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Update: Have 10 4week old Auburn chicks growing like weeds. Also one Toulouse gosling same age in same brooder. Have 3 silkie chicks about 2 weeks old in another brooder. the silkies This was a week ago. They are a lot larger now. And a lot more feathers :)

At 2 weeks I've ended up with 10 live chicks - one of the failure to thrive chicks has made it and is beginning to catch up. Got a gosling for a guard goose and it about 36 hours for intermittent supervised "visits" to get pecking order settled without injuring any chicks. All are cozy now. This...

well, of the 2 unzipped.....I had to help one - the membrane was very tan and dry, the other died after totally unzipping the large end of the shell by itself...The one I helped I just carefully removed the large end of the shell after moistening all as it had made no progress in over 24...

I'm Really hoping to get at least 2 decent breeding pairs (dare I hope for trios?) out of this hatch! If so next time I'm going to let the hens incubate! Might even get a couple of silkies for brooding duty! I know they'll do a better job than me. Any one know of any Auburn Javas other than Lyle...

Well, about 48 hr after lockdown we have 11 hatched and 2 partially unzipped and still in incubator - will wait another 48 hours before calling it quits on the rest of the eggs given that the first one hatched less than 12 hours after lockdown, thus it will be 4 days after lockdown - unless one...

Our first 2 One has umbilical cord or other tissue on top of back half and on his bottom - nothing bleeding at this time-his shell was very bloody. They both went from only internal pip to complete hatch in about 4 hours.

All the eggs arrived wonderfully intact :) They were each wrapped in tissue, placed in cardboard 18 count egg cartons and all wrapped and covered in raw wool. Not a single crack. We rested them for 18+ hours and set in the incubator about midnight on the morning of 4/6, set at 99.5F and about...

I will! Thanks!

My eggs have arrived! And they appear to have survived the trip. I'm letting them rest for at least 12 hours before putting them in the incubator. The adventure begins :)

I have to guard my back aggressively - I was paralyzed in 1987 a month after I married and told I'd never walk again (am a nurse - work injury). G-d used a faithful and stubborn husband and a very talented and skilled chiropractor do what 3 surgeons said could only happen and at that only a...

you are going the direction I hope to ... I am widowed and trying to support myself on SS and some part time work and still have time for this endeavor I was going to do a small garden this year but the youngster I had helping me layered with the wood chips from the pine chip pile, mostly short...

That's what I'd like to do - but restraining myself to that this slowly so I don't crash and burn as so many do. Later this year or next spring if I have this under my belt I'll get some dairy goats :)

Yes, still in my 2 acres of very hilly and wooded in Ashe county. Beautiful but very little area is chicken friendly ;) Solutions: Get a couple of goats and rotate them around the property to get rid of kudzu and bring under growth down to chicken level OR rent or barter with neighbor to use...

Tiegrsi thank you :) I've raised other animals but never chickens :) We're hoping to move toward homesteading, in small steps :)

Well, I took the plunge! I just paid for my first 36 Auburn Java eggs from Behl Farms/Lyle Behl. He is an expert on Auburn Javas and has been working with a few other breeders to recover and set the gene type so that they can be entered in the APA SOP. I should be getting the eggs the first...

I'm in North Western NC. I know the Javas are said to be cold hardy. I think, with well ventilated accommodations and good husbandry, they can handle the heat as well. I am also looking for Auburn Java breeders as I am planning on getting chicks this coming spring. Starting with about 15...

I'm in North Western NC. I know the Javas are said to be cold hardy. I think, with well ventilated accommodations and good husbandry, they can handle the heat as well. I am also looking for Auburn Java breeders as I am planning on getting chicks this coming spring. Starting with about 15...