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    Returning Member Now in Texas

    Understandable. I know once we decide on getting a few more birds to expand the flock a bit I sure don't like to wait around, especially when I go into the feed store and there all cute & fluffy and just right there in front of me, begging me to take 'em home! Lol... Last summer, that's exactly...
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    The Svart Hona (Swedish Black Hen) Thread!

    Lol...Well I figured it would taste a little bit like chicken :rolleyes: Have you eaten only the cockerels, or the hens too? I just wonder if it's a bit gamey across the board or more like some cockerels in general can be. I may try Caponizing one for comparison to see if it makes much...
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    2017 Zodiac Hatch-a-Long

    Also, since I haven't been seeing many chick-pics on here yet...here's a few from this last hatch...
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    2017 Zodiac Hatch-a-Long

    Getting ready to set some more eggs here. On the last hatch I had 1/2 that hatched with the moon in Pisces but 1/2 were in Aries. I'm gonna try one more time, setting on the last possible night for a moon favorable hatch 3wks out...I swear, every other time I've hatched without paying attention...
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    The Svart Hona (Swedish Black Hen) Thread!

    I personally can't wait to raise up some of these Svarthönas that I'm hatching now so that I can cull a couple of cockerels & see what they taste like! I have never tried the meat of a fibromelanistic bird yet (silkies just don't seem worth the effort:)
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    2017 Zodiac Hatch-a-Long

    Well, Congratulations to you, too, ChickenCanoe! :thumbsup Hope everyone hatches before the moon enters Aries @ 4:46pm (EST) :jumpy
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    2017 Zodiac Hatch-a-Long

    Thanks Friday!
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    2017 Zodiac Hatch-a-Long

    Exactly! :weee &...wait, let me look again... Yep! & pretty sure I LOVE him already! :love
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    2017 Zodiac Hatch-a-Long

    Here he is, our first hatchling of 2017... The little Fire Rooster himself!
  10. NordicChick

    Returning Member Now in Texas

    Welcome back to BYC the Great Home away from Home, and Welcome to TEXAS, Tuscola Clucks! I am not really sure how I stumbled across your thread but it's kinda' neat that I did since I actually raise Swedish Flower Hens, plus, also... live here in Texas! We do have a few other breeds, too...
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    2017 Zodiac Hatch-a-Long

    Well, I realize that they would normally be weaker hatching out so late... But what if they hatch out late on a lunar favorable date? I wonder if they would be less weakened by it.
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    2017 Zodiac Hatch-a-Long

    It is the hatch day that counts. You want them to hatch during a waxing moon, in the fruitful signs (the water signs) of Pisces, Cancer, or Scorpio. February 7th & 8th are the favorable hatch days for chicks so setting eggs on January 17-18th was the recommended timing. If you set yours late on...
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    2017 Zodiac Hatch-a-Long

    Wow! So glad I noticed this thread! The "Zodiac" in the title caught my eye and when I read on I found other people are doing the same thing I am! So Awesome! I was not consistent enough with my record keeping last year so can not speak to the results. But THIS year, I'm on it:) I set some...
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    New to the chicken world!

    Honestly, I'm not sure how long, it seems our eggs are still kinda' hard to peel up to around 2 weeks old. So, probably 2+ weeks?
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    New to the chicken world!

    I wondered about using vinegar. Figured if the baking soda didn't work, maybe making the membrane and shell more acidic would keep the albumin from sticking. Good to know it works, thanks Apiary! Another thing that supposedly works is suspending eggs on a little tray in an airtight container...
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