I wish you could have a roo too ! My D-eggo is still very young but he is just incredible! The hens are gorgeous but his coloring an attitude are sooo fine! My sweet hubby wasn't to happy about having a roo or two but he's starting to get over it !!!
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We don't get down to Beaumont to much these days. I used to go to Port Aurthur with my Mom when she was still alive years and years ago. My sweety heads down to PINS mostly and then to Goose Island and Rock Port to fish. I'm egggcited about the quail eggs I loooove birds of all kinds...
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Is it really cold for you now? We are having another much needed rain event but it is still fairly warm. Around the 60's . I would think the chicken eggs should be since they weren't that far along Do you have a lot of quail? I am just about to incubate some quail eggs myself
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So what breeds are popping?
Buff Orps, Black Australorps, one EE from a green egg, SLW, some unmarked eggs. A chocolate little one, a fluffy greyish one, a lighter yeller one than the BOs.... and one of the BOs first hatched is already in charge of the brooder! Bet it's a roo. It...
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Thank you for hosting this contest. I would like a waterer base please.
I'm happy to win though it's unfortunate I had the worst small batch hatch rate. Half the eggs were not fertile and the rest save 2 didn't grow to term.
I love the one chick I ended up with though. I named it...
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Thank you, everyone for the votes. However, it doesn't seem "right" to me that a hatch-a-long volunteer should win, therefore I'm deferring to a very worthy second place: AK MICHELLE!
Congrats to both of you!!!
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They are out of the shells this morning but still haven't fluffed yet but they look to be a soft chocolate brown. One might have a few yellow wisps on their wing tips though. Are the roos and pullets marked different from each other? I would so love a couple of pullets and a roo
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They are just so precious If you were closer I would love the three the lady brought back Mine 4 little fattie feathers used to come up on our deck to spend the afternoon bird watching with us One of my favorite picks of them is with our Dear Uncle John just chilling on the deck...