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Finally we have entered July. And at this latitude I can maybe expect 2 more weeks of fertile eggs before the peatrains starts dropping. Local weather station reported yesterday that for our county for the month of June,we recieved between 12.5 and 17.5" of rain for the month. Last week I only...

Hatched my first peachick from my ib/bs/we pen yesterday.Hoping it turns out to be a male.

I trust Brad Leggs visual apraisal from the pics I sent that the chick is not Taupe.The BSSP birds has all been together for the 4th breeding season now. 2 Bssp hens and a silver pied hen is in this group.There is 2 bssp hens in the Taupe pen along with a Taupe hen. I was looking at that chick...

I don't consider an IB a dark pied tho and this chick as well as your adult above is not a dark pied,,so the equation-ratio needs to include IB in the mix somewhere

This is a first for me here. 5 weeks ago while gathering eggs and marking them i picked up one from the black shoulder silver pied pen and marked it bssp as always. Well next to the bssp pen is my Taupe pen,,a pair of Taupes with 2 bssp hens. There is a door between pens that does have a gap...

Yes, get those legs tethered so they are the correct distance apart and under the body of the chick.If it just hatched it can go a day without having to dip it's beak in water and trying to get food down it,so act quickly and it should be better in a day. The biggest mistake is waiting and...

BIG,BIG hatch day today at the Palace,,2-3 purples and so far about 5 Opals. With more to go.Getting some spectacular Opal and Purple pieds this year

Much to my suprise the purple is now out and getting fluffy and most all it's wing feathers are white,,,so she's going to be a very nice purple pied hen. Opal b/s and another IB chick are still in the bator fluff drying with 3 more now pipped. I'll get some pics later tonight when I put this...

Well late this morning I made my way to the incubator. Had a night of celebrating thus the late start today. To my suprise the first Pea Palace 2015 peachick is a India Blue with an opal b/s and a purple warming up in the bullpen to be 2 and 3.

Kathy, the old Brinsea bible says 11-13% weight loss is whats needed so only one of yours overextended that. Good Luck!! My first pea egg of the season has pipped tonight and it's a purple much to my suprise.

ellymayRans,, sometimes the peachicks toes are so curled under it cannot walk, no matter what kind of surface it has. We use old bath towels for their first few days here. Anyway if it becomes apparent the peachicks toes are curled if you tape them now you have a day before the peachick will...

Extra protein and other uneeded trace minerals gets pooped out their south door. Missed that previous discussion. I do know hens uses calcium in their bones to create eggshells. My ration provided there is no full feed piggies in the group should be getting right at 1% in their trace mineral...

Protein level is right around 22-24% with added calcium and trace minerals. Cat food has too much salt. Maybe if I make a lap around their pens with a pressure cooker things will change?

Kedreeva,, the trick to keeping him upright is at the rear of your taco make it wider and then staple it twice along the end. I realize the tube itself around the chicks body is round but if the rear is flattened then stapled it helps. Also if you have a long hotdog tupperware container to put...

Burrito works but it's tough to get tight enough around the chick so it keeps it's legs under it. Get some shipping tape for those toes. Cut a piece about 3" long, spread the toes as they should be and press down on the sticky edge of the tape,then fold whats left over the top of the toes and...

Tupperware makes a long skinny bowl that resembles one you can put hot dogs in. It's about 2"s wide and is perfect for helping peachicks with splayed legs get better. Still tape them to keep them positioned under the chick and then set the chick inside the long Tupperware container for about 2...

If that's a black copper maran it's a very poor example of one. The feathers around the neck are to be black not red. The red feathers indicates jungle fowl in this birds lineage you have pictured. Some marans do have this fault and should not be used to breed to SOP with but their eggs can...

Must have missed this thread but Monday I started the incubator and put in 9 IB,4 MBS,7 OBS,4 BSSP,1 PURPLE,1 IB/WE,2 TAUPE and 14 ornamental pheasant eggs. Because of the cold weather our laying season is about 3 weeks behind last year so I'm not expecting but maybe 5 of the above to make it...