Recent content by wolfytm2002

Hello from Baxter just about 20 mins away

Sorry about the photo quality, it was taken with a cell phone.

Sorry, these chicks are no longer available.

Well Hello

I suppose strange things just happen sometimes lol. But whats really baffeling is the fact that a few of the chicks are also feather footed and I have no feather footed chickens at all. I think the white hens had some feather footed bloodlines because they had a brother who was cochin but he is...

Well my orpington and the mixed breed ee's and the white hens (unknown breed) all had straight combs but I had thought the rose combs were dominant because all the chicks I have hatched prior to this particular set all came out with rose combs. So mysterious...

Ok I am so confused with my chicks hatched. The only 2 roosters I had breeding when I set my eggs were a GLW and a Dominique, both rose combed. Somehow I managed to get chicks with single combs... How? I didn't think that was even remotely possible. Anyone got any ideas?

Happy New Years All and goodnight :)

GRATZ!!!

11 babies hatched so far and more pips. I am losing count... I dont think I will be sleeping tonight LOL

Dont worry. They cold have moved while you werent looking. I think they secretly know when to wiggle so they arent noticed. Some breeds also take a little longer, and bator temps also play a large roll in the time it takes. I dont think high humidity would kill them so quickly. More...

Im not familiar with the brinsea models but I use a styro bator. When I didnt have a fan in it I had to add more water than the lower water wells allowed for to keep humidity up. I found that the bottoms of soda bottles once cleaned and disinfected worked wonders. I put 4 in the bottom and an...

3 pips woot!

Last month when I had 19 out of 21 hatch, there were several who pipped from the bottom side, large end. I let them do their thing and they hatched out just fine. I have never had one to pip on the small end tho so if thats whats going on Im not really sure what to say, aside from taking the...