I have several English Orpington cockerels to rehome.
They are 15 weeks old, the White and Chocolate Cucckoo are from Carolina Rare Chicks eggs, the Black, and Blue are from my Lavender Rooster (Blue Mountain Orpingtons) and English Orpinfton hens. Pictures of my rooster and one of my hens...
English Orpington cockerels. White and chocolate cuckoo are from Carolina Rare Chicks eggs, Black and blue are from My Lavender roo and English Oprington blue hens.
I have two of them, and I do like them. I found this post because I was troubleshooting an issue. In my case the issue was resolved.
This is my experience with this door:
Obviously I like it, since I bought a second one. I have a large coop with a separate area for chicks and to introduce...
In 2023 I decided I would not subject any day-old chicks to shipping. Instead I decided to hatch some eggs.
I ended up with a combination of shipped eggs from Carolina Rare Chicks (English Orpingtons) and eggs from my own flock (Lavender Orpington Roo over Lavender/Blue/Buff/Chocolate...
Yes I agree they are not cheap! The motor cover definitely helps, also not cheap but if it helps save the mothor definitely worth it.
One thing that would be really useful would be some soert of handle for when you lift the cover. I always felt like I was going to lose my grip and drop it on...
FYI: I don’t know if you are aware but you can get some “dividers”, “raisers” and other accessories for The Maticoopx and other incubators on Etsy. Not cheap but useful. I ended up using the raisers and the cover for the motor. I think they work well.
For keeping the eggs upright I just...
Here’s my first ever successful hatch, beginning to end.
My two Maticoopx 30 incubators: one wirh shipped English Orpingtons from Carolina Rare Chicks, the other with Orpingtons from my flock.
Lol sorry, let me clarify.
Out of 30 eggs feom my own hens only 14 were fertilized. All 14 developed. A day before lockdown I removed 6 and gave them to my broody hens. All the 14 eggs hatched, 6 under my hens, 8 in the Maticoopx incubator.
I have 2 Maticoopx incubators, so I now have 28...
Update:
Eggs from my own flock, Incubator 2 and Broody hens:
All of the 6 eggs that I gave to the hens hatched, and hatched 1 day earlier that tne ones that I kept in the incubator. Of these 6 I helped 2 that seemed to be a bit “squished” meaning they were completely zipped but the chick was...
Here’s an update on the other batch of eggs (from my flock)
Last night the ones I placed under my broody hens to hatch started peeping and one definitely pipped.
This morning I have 4 pipping in the incubator.
Yes I do. I set these 2 and a half days later. Out of 29 eggs only 14 developed (1it is summer and I have only 1 rooster for 21 hens). The eggs that developed all looked very good, no quitters or spoiled eggs. But the air cells are smaller compared to the shipped eggs. Also my eggs are...