Recent content by Emcrowston

Wow, this could be my next adventure! Sounds great!

Oh, and I am in Derbyshire, uk. It's very wet here at the mo and getting cold.

Hi. It's a w hike since i have been on here, but here is an update...... I have 2Appenzeller check, now 4 weeks Los and doing very well with mummy hen who is a first time broodie (a white star). I have hatched 5 Chinese painted quail in the incubator, 3 are doing very well, now two weeks old, I...

I now have two very cute Appenzeller chicks, one silver and one gold. I am only hope they are both female, that would be the icing on the cake! Next project is I have have just put two doz cp quail eggs in the incubator. I had to adapt the rack though, I knew the eggs were small, but omg...

My excitement is waning, I have a hen sat on, what started as 9 eggs, it seems she has eaten 2, one is empty and they are due today. Two have pipped, but no visible movement, the others seem to have very large air sacks. I would appreciate any thoughts anyone has. Thanks

Hi elliechooks. I thought it was loo late up here in Derbyshire, but I had a white star go broodie, she is due to hatch on tuesday. I put 9 Appenzeller eggs under her and she only has 8 now, no snakes here! Lol. She has eaten one of them, clean gone except a bit of egg yolk on her neck! Good...

My white star is sitting on 9 Appenzeller eggs, she was off the next this morning have a drink and breakfast, there are only eight eggs left! Looking at it, I think she has possibly broken one and eaten it. I managed to candle a couple while she was off and they look healthy. They are due to...

The chicks raised from my speck lady are noe 9 weeks old, they are brahmas. I hatched 16 well summers, french copper Marian's and red mock led leghorns in an incubator, they are nearly 4 weeks old and I have 9 appenzeller eggs under a white star, 8 days in. Hopefully by spring I will have some...

I have 4 eight week old chicks separate to my laying flock. They are currently on growers pellets. What age shall I move them onto layers pellets and is it ok to integrate them with the laying flock at the same time. They are nearly as big as the rest already. Thanks for any info.

One of my white stars has gone broodie. I have 9 Appenzeller eggs under her now. Only on day 3, so a while to go yet. The 16 mixed batch are all doing well, now 3 weeks old this weekend and the brahmas are now 8 weeks old and I think they are all pullets. Not sure on the mixed htch yet...

It's deffinately addictive! The white star is now happily sat on 9 Appenzeller eggs. Hope she stays there full term!

Well, it's getting a bate in the year here for hatching, but I have had a white star go broodie. I fetched some Appenzeller eggs last night and set them for her this morning, she was off the nest. I do hope she sits back on them then. Think is is still broodie as she did a massive broodie...

I haven't figured out how to upload photos yet from the iPad. I now have to figure out what chicks are what sort. I thought it would be easy from the different shells, but it seems some of the well summers have come out black! I have got 4 red mocked leghorns which are much smaller than the...

It s exciting isn't it? Hoping to sex the well summers in the next few days.

Hi. I am from just outside Buxton, Derbyshire. Love this site, learnt lots. Got 4 brahma chicks with a Specled star, 2 white stars, blue star 2 black stars and 4 buff oingtons I hatched last year. Just hatched 16 cute little chicks, red mocked leghorns, eel summers and French copper blue and...