sunday, so on Monday morning I assumed they were dead and opened the top of one to see what went wrong. The inner membrane was dry, but to my surprise...
  10. chevynova

    silkie crosses? what do they look like?

    I've got a few silkie mixes. So far all of them have a bit of a crest, feathered feet, and unusually soft but not silkied feathers. The males are also very gentle compared to my other large roosters. The father is a buff bearded silkie, the mother is a light Brahma. He is a sweetheart with...
  11. chevynova

    Starting a batch tomorrow 1/25 anyone want to join me? Valentine hatch-along!

    I could sing praises of turkeys all day. I currently have six, four of which I hatched myself. I never gave them any special treatment, but they decided I was BELOVED MOMMY, BRINGER OF GOOD THINGS as soon as they understood treats! They are gentle and friendly and will follow me around the woods...
  12. chevynova

    Starting a batch tomorrow 1/25 anyone want to join me? Valentine hatch-along!

    Hi all, I've got some shipped eggs to throw in for the V-Day hatch! They were set on 1/26, due 2/16, so they'll be a few days late. Current tallies: 6 out of 13 standard Russian Orloff 9 out of 9 Yokohama (woohoo!) 3 out of 5 Ohiki 8 out of 14 Sizzle 2 out of 7 Blue Slate Turkey (set on 1/18...
  13. chevynova

    Eggs hatching 2-1-13 Anybody else?? - Hatch-Along

    Just came across this thread on the recent posts -- I've got 28 eggs due Sunday! I started with 33 eggs from my own flock,15 standard sized mixes and 18 bantam/fancy mixes. They are in a digital Genesis Hovabator and were turned by tilting the incubator three times a day. My standard hens are...
  14. chevynova

    Mahonri's 3rd Annual, BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

    From these I got.... these Buff-laced polish, white yokohama, red-shouldered yokohama, and one lone heritage bronze turkey. That makes.... 4 out of 29 total, and 1 turkey out of 12. There were 13 eggs at lockdown, 8 of those were assorted turkeys, four were yokohamas, and...
  15. chevynova

    Pennsylvania Chickenstock CLARION TSC April 28, 2012

    I am seriously considering a taking a little road trip with my sister for this event. 4.5 hours one way! If we make it down there, I'll be crossing my fingers for some black spanish turkey poults. I'm still interested in other breeds, though! Also, if anyone has male sexlink chicks they don't...
See more
Back
Top Bottom