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Along with the eggs 10speed fertilised, I added some fertile eggs from a breeder down the road, however... They seem to be dying while pipping.....poor little buggars, two dead, one very weak, two more pipping. The membrane looks very dry, I think they all are struggling to get out. They looked...

First time we have raised chickens, and had them reproduce... Blue and Splash Orpington What you looking at?? Hoping this one is a pullet, note the black head and neck. Good on 10Speed.

What a dilema.. i have three broodies at the moment, one of them, known as chicken little has successfully been moved to another box and run. however i have two others who are impossible to move. I tried moving one of them, but in the new box and run, she just paced and paced and let the eggs...

Temp 38degC Humity 60-70% 5 eggs left in the incubator.

Last week it ran happily at 37-38degC It dropped to 35degC so I bought it inside. It then ran happily on again correctly, but this last day its dropped to 35-36degC Water wigler has all dried up, but I do have a bowl of water in the incubator. It concerns me the wiggler has dried out, as if...

I thought my bantys had laid, but they are in a seperate coup, so my wee chicks, hatched in March are starting to lay. They are about 16-17 weeks....

Well some of you might remember my homemade incubator.. (The thermostat is different now.) Well now 10 speed is doing his job, and I have seen evidence of fertile eggs in my omelettes, I've decided to give incubating a go. I have saved 8 eggs and have them in a carton on the kitchen...

you can see which ones are fertile in this picture. Not bad for a young man. juust started noticing the blastoderm. Just have to wait for a broody, or just crank up the incubator for fun.

He is 8 months old, and just found it this week... The girls may have began to lay too, found an egg in the coup. He is a Splash Orpington and he is huge. He runs around, and looks like the Phantom of the Opera with his feathers flapping around.

Blue / Splash Orpingtons... We are getting into winter here too...thought they would start laying as it is thier first winter, or is that a myth? Cockerells have started to crow. Cheers

Dumped some spare soil in a wee hole, and the chicks found it and decided it was soft enough to have a dust bath, so all 7 got in and fluffed around. Fugly Frizzle decided it was time to try it out as well...

On November 1 last year I hatched 10 chicks, orpingtons and sussex. I thought they were lavender orpingtons, but now I'm sure they are splash and blue / black. Here is the rooster, the kids call "10 speed" because he is too fast to catch. And here is one of his "sisters" and another one...

5 month old sussex chick.... She goes like every now and then... Just stands there, eats and drinks little, just stands there all puffed up, blue comb, droopy wings and tail. Been liced (flea powder) and wormed (crushed pumpkin seeds). Poop appears normal. Could she just be sussecptible to...

So I went out to the local aiction site and bought 4, mother hen and 3 chicks. Here they are... And here is fugly.. So what do I have here, I know fugly is some sort of frizzle...and the third one seems to be a roo. They are couped out the back in a seperate run/coup I put together in a...

When one of my chooks went broody, I put 12 eggs under her. 2k down the road, someone was selling eggs for $3.50, so I managed to fresh ones from thier coup. Put them under the broody hen and viola.... One is quite indignified in the top left, just hatching, and the right egg is pipping...

I'm on another board, and someone asked about baby chicks. I siad this is what I do.. I use "started mash" and make it into a runny paste for them, just chuck it in the run and mum will show the chick where it and what to do. After the first week or so I slowly add layer mash at 75% starter /...

We're going to get some battery chickens this weekend. I went to see how much they were and for chickens due out of the cages is $3.50NZ each. I wanted 12, my wife wants 6 so I'll comprimise and get 9. Remeber the derelict old coup on our new property, well I've fenced an area off in front of...

Firstly here is a picture of a sunrise greeting us on one of the first mornings here... Derelict old coup... Rotten walls... Back wall removed... Rotten piles.. Inspection time... I replaced some rotten timber, and retinned the rear wall. It would be a waste of time trying...

Here is one of the Lavender Orpington Girls...aint she cute, she's very docile and will sit in the palm of your hand like that too Another orpington roosting in thier tree Roosting with a Sussex, peeking from behind the branch. Light Sussex Roo. Light Sussex Roo, "Take my picture...

Bossy decided to get off the two eggs today. They were cold when I got home. 3-4 days to go until day 21. I've cranked up the incubator, filled it with warm water and set the eggs for thier final few days. The best I could get was 99-100F and 69-70% in earlier trials. candled them but could...