Alaska hatchers..How is everyone doing? Baby pics !!!!!!

[MissDeb]

The shorter the better! lol.....If you have ever tattooed a rabbit you would know
what it takes to hold them down to do it.....ROFL!!!

(and only so much space on their ears)

 

[Wolfwoman]

Just got my nipple waterers and have installed them in two buckets. One will hang and the other I built a stand for... testing now to check on leaking.

 

[BirdBrain]

Let us know how you like those nipple drinkers. I have been looking at them some.

I called the airport post office this morning and "no" they did not have my Sandhill babies. So, I went on with life. It was 2pm and I was talking to the neighbors in the back yard, the honey wagon had just pulled up, Rooto Rooter had just called and was on the way and the kids came flying out the back door yelling that the chicks were here. Given a choice of who to tend to first, I said goodbye to the neighbors, ran up the back stairs to the deck and into the dining room to check on the chicks. They were all peeping and fine. I got everybody else taken care of and then went back to commune with my new babies. So here is the breakdown of how many of each I got:
12 Black Australorp
4 Buff Chantecler
6 Buff Wyandotte
4 Black Jersey Giants
2 Black Wyandottes
5 Cuckoo Dorkings
4 Delawares
4 Red Chanteclers
4 Rose Comb RIR
7 White Jersey Giants

The kids said the Postman wanted know if we were raising Sandhill Cranes...I wish.

I wish I knew who was who. They are just the cutest things. I have a girl friend who wants a few layers. I am sure I will have extra cockerals if anyone is interested in having them for breeding purposes only. Otherwise they are going to freezer camp.

You know, when you order assorted heavies you can get almost anything. I was so glad I didn't get Naked Necks. I'm sure they are beautiful to their mommas, but not to me.

I am very pleased with what I got. I guess I am not heart broken that I did not get the Buckeyes I ordered. I am off to check pictures of the breeds and see if I can tell who is who.

 

[Wolfwoman]

All those chicks and no PICS??? What's wrong with you!!!!!!!!!

I'll be putting the waterers in the coop later on when hubby gets home and seeing if I can get them all to drink from it. I have taken an extra precaution and put some aquarium type sealing around each one to make sure it doesn't drip.

 

[incubatingisfun]

i cant believe you got chanteclers
are any of you showing in the fair

 

[Wolfwoman]

How does one go about showing a bird in the fair??

 

[incubatingisfun]

you have to go to the Alaska state fair website click on exhibits then click on poultry fill out the form then take it to the fair people and thats as much as i know

 

[Wolfwoman]

Hmm, might have to look into it!

 

[gogoalie]

Does anyone know who raises chickens in Bethel?

 

[incubatingisfun]

you should all of us alskans should then we could all meet up there and look at eachothers chickens it would be fun.we would have to atach our screen names to our shirts so we could tell who was who