Hey all, I tried hatching one of these adorable babies over a year ago and had a terrible incubator malfunction. I am ready to try again, does anyone have maybe two or three eggs I could buy to hatch, this is a project involving my teen son and my younger daughter. Thanks for considering.
I actually don't need a full dozen, only want to have 6-8 eggs in bator....Would you be able to do a smaller amount. Maybe mix it up with the duck breeds. I'm a back yard keeper. :)
My zip code is 08015
Looking for about 6 eggs to do a hatching project with my kids. Mix will include turkey, duck and maybe a chicken or two. I will be staggering their hatch and they will be kept as pets.
I don't have alot of money but will pay fair price. Thanks.
How do you feed/Water your chickens. Changed out my girls to a large ceramic bowl for water as they don't tend to get as much debris in it. Still using the small plastic feeder for there dry food, wondering if i need to upgrade.
Outside of the normal Feed, I've been given them all vegy and fruit scraps and left overs. I've heard some folks feed them regular dinner left overs. What do you feed yours? What won't you feed yours and why?
Thanks
Mine like to poopy in there food, talk about wasteful...lol... But we change bedding often, using crate too. I haven't noticed the smell. What type of bedding are you using.
One week and my babies are adjusting to their new home. My three are Buffy-a buff orphington and Cortana and Chicken Nugget, both gold sex links. They have a homemade brooder on my bathroom counter. The family goes in and out all day visiting and talking to the Chickens. They love the company...
I had a second thermometer, but maybe I should look into a digital. Wouldn't it be great if they made one with an alarm that beeps when the temp is too high.
Well, it's official, something smelled real funky last night. Started slowly one by one opening and all were underdeveloped and by the smell very dead for a bit of time. One had managed to develop and died.
One is a Buff Orpington named Buffy, There are two gold sex links, my son named one Cortana(from the xbox game Halo) and my toddler named hers Chicken.
Ok so no we are technichally not allowed to have them, but after much thought we are now the proud owners of three chickens. We will narrow down as we get older to two, one going to a friend. But was at Agway and fell in love with these babies.
Some movement, but no pips. I've been on top of the temp/humidity and days. A few spikes early on, but I have thinned the eggs out with candling and float test. I'm away tommorow due to unexpected death in family, and while my son is here I'm worried they have trouble and I won't be. How did...
Day 19, This morning was disappointing, no change, not much movement and I'm getting worried because tommorow morning until thursday I won't be here. I felt the eggs and found around 6 more that were very light and not as dense as the others. Water tested they indeed floated up almost...