Incubator is fired up. Picking up 24 Black copper maran and Blue copper maran eggs tomorrow after work.. Its a early Christmas gift from the better half. I am so stoked. Lets see set them tomorrow night and they should be showing up around the 4th or 5th.... yeap cant wait
thanks everyone.. They are cute.
LoveNewChicks once they grow some I will sort out the ones I want to keep for breading and eggs then sell the rest. There is 43 in all..
They have been eating and drinking like they have not had anything in weeks. This is the first Bantam chicks I have had. there so small they climbed inside the feeder to eat. 43 in all.. gona let then grow out and keep the ones I want and sell the rest... well thats the plan anyways.
picked these little girls and guys up tonight.. Araucana, White Wyandotte, Gold Sebright, Silver Sebright, Black Old English, Barred Plymouth Rock, Buff Brahma, White Japanese Bantam and Frizzles. Six chicks came from blue Araucana bantam eggs. There are 9 feather legged chicks
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found a hen in her house today that look exactly like your first photo.. Im thinking skunk. She was dead laying over her feeder. Happened in mid day and it was a nice sunny day today. Wish I new what did it.
thanks everyone... I am proud of my little set up. what you see there is only in there for lock down and it was make shift trough together. I was not ready to set eggs yet but um well some one jumped the gun on me and picked up the eggs while I was at work. before lock down there was a rack that...
they where not due tell tomorrow but 6 of the 8 have decided to come today. one of the other 2 is working on it right now and the last one has pecked a small hole but nothing since then. pretty proud of my self. Im using a home made incubator. now that I know it works might be time to set 24...
just thought I would share some photos of the new mobile coop and run I have been working on.. The oegb moved in tonight. I think there going to like it. They have been cage birds there whole life they seam to like the extra room and being able to spread there wings.
I still have some things...
First hello ever one.. Been reading for a while and looking around just now joining cause I need a bit of help. I picked up some chicks tonight. The people I got them from really didnt seam to know what they had. They had just hatched out some eggs. I was told they where RiR Dominicers pretty...