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Syble, Seems like forever since I have posted on here myself. Things have been very hectic lately as we got caught up in the terrific storms last weekend and were without electricity for several days. Would know that I had 21 eggs in the 'bator when power went off last Friday nite and stayed off...

Please post all items for sale or trade in the Buy Sell section of the forum. Thanks.

Norma, Where are you located? I have a few chicks of various ages that are bi-lateral tufted and rumpless but too soon to be 100% sure of the sex. Seems to take forever to sex some Araucana's. Most are blacks and blues. Charlie

This may be a little late response to the "dry-hatch" method question but my hatch rate did improve with my LG's using it. Also no more curley toes . Didn't see any increase in the % of tufted chicks tho! (LOL) Charlie

Sega, Nice pics of your little peeps! No doubt you are super proud of the tufted one. They have a look about them that is unique, unlike any other little chickie. Here's hoping you have an even greater hatch tonite...

Stacykins, Great pics of your chickies! You did get get some nice tufts didn't you? Sir Fluffytuft has enough tuft on the one side to fill out the other side as well! They are all very nice chicks and a great variety of colors. Charlie

Stacykins, You did hit the jackpot on tufted chicks! In fact, that's about the greatest ratio I've heard of. I have only hatched about 15 chicks this summer and have 3 or 4 that have tufts. Have been many fully formed but died before hatching. For me the supposedly "normal" tufted ratio of...

Stacykins, Congrats on your latest batch of eggs! I have bought chicks from Chicken Scratch and they were all nice solid blacks, was told that they were Nancy Utterback lineage. I had turned my incubator's off after the last hatch but now I find myself saving just a few more eggs for one more...

Were they some of Ann's own personal chicks? Did it give any details as to how many were tufted? Just curious, way out of my price range as I have already had the USPS kill 16 out of 18 day-olds shipped to me! Much too risky! Charlie

Ray and Debi, Welcome to our little group on here! Always glad to see more involved in these unique chickens, seems like most of us are also chasing the elusive tuft! Charlie

Cathy, Congrats on such a great hatch and so many with tufts! Hatches like this does make it all worthwhile! Charlie

Here's to hopeing all of you have a great hatch, it can be so frustrating hatching shipped eggs. Sometimes even home produced eggs don't give such a good percentage of chicks. I have discovered that using the "dry-hatch" method in my LG's has significantly improved my hatch rate. My 'bator's are...

This is the first double tufted chick to hatch so far, gave it a five day grace period before I dared to stare at it or more so take a pic! Have had quite a few fully formed die in the shell but still have hatched a nice assortment of blues, blacks, brown( wild type color) and one black with...

Guess I owe one of my black broodie's an apology for bashing her on my last post. After setting her with 6 eggs, pen turned in to a mud hole with all the rain we've had so eggs received a good coating, another hen decided she wanted to help set so ended up with four intact eggs. Two hatched...

Syble, It does get frustrating doesn't it! Waiting 21 days and hatching only a couple of chicks. Out of three clutches in my LG's I only have 7 chicks to show for it. Each setting was an average of 20 eggs, some infertile and some died just days before hatching. Could easily blame it on my...

Hinkjc- Nice color chick and the tufts are truly the "icing on the cake"! Also on the plus list- looks very healthy and past the one week stage.

ndoles- I believe that BYC has some sort of minimum posts that you have to place on here before you are allowed to post photos. Not sure how many are required, maybe you can check the rules and regulation section for more info.

Nivtup- Great looking chicks, super nice tufts on 'em! Lanae- Congrats on a good hatch, as per your instructions I just just gave the chicks a quick glance and scrolled on down. So... if there are any losses at least I'm off the hook, OK? Do you use a circulating fan in your LG? If so do you...

Lucy, Looks like that you have a great start there, all are nice chicks. I 'specially like the color of the last one. Charlie

Smoothmule, I wondered where you had disappeared to! So sorry to hear about your computer misfortunes, like most in this part of the country we have had some violent weather lately ourselve. Torrential rains and wind then a couple of mornins' with lows in the mid 30's. In spite of all this my...