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  1. montain_dweller

    The 5th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

    I just want to have everything running and operating as it should. Things are looking good here in colorado, got lots of fresh eggs from the yard, plus a few batches of eggs which will be shipped in order to be received the day before the saturday set. so excited... english orps, hedemora, plus...
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    The 5th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

    Now I am excited. I have got someone in a warmer area of the state to receive my shipment from berrytangle. I have made arrangements so that berrytangle will ship my hedemora eggs so the arrive just in time for the saturday set date. I will have 6 of those eggs, and hopefully 6 english orp eggs...
  3. montain_dweller

    Colorado

    i am curious if anyone in the denver area would be keen on having a package of eggs delivered to their house for me. I asm in the mountains, shipping adds a day or 2 from denver and the packages get beat up. I am trying to get some hedemora eggs shipped for the easter hatch along. my area is...
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    The 5th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

    here is what exoticchickenautcions has to say about the Hedemora chickens. They are as far as I am aware all of greenfire farms, however there are a few other sources for birds and eggs. Hedemora are possibly the most cold hardy chickens in the world. Their combs and wattles have evloved to a...
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    The 5th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

    hedemora are a sweedish breed. Being a landrace there is no set standard color. what makes them special is their free range through winter ability. They have developed an underlayer of down, which keeps them warm through winter. This makes them one of the most cold hardy species.. it also makes...
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    The 5th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

    I am in for this. hopefully I will be hatching some hedemora chicks, along with a mix of my flock. I will fill the hovabator, and maybe even my coolerbator with eggs...
  7. montain_dweller

    Mites on Chickens! Please HELP!

    I had chicken lice(brought in by ravens I reckon) DE did absolutely nothing, other then give the birds some dust. I then tried sevin5 dust. one moderate application to the birds, and a full cleaning of the coop and nests, the problem is gone. it took 2 weeks to go from lots of gross bugs, to no...
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    Incubation experience in Colorado's foothills

    I live at over 9000 feet in colorado as well. I have not yet made the advancement to the room humidifier, but if this next hatch I have set for another 10 days does not hatch out well I will be making that move. at day ten on my most recent hatch, I had ALL 14 eggs progressing, something I had...
  9. montain_dweller

    Colorado

    welcome aboard. I am just up the hill in plume. lots of birds around this area, despite its cold harsh winters. glad to see a few mountain dwellers around
  10. montain_dweller

    hedemora chickens

    can anyone give me information, other then what greenfire has provided about these birds. does anyone have them? I am curious about them.
  11. montain_dweller

    13 week Buff Orpington - Roo?

    that picture alone is not enough for me. close up on the tail feathers, and a close up on the face and hackle would help a but. size is another, is it much larger? my buff orp got big fast. and is not much larger then any of the other birds..
  12. montain_dweller

    grow out pen

    I built my coop and run last year in the spring. I battles snow and I feel that the bad weather caused me to rush a few things. This spring the coop will be getting a new roof. I am also going to rebuild it from 4x8 to 6x10. I will be replacing some of the plexiglass removable windows I have for...
  13. montain_dweller

    Best Bedding for 3 Week old Chicks

    i use pine shavings as soon as they exit the incubator. they are in the incubator for 2 full days after hatching. I like that the pine holds heat and the birds know to make a nest and keep warm under the heat halo.
  14. montain_dweller

    Introducing new chicks to other chicks

    I hatched out some english lavandar orps earlier in the month. I then hatched out some EE, whent he EE hatched the orps were already at 3 weeks, I tried just tossing the day olds in, but the older birds started to peck and give the lil sleepys a hard time. I ended up putting the day olds in a...
  15. montain_dweller

    grow out pen

    thanks for the great idea. how many birds can that fit comfortably? I may make two just like it, minus the plastic house... as I dont have that but do have plywood.
  16. montain_dweller

    grow out pen

    Hey everyone. I was curious what everyone uses for grow out pens. I have 2 chicks which are about a month old now. I have been using a extra large dog crate as a brooder, its been working good, the 2 older chicks are in their awkward feathers growing out everywhere stage and soon I would like to...
  17. montain_dweller

    Simulated Natural Nest Incubation~Experiment #1 So it begins....

    Good luck, I will be following this thread
  18. montain_dweller

    Day 18.....Lockdown

    3 hatched, 2 were too big for the shell and died after pipping.
  19. montain_dweller

    Automatic incubators

    Can anyone recommend an incubator with automatic controls. I am looking for something with automatic temps and humidity control, as well as an auto turner and even egg countdown and automatic turner shutdown
  20. montain_dweller

    Day 18.....Lockdown

    I've got two more pipped. Ahh work will drag, but I am not opening the bator until day 5 regardless
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