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    a new chick!

    Although same age as “Hatch” (she in middle) the 3 purchased Wyandotte’s are heavier body and on roost more. They 3 prefer each other. Hatch has way more personality so far.
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    a new chick!

    Pusscat loves them. She pats them when we let her and they call her .. I Know very careful but they all calm. We use red heat lamp at night. covid-19 has them in our bedroom til feathered. So much for plans!
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    a new chick!

    We had a very difficult experience, obviously we aren’t hardened farmers like my grandpa was, but one was stuck in her shell and we worked with her for hours and died this morning so the new ones are to go with the one hatchling that survive our first experience with an Amazon 12 egg incubator...
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    a new chick!

    Update day 3. Looking at her, we have only tiny flock, she has a speckled Sussex mother! We love them but they didn’t have Sussex in when grandpa went to Buy three more chicks for this lonely baby ! Now there are four and they’re all the same age what a difference the new ones are cuckoo...
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    a new chick!

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    a new chick!

    How fun!:love Today is our 'good idea' hatch 8 eggs from our three elder hens, in a bator from amazon .. just one so far....already in temporary brooder in our bedroom! only one other pipped ' first still hasn't opened up wider or zipped.. but i hear her peeping! I will post our new baby!
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    Post your FIRST EGG pics!

    Mahalo Kay! My daddy is from NC (94years old) lots of family still in Charlotte!
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    Post your FIRST EGG pics!

    Our Black SexLink "Piggy" did the squat & freeze first! and within 3 days, at 20 weeks old, she presented us with one, then her sister Star .. and Boy are they "Noisy with their 'Egg Song!! Way to announce to the whole Forest & hawks above! This first eggs picture .. in one of the dishes...
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    Hello from Portland!

    Fiona ..I'll bet he grows up to be pretty.. they are so funny like a teenager .. all kinda rumpled and silly. Wish he could come up here.. thanks for sharing!! oh haha i see your sussex ? too..hmm mine make lots of noise..big combs too..but pretty sure they're all girls!
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    Squatting when I pet them. What does that mean?

    Well..at least it's a garden to search..we have rainforest and their favorite spots are under cedar & doug fir, mixed with nettles and fern..& blackberry..they make it hard' to follow. We have raptors, owls etc , so i'm glad our dogs tend to hang out with the girls if they are in the open. We...
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    Squatting when I pet them. What does that mean?

    I knew what squatting meant & that new squawk too.. my sussex girls are over 21 weeks..wyandotte are 21 and black sex link 20.. Now' they have to get Over their disbelief & anger that we suddenly won't let them free range! It occurs to us that we'd have to go looking" for eggs under trees ...
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    Hello from Portland!

    Hi Fiona! Would love to see pictures...however, that's a two hour drive for us.. We are above the Columbia River..but clear down the gorge above Lewis & Clark turn off hwy 84. in Ore. If you come toward Vancouver or even Cascade Locks, we drive that far. Too bad, too far.. but thank...
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    Hello from Portland!

    I'd forgotten how "friendly with much Aloha the BYC folks are!! I've just posted' some pics.. Oregon is enjoying our much needed rain now!! My 'girls' have grown nearly 6 months without rain! They are not sure how they feel yet.. more bugs!
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    Hello from Portland!

    Hi back.. i've been lurking for info & pics like you! We live in Troutdale.. If you hear of a friendly Rooster who needs a lovely, safe, free range home with 7 "girls who are 5 months old & mixed bunch..happy, happy.. Please let us know! (they're big girls.. Sussex, Wyandotte ..) It's fun to...
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    Greetings from Oregon!

    welcome to BYC / From a fellow Oregonian! i found healthy lace wing wyendottes, a week old at coastal farm in Gresham, for $3.50. That store seems to have large variety of ducklings too.. tho i'd rather pick from craig's list. and fellow farmers, they seem picked over in my area.. i wanted to...
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