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It is spring and I thought I would post spring molt pics. (NO roosters on these hens.) Below is Isabella. She is usually bald for some reason. But other than that she would be a pretty EE. below is Nell. She is a frizzle. Heilie is the daughter of Nell. Satellite in the background. Isla...

Anyone hatching on Mother's day? I have eggs due the day after, but I will probably get a few right on mother's day. From local store fridges, but all the farms are near by. They probably wash. I have hatched these before.

I don't believe round eggs produce females, since the roundest egg i ever set was a male. So this is not an experiment, I also only have one round egg to set. But we can do guesses on whether we will get a boy or a girl. Tha'd be fun!These are the eggs going into the incubator with the round...

Chick needs name. She came from a blue egg.

This time I put a plastic owl (meant to go on the roof to scare pecking birds,) I put that in the bathtub. One time we were out for breakfast, and my husband had to leave the line to grab his wallet, and I told the people in line ahead of us, to say hi to my husband, who's name is Todd, and...

This is a pic if all chicks in brooder, I have 6. There is also a mirror. In the mirror you see a yellow and gray chick who is not in the group below... And it is a reflection of the chicks...

This is "Fancy Nancy" You may remember her from molt contests... She is quite the bird. I got her as an egg from NC. Not many eggs survived the shipping process, (3) but I did get FN. Which made it worth the risk. Below is her as a chick... I may give her some rooster chicks if she stays...

Hello! The goal is getting fertile eggs. Here is how I am starting from the beginning before the egg are fertile. These are not all the hens I own, but some I need to breed. My rooster was too young. I borrowed an isbar rooster from friend. I put him in with my hens. i see him tid bitting, and...

No prizes with this one, be satisfied by guessing the first to hatch in Elvis's world. I am watching "Elvis." I decided to have an Elvis hatch. I don't have a bunch, just 8 (Pics in a sec) not all drawings will be exact, but names are from Elvis's world. They are due on the 18th of March. (One...

When you are setting eggs set more than you need. Since some will hatch out roosters. The same for buying chicks. Buy more chicks than you need incase some end up being roosters, or die because the feed store chicks eat the wood chips they are brooded on, or die from the stress of shipping...

I have 21 eggs I set, they are on day 11. Chose an egg you think will hatch first. Someone who choses correctly will win a first place prize. A paper mache chicken I made. And a chick bed for baby chicks I also made. Below are the eggs to chose. Red dot means chosen. ALL CHOSEN. Grace-Taken...

I have eggs I got from a close by town. I have hatched these before, but this time I met the owner's of the eggs. They are fresh. They had about 4 roosters on these, so very fertile. i am setting 22 since I candled and 2 didn't match the expectations. They will be due March 12. $5 each carton.

I have a young rooster black with white wing tattoos on black wings. pic soon.

I just hatched 5 chicks, they don't have names. #1 (I decided on Cornpop.) #2 #3 has become Panda. #4 Has become Moony #5 (I decided on Princess.) I have more in the incubator, waiting to hatch, so if I don't pick your name for these, keep them coming, since the ones in the...

Hubby brought me chips-ahoy.

This is George. It is mud season. He is 4 months old. He knows his name and comes running to see me. I chose George because he chose me. He walks between my legs, he stands on my foot, and he follows me around. He has never attacked me or pecked me. I hatched George from a white egg. He was my...

I have made incubators before. I saved this box from frozen shipped meat.it is 12x12" it had a liner to keep things frozen. I put foil on the bottom. And a lamp 15 w I put dowel, 3 would be better. Hardware cloth 3" from top. I keep 2 of the 4 top flaps.I cut a hole on top, then tape up the...

I thought I would post about incubators. I have had do it yourself incubators, that have worked great, I have also had cheap bubble ones (Junk,) One time I had one of those yellow topped Chinese incubator, (don't buy junk again.) I just wanted to mention, it is best to try and set at least 6...

I went to a small town near my small town to get tires put on my van. It was going to be a couple of hrs. I was going to walk to the grocery store less than a 1/2 mile away. On my walk, a silver SUV pulled up really fast, I thought, someone is in a hurry to get to the post office. I kept...

Hi- Today we have Eye-named eggs from a local farm. A little girl named Isabella owns the chickens. (Well her parents do, but they give her the credit.) She is the reason I gave these chickens "I" names. These eggs are different than all the other eggs I have hatched-along with. (Not related.)...