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You are getting brown Ia. Blues? That seems contradictory
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Iowa Blues aren't actually blue. The brown chicks turn out the prettiest, according to Jim.
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I am just laughing over this. Hysterical.
And TELL HIM! HELP HIM!
I thought it was funny, too. Do a trade! He prob couldn't afford dentistry while he was putting himself through Vet school. Or, he's scared of dentists cuz he was scarred as a kid like me. (I still go, and have gone...
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Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!!!! The silver chick it is!
My problem is, I had 16 hatch. 12 of mine and 4 of yours. I have a friend who is going to buy 12 of my chicks tomorrow and I don't want to accidently send them home with an easter egger. There is no wiggle room for second...
I had to unglue two from their shells, the last two.
started with 44 chicken, 13 quail.
Lockdown 29 chicken, 10 quail.
Hatched 20 chicken, 6 quail.
Total 67% hatch.
Time to clean out the 'bator, and restart. AK Michelle, you with me, on the "loco guano" train, as SCG calls it??????
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I am setting later on, I've got a passle of MrHeinz's and Ray_n_Debi's eggs to set. Mostly IBs and Araucaunas... I've also got a row of chicken eggs from reesepoultry as well as 16 quail from her as well, already in from last week. You with me????? It's crazy.
BTW, I think 2 things...
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I would open it up for the chick, at least a little bit. They've gone so long, I would chance it.
I'm quite the meddler!! I can't stand that I've watched so many pip and die. If they have pipped and it's been over 6 hours, I panic. Yesterday I popped the top off of one, woke up this am...
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Yay!
I'm up to 18 of 29 locked down, and 2 pipping. It is interesting to see how different breeds/origin of location eggs hatch, the FBCM all hatched pretty close together. The same seller also sent BLRW. They waited nearly 24 hours to hatch, then are hatching fairly close together...
RareBreedFancier: That's a new American breed... the Wee Banty Patty
Nah, it's a coturnix quail. I've got 6 now, and another group due the 10th. They are so darn small & cute. It's hard to believe they're real.
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OooooooooooooooooOOOOOO what're ya seeing? Sherlock Holmes was good.
Oh, chickens, yeah... I've got 13 chicks out now. Thanks egg swapper: tuthillny, #4 is out and drying off. Thanks Halo, many of your gorgeous chicks are out. (blue rocks) Thanks seller ILOVEFRIZZLES for the BCMs and...