Been a long time. When I got this message, I was not ready to talk. A lot of hard things have happened. Life does what it does, and it's.. done a lot of things I don't think anyone would be ready for.
My girls are doing well. I have lost some of my originals to old age during this time, and...
Sorry loves! I was without an internet connection for a few days there!
Unfortunately, we are fairly certain we lost the double yolker. The last candling has no movement, and a pretty clear blood ring. They did not appear to develop past the first few days, sadly! But I am happy to say that all...
That is unfortunately what I am thinking as well. I will candle tonight and see if we can get a definite conclusion- but I am not sure what I should do if it is indeed dead. The other babe would soon die as well, yes? I don’t want to let it grow further only for it to die as well, seems cruel!
Hello, fellow Georgian!
I also call my flock the flower flock! A couple of our chickies even share the same names. Must be a Georgian thing!
I hope you enjoy this lovely forum, people are so friendly and have been so helpful to me since I started keeping chickens myself. There is no problem...
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I have three duckies I am looking to swap for other duckies, though I am also interested in chickens, hatching eggs (chickens, duckies, or button quail), button quail, and certain kinds of pigeons.
These are the three lovey downy dorks I am looking to rehome- they are bonded, so if you...
Hello! I am so sorry about the wait, I didn’t have access to a computer for a while there- still kind of don’t, trying to navigate the forums with my phone haha!
But we found out that Bumblebee (the Pekin) is a boy, and Grasshopper (the khaki campbell) is a girl! We also now have a young...
Sorry for the little bit of quiet, didn’t get to candle the lil darlings yesterday, but I candled them tonight. Both sill moving, though they look a bit mixed up now- apologies for the marking on the egg, they decided to be more visible on that side today!
That’s such a fun way to find out...
That’s a good way to put it. (: I am really curious about that too, I wonder how it works with chickens! I hope they make it to hatch day so that we can get an answer. Fingers crossed!
Candled then along with my other bator babies, and here is their progress:
Looks like they are both still...
Thank you Dobie! I am going through the thread now, it’s pretty informative so far. (:
Thank you. I feel like it’s too late to turn back now anyway, I would feel bad if I tossed them now! So I am just going to do my best and hopefully get some help along the way.
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I am hoping to get some advice on a surprise I found in my incubator today. I have a small batch of eggs from my mixed flock in my bator (five of them), as a first run at seeing how lucky our recently of age silver polish rooster has been with the girls.
Today, while candling them, we...
If they are a pullet, they are certainly a cocky one haha! But it's certainly a possibility I just have a very domineering pullet. White Rock/Plymouth were just what I was told they were, could be a mix considering it was a variety bunch of hatching eggs though.
We managed to hatch out more ducklings of similar types this year then originally anticipated, and are looking to rehome a couple of them!
These darlings have been raised by hand, and I would really like to see them go to a lovely home! I am asking for $15 per. These ducks have been raised...
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As my hens were getting older, I decided to hatch a few random eggs to see about adding a few new hens to my backyard flock. I got very lucky in that, out of six, only one ended up a rooster!
But as I do not need another rooster, this fella has got to go to a new home- otherwise he is...
They did not give a full list for the potentials, and since I think they throw in random roosters occasionally to help with warmth, that broadens the horizons even more haha! But I think Alexandra33 may be on to something, he does look a looot like a White Rock.
Not sure about whether mixing...
Thanks so far everyone!
We are pretty certain that the first and third are gals as well, but we aren't certain on the second, and very suspicious of the fourth.
From what we have observed, the second (who definitely looks like a welsummer now that it's been mentioned!) is aloof, but always...