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  1. MariposaMama

    Pics of my newest hatchlings.

    These little guys hatched out over the weekend, but I'm just now finding the time to post pics (darn real world responsibilities ). This is my one surviving EE mix. I'm guessing the daddy is my NHR roo. This is a clone of my Blue Cochin roo, no idea which hen laid the egg (he's a busy boy...
  2. MariposaMama

    "Nessie" found?

    Hubby says this is a boat, I'm not so sure. Wouldn't necessarily swear it's Nessie, either, but it is intriguing. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,543280,00.html
  3. MariposaMama

    I just culled a chick

    One of my little hatchlings from this weekend. Was 1 of only 2 EEs to hatch. For some reason the others pecked it so bad last night that its intestines were hanging out and there was no way to save it. I took it outside wrapped in a napkin and used a heavy rock. There is no doubt it is no...
  4. MariposaMama

    EE hen with non EE roo?

    My beautiful one and only EE hen has just started laying. She's given me two gorgeous blue eggs so far. I don't have an EE roo, and I'm wondering if I hatch out some of her eggs if her daughters would lay blue eggs too or will they get the brown gene from the roo (they are NHR, BA and Blue...
  5. MariposaMama

    How full is too full?

    I have an LG 9200 still air bator with 30 little pheasant eggs on day 4. I have already had temp ups and downs that make me question whether any of them will survive to hatch. Add to that the fact that they are next to impossible to candle and I'm afraid I'm wasting my time keeping the bator...
  6. MariposaMama

    They're moving, should I stop turning?

    Today marks the beginning of day 17 for my eggs and I just saw the first one moving around. While watching it in awe, I saw a second rock slightly. I was going to turn them 2 or 3 times today and again tomorrow before I lock down tomorrow night. Now I'm wondering if I should still do that or...
  7. MariposaMama

    Integrating POL pullets with adult roos

    Here's my situation. On one side of the fence I have 11 hens and 5 roos about 9 months old. On the other side I have 22 17 week old pullets. They have been sharing the fenceline for about a month and I have seen no signs of agression from the older birds. Some of the younger ones are...
  8. MariposaMama

    Candling pics on day 8

    I just had to try to see if I could get these pics to come out. I think it's the coolest thing that you can see the new life developing. Of the 12 eggs in my bator, I have 2 I'm not sure what's going on with, but the others are pretty obvious. 1 definite blood ring 1 definite clear (can't...
  9. MariposaMama

    Cant' get temp right in hatcher

    I am trying to make a second bator to use as a hatcher and I can't get the temp right. It is your basic styrofoam container, still air. I tried a 25 watt bulb and it wanted to sit at 106. I switched to a 7 1/2 watt and it sits at 94. Third attempt with a 15 watt and it wants to be at 104...
  10. MariposaMama

    Offset air sac?

    When I candled my eggs night before last, I noticed one has an offset air sac. Instead of being completely at the top of the egg, it runs from the top down one side. I thought I saw movement, so I left it be. Last night I candled a couple to show the kids, and this was one I picked up. I...
  11. MariposaMama

    OMG They're alive in there!

    Okay, now that is just too cool. I've tried to candle my eggs a couple of times now and couldn't see enough to know what I was looking at, so today I dropped $4 on a pocket sized LED flashlight and candled again. What a difference a real light makes. Tonight I could see real veining and...
  12. MariposaMama

    I've been sucked in, too

    I didn't plan to hatch any eggs, I've got as many chicks as I need at the moment (and too many of them roos). But, when one of my co-workers approached me on Wednesday with an egg carton in her hand, all that changed. "I brought you some of my pheasant eggs so you can show them to your...
  13. MariposaMama

    My new mystery chicks

    I have 22 little fuzzy-butts that came from Ideal on Wednesday. I am starting to nail down what I got, but these have me confused. Any guesses as to what they are? I ordered the surprise special so they could be almost anything. This one is tiny, but quick. No idea what it is. I love...
  14. MariposaMama

    A few pics of my new fuzzy-butts

    Just picked up my order of 25 surprise special pullets from Ideal. One was DOA, poor little thing, and there are 4 or 5 more I'm concerned about. The rest seem to be doing well so far. I know I have one SLW, and a few BAs. The yellows (I think) are NHR, but could be something else. The...
  15. MariposaMama

    Camper for a coop?

    Okay, am I just being totally redneck (no offense meant) and tacky? There's an ad for a free full size camper on my local classifieds, and I'm thinking it could make a nice chicken coop. The owner says the outside is in good shape, but the interior paneling is warped from a small leak in the...
  16. MariposaMama

    It's bath time!

    Dust bath time, that is. The floor of the run is covered with a few inch layer of grass hay that my horses wouldn't eat. We've had lots of rain, so this morning I went out to turn some of the grass over and let things dry out. Apparently, I uncovered the best dust bathing spot ever, because...
  17. MariposaMama

    Horses as flock protectors?

    This might take a minute to explain, so forgive me. When we got our first 3 chicks, kind of accidentally, we converted our 18' X 20' horse shelter into a coop (at the time I didn't have any horses here). At the same time we got the chicks, we got a lamb and so we put her in there with them...
  18. MariposaMama

    Almost lost a roo today

    When we first got chicks, we converted our horse shelter to a coop. When something got in and killed two of our three, hubby built a secure coop inside the shelter. The wall of the coop doesn't quite meet the wall of the shelter because of the 3 X 8 connecting the walls of the shelter at the...
  19. MariposaMama

    Are my Blues really Roos?

    Dagnabit, I thought I had nailed down my 8 packing peanuts to 5 Buff Cochin, 1 Blue Cochin, 1 BA and 1 NHR. Now, my other two Blue Cochins are making me nervous. They are 10 weeks old now, and all that I thought were Roos looked like this Buff guy by about 6 weeks old. I think I can even see...
  20. MariposaMama

    First roo to crow dominant? Update-caught in the act

    On my way out to let the chickens out of the coop this morning, I heard the first humorous attempts of one of my 9 week old roos trying to crow. I couldn't see which of the three it was, and I'm curious to know if it is more likely the dominant one of the three that was doing it or is it more a...
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