thanks I have culled the whole hatch as they couldn't stand and would fall over and just twitch. And I am definitely sending the whole flock to camp just sucks cause the hens were awesome looking.
Loving the chick pics Holm. Thought I would share a few from mine that hatched yesterday. I was very happy until I checked my Delaware incubator and found all of the chicks have curled feet like in the third picture. I am trying to decide whether to cull all of them or make boots for them. Has...
Sorry for your losses Ralphie. I don't know how your setup is but is a two legged predator a possibility? Speaking of cream legbar cockerels I have a 36 week old that I need to find a home for. I have no space for him this winter this is him at 28 weeks
That was Ameraucan auto correct at work and I am positive on the date as I hatched them on my birthday. I think I have some pics of them. This is a poor picture but I think the blue one is one of the layers. As far as feed goes it is just a 18% all flock and free choice oyster shell.
Hello I have a 6 leghorn American cross pullets that will be 15 weeks old this Saturday. And they started laying this past weekend (12 eggs so far) and I am wondering if I should be concerned with possible future issues ie prolapse or? All of their moms and half sisters that i hatched started...
Hello I don't mean to butt in but my math say you would have 675 square foot run. I think that would be plenty of space @84' per bird. I would look at least a 4x8 coop but more space is better, especially if chicken math kicks in. :)
We have fluffy butts! Noticed the first pip last night at 9:00 and by 3:00am they were out and running! Kind of disapointed they hatched hatch so fast that I missed it all lol
My first hatching experiment has been a good learning experiance for me. Out of my 12 CCL shipped eggs 3 were broken 2 were stinkers 6 were clear and the last 1 quit sometime after day 7. But 2 of my EE are doing just fine, loved seeing them stretching their little feet! I think I may be...
I also entered to win either the egg or chick pack. Thanks you My Pet Chicken for the chance to further my chicken math skills! I would love to incubate the Americana, Cream legbar or EE eggs. And i would take either the super blue or the intense color pack!
Thanks all for the warm welcome and encouragement!
I started will 12 shipped Cream Legbars, 2 of my leghorn x EE, and 2 production red x EE. I am down to 7 of the CLB 3 were cracked out of the box and 2 more have "exploded" in the incubator. i must have missed the cracks when I candled them...
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First time incubator here. Loved reading all the incubating and hatching posts here, but they just weakened my resolve to wait till this spring to try my luck, but I just couldn't let my new incubators just sit empty any longer! With any luck I'll get to see some new fuzzy butts in a few...