Recent content by Coldweatherbirds

I brought home a dog today. He is perfect in every way (4yo, healthy, gentle with my kids, people oriented)... except he wants to kill my birds. One sight of them and he loses his mind. So, I second you, dog-chicken training advice please?

Hi, I'm joining super late. Set my 42 eggs on the 7th. Had a failed attempt at candling on the 14th (shells dark, poor light). Lockdown yesterday. Lots'o peeping and 1 pip today. Maybe hatching a day early tomorrow. Are early hatchers more likely to have external yolks? What do you do about...

HATCHING HELP My eggs are pipping early!!!! Lots of peeping and one pip in there. I know that the incubator got too hot during those warm days we had here in Maine, and this can cause them to pip early (they aren't due until Wednesday). But.... I also hear that when they hatch early they are...

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Woo hoo!!!!!!!! Ready, set,.... Hatch!!!!! (I'm like, totally advanced for a 4 week old.)

It's my second hatching, I'm using the LG still air (blah). I got a just-under 50% hatch rate last year (then 3 fatalities I think). It's a borrowed LG... I never ended up getting the incubator that I really wanted this year. (Sigh.) I put my eggs in the closet in the office as I collect them...

I've stopped getting update notifications. Anyone putting eggs in the 'bator this month? I know there are Easter hatchers going in soon... or already in? My borrowed LG is warming up and eggs are accumulating in the closet. Woo-hoo!!!!!!

Do you think she would take them that late? The one that hatched did it on Tuesday... so it'll be a week older than your hatchlings. I don't know what to do. I'm going to take away the last 3 eggs in the morning. Maybe she'll be ok with just 1? What would you do?

I'm looking for a couple hatchlings to join the one that my broody hatched. Anyone got a couple chicks less than a week old that they'd be willing to part with?

Well, my broody has got at least one little chickie! She still has 3 more eggs under her... we'll see. It's been 24 hours since this one pipped, so I'm not too optimistic. But the one we got is a cutie!!!! Blue copper maran daddy... who knows what mommy.... it was a light brown egg though.

I plan on being in Portland friday feb 10th in the evening if that is any help.

I have mix breed fertile eggs... my birds are listed below. I'd gladly give you a dozen... I'm a ways up though... Litchfield.