Recent content by hanryo

I have an interesting addition. I have a cockerel from a bcm roo and a white Sussex hen. He has bred with skylines and araucanas. I set 6 eggs á month ago. I had 2 chicks die within a week of hatching - I suspect these were the araucanas. One had difficulty hatching so I assisted, and then...

Hi all - UK based here I hatched some of my mum's eggs last year, and I kept my first hatch, a white Sussex x black copper marans cockerel. I've since acquired some skylines and lavender araucanas and just hatched (yesterday) some of the blue eggs. All of the chicks are light/white, which is...

Hi all! East Midlands based here (Kegworth)

Hi all! I've often lurked here to absorb all I can... (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? My mum has chooks and had a roo so I stole some of her fertilised eggs last year to hatch. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 10 - 1 roo, 7 laying hens, 2 x...

I have one. I set 12 eggs (6 from older birds, 6 from younger birds). Had 4 hatch - 3 from the older birds (all cockerels!) and 1 from the younger birds (pullet). I think the eggs from the younger birds all drowned, being small with hard shells. I didn't have a hygrometer so expect I drowned...