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  1. Omani

    Ebay eggs

    So this is my update. I bought 12 and got 18. Of those,6 weren't fertile. I had 8 hatch. Unfortunately, we lost power when they were a week old. I lost another 3. I have incubated everything from gouldians to geese,and raised them successfully, but these guys are giving me a run for the money. I...
  2. Omani

    Ebay eggs

    I ordered red golden,but there were a few extras,so I'll find out what I got.Hopefully,some will be the ones I wanted.
  3. Omani

    Ebay eggs

    They arrived today,in good condition and very well wrapped. I hope I can get at least some to hatch.
  4. Omani

    Ebay eggs

    While I've never bought eggs of any kind before, I will do my due diligence. I got beaten out of every bid at the auction yesterday, so i've already started looking into online sellers. I do know people who had ordered chicken eggs online and gotten mixed results. I am hopeful that I can find...
  5. Omani

    Ebay eggs

    Has any one bought pheasant hatching eggs from ebay? What kind of success have you had? I have hatched several batches of chicken eggs successfully and thought I would like to try my hand at pheasants. I'm planning on going to the Bath,NY auction tomorrow to find some more red goldens or...
  6. Omani

    What do you feed your Red Golden Pheasants?

    Besides the game feed, I give mine fresh fruit(1/2 frozen watermelon is a big hit in the summer), fresh veggies from the garden, bird seed/scratch mix, and rice/pasta mix. Most are just treats so that they get used to interacting with me. If they get a good balanced feed and can forage a bit...
  7. Omani

    Live chick during eggtopsy

    No change so far. The patch isn't doing as good a job retaining moisture as I had hoped. The humidity is up to 80%, but the membrane is still drying out. I set up a drip system that releases one drop every minute or so. It rolls down the egg and spreads across the membrane. I'm hoping that will...
  8. Omani

    Live chick during eggtopsy

    I've been checking it every two hours. It's still alive. I think the patch has slowed the evaporation but not stopped it. I increased the humidity to 80%. I'll check again in a couple of hours to see if that helped. I'm willing to entertain any ideas, no matter how crazy, that anybody has to...
  9. Omani

    Live chick during eggtopsy

    I always do "egg-topsies" before I toss eggs that didn't hatch, just to see what went wrong. Today is day 24 so I thought I'd be safe. I turned the incubator off, cleaned out the shells and took the remaining eggs outside. I opened six to find that most died about half way through. Number seven...
  10. Omani

    NY chicken lover!!!!

    You're about an hour south of me. Welcome to BYC. The best part of joining is that all those questions rattling around in your head that you thought were dumb, have probably already been asked and answered. Makes you feel kinda normal, not kinda dumb.
  11. Omani

    Is this considered fully feathered

    I let mine out into the side yard when they have about half their feathers (on sunny days). When they don't need the lamp any more, they go out to the big boy pen. I would say that yours are ready to go.
  12. Omani

    Chicken Processing in WNY

    Asking around is a good idea. I just found out that there's someone 5 minutes from me that will do it. All this time we've been driving over an hour to Attica. You could also try putting an add up at your local feed store. Or just ask the employees. I'll bet they know somebody. That's how I...
  13. Omani

    Chicken Processing in WNY

    I had the same problem a couple of years ago. Called about six or seven butcher shops. A couple of them gave me the name and number of a guy in Attica. Did a good job. If he still does it, he only processes through September and you have to make an appointment. I can PM you the info if you...
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    Omanis Chicken Coop

    County Jail coop When we hatched out chicks last year, we thought that they were going to live with the existing flock. WRONG! So we had to build another coop. Since the first one looked like a school, we decided to stay with a theme. My husband's favorite movie is "Tombstone", so old west...
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  15. Omani

    Update: (City Oppression) Milford tickets 93 year old man for hens

    This is an interesting disscussion. But I would like to make an observation. I don't think this case is about the merits of owning backyard chickens. I thought it was about whether or not it is legal to do so in a specific area/community. In this case, it clearly was not. Citing other cases to...
  16. Omani

    Has anyone ever planted a tree in their run?

    We planted some trees in our run last year. This is probably the worse time of year to transplant them because it stresses them so much. Late spring or early fall are best. But you can save them. Trim the tree back by 1/3. DO NOT fertilize, just water. The fertilizer can actually burn the...
  17. Omani

    Severe limp and no other symptoms. What is going on?!

    We have had the same thing going on with our girls. For no reason, one will start limping. Check her out and don't see anything. After about a week in isolation, she starts getting better. Then another one had the same thing. Then I actually saw it happen. It was the rooster! If he jumps on them...
  18. Omani

    ENDED Coop Page Contest 2011 - Win BYC Store Gift Certificate

    This is our coop. I've wanted to make a BYC page for awhile. This gave me a reason to do it. I did have a terrible time getting the pictures on it, but I think I worked it out. https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=38809
  19. Omani

    What is this stray?Ameraucana,Araucana or EE.

    O.K. She's a she, about 12 weeks and an EE. As she was found running around a city parking lot in a bad part of town, I would expect to see dirt and injuries. It's strange because there aren't any houses nearby. She does have a toenail that was all bloody until I cleaned it up. It looks like it...
  20. Omani

    What is this stray?Ameraucana,Araucana or EE.

    Thanks. I thought it was an easter egger too. They are on my wish list. Being a girl works out too. She will be a replacement companion for our mille fleur cockerel, since the silkie died. How long do you think I should keep her in quarantine? And should I medicate her, in case? BTW...Sorry...
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