Looking for a Magpie drake. Had a nice one but something killed it. We have a live trap set for tonight so maybe we will find out what is killing our ducks and chickens
We went to the poultry sale in Winterset today. It was a good sale and I got carried away! Brought home white and speckled silkies. Aracauna chicks.and a mixed box of Brahmas. Polish and something else. I also got a hen and rooster. They said Barred rock but the too doesn't look like a...
How did your hatch turn out? Congrats to everyone on the new babies! I have a bunch due next week and will set turkeys on the 7th.[/quote
I was happy with them! I had 10 out of 15 hatch and another one almost made it but I guess he ran out of energy. Two of the chicks are brown instead of...
Hi all! Today is hatch day for our 12 silkie eggs (started with 16, 2 weren't fertilized, 2 blood rings). The remaining 12 were all moving on day 18. Cross your fingers for us! It was hard to get the older girls out the door to school today, they wanted to stay home and watch for pips. ;)...
SWIA is cool but no snow. Just sitting watching my eggs and waiting impatiently for "the hatch" n ext Sat.
Hope mine goes as well as yours, karimw! Congrats!
HI all of you fellow Iowans, I am from SW corner of the state near Bedford. I just joined BYC and have already learned a lot. I am going to join in on the Easter Hatch contest. It will only be the second time I have hatched anything.