2015 HALLOWEEN Hatch-a-Long, Join us IF YOU DARE!

[Sally Sunshine]

Anyone here from @CaseyV is she feeling better? didnt she say she was feeling ill lately? like saris was sick? telling y'all I need notebook!

 

[chickendreams24]

@bantambury
Her name is Crocket and she is a self blue(lavender) old English game bantam.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

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[Sally Sunshine]

Spook is the only chick the kid is spoiling!

 

[chickendreams24]

@Sally Sunshine
Thank you. Yeah I'm on the mend still a lazy day today other than caring for all my babies. Thank you all for caring you truly are a wonderful group of people and I'm so glad to have met you. Not to pry but im not familiar with that what is ckd? If I never get another uti or kidney infection it would be too soon. Lol just glad to know I'll feel better soon. It's rough I'm not one for naps or anything and yesterday I just completely zonked out.

As for my floppers technically it was 21 because three arrived broken they were a surprise gift of Buttercup hatching eggs from my dear Hubby to be as that's his nickname for me and we've wanted some white eggs but also nothing against leghorns but we didn't just want production birds. Anyway they were purchased off ebay and the first twelve only nine made it here the first box was in perfect shape but they were shatteredand they weren't all even in a row or anything. The buyer reshipped another dozen for free(10 Buttercups and 2 partridge rocks) and again every single air cell was trashed. On day 7 we candled and surprisingly they looked good and day 8 we candled some(which turned into all) for my Mom to see as she had missed the day before. All but about 6 total had quit overnight and only two made it to lockdown or I thought they did but I now believe they had quit about day 16-18. I was of course very upset but a woman from the Illinois thread had a hen go broody and hatch seven chicks, one was taken by a predator at a couple days old so I received 3 pure black 50% English orps(1 cockeral hope only 1), 2 ccl/black orp mixes (1 crested pullet and 1 cockeral), and 1 chick that was white that I think may be turning splash I'm hoping it's a pullet as its mother layed pink eggs

 

[Sally Sunshine]

@Sally Sunshine
Thank you. Yeah I'm on the mend still a lazy day today other than caring for all my babies. Thank you all for caring you truly are a wonderful group of people and I'm so glad to have met you. Not to pry but im not familiar with that what is ckd? If I never get another uti or kidney infection it would be too soon. Lol just glad to know I'll feel better soon. It's rough I'm not one for naps or anything and yesterday I just completely zonked out.

As for my floppers technically it was 21 because three arrived broken they were a surprise gift of Buttercup hatching eggs from my dear Hubby to be as that's his nickname for me and we've wanted some white eggs but also nothing against leghorns but we didn't just want production birds. Anyway they were purchased off ebay and the first twelve only nine made it here the first box was in perfect shape but they were shatteredand they weren't all even in a row or anything. The buyer reshipped another dozen for free(10 Buttercups and 2 partridge rocks) and again every single air cell was trashed. On day 7 we candled and surprisingly they looked good and day 8 we candled some(which turned into all) for my Mom to see as she had missed the day before. All but about 6 total had quit overnight and only two made it to lockdown or I thought they did but I now believe they had quit about day 16-18. I was of course very upset but a woman from the Illinois thread had a hen go broody and hatch seven chicks, one was taken by a predator at a couple days old so I received 3 pure black 50% English orps(1 cockeral hope only 1), 2 ccl/black orp mixes (1 crested pullet and 1 cockeral), and 1 chick that was white that I think may be turning splash I'm hoping it's a pullet as its mother layed pink eggs

I hear you def too soon! ckd chronic kid disease. Thats so cool you got chicks from her! I wonder if she will lay pink eggs, sounds like an interesting bunch! I am so glad you feel better

maybe you can research them and find the breeds closer to home this time, so that they dont have to ship so far for next time you try. and we can help you request how you wish your eggs collected and shipped, just remind me ok! pop on the other thread then.

 

[venymae]

@Sally Sunshine

OMG just caught up with the thread! Hahahaha. Yep, I have a coolerbator too everyone!

Kiddos kept me busy today and my phone is refusing to connect to the wifi so getting online was challenging! Speaking of bators...I need to have the hubby help me reset up Uglybator (our coolerbator). Going to have to join another hatch-a-long!!! Yippie!!!!

 

[chicapee]

Had had peeping since this morning can't see any external pips yet. Day 20 will start at 9:20pm, if I take daylight savings in account. I telly think we should fall forward and spring back. Ugh. Dark at 5.

 

[chickendreams24]

Thanks Sally and oh my I should've known that as my mother is a nurse. I'm sorry you have to deal with that. My mother has kidney problems and apparently I inherited them. I already subscribed to the next hatch-a-long. But I need to calibrate my incubator. If you could give me step by step instructions as to how to do that it'd be great.

Also yes I'm very grateful to Faraday40 for giving me the chicks they helped me deal with my flopped hatch and I can't wait to see them grow up

 

[bantambury]

sally, arent chick toesies just the cutest?!