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

[MissDeb]

VERY cute! Welsummers are nice too, they lay a nice brown egg...

Come get one of these BCM roo's, mix him in with your EE or Americauna girls and make Oliver eggers!.....(enabler) lolol

 

[Wolfwoman]

Well I will try the other hatcheries when I am ready for new babies

It's just heartbreaking to see them almost ALL dead in the box before they even have a chance. Hoping that the 7 left make it

 

[MissDeb]

You might also try locally...you might just get lucky and not have to
settle for hatchery stock.

 

[Ban seabhag]

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WW you know my experience with Ideal... Those other hatcheries would be my option if I ever order again. Part of the problem may have been excessive heat on one end.... A little too hot seems to do them down quicker than a little too cold. You'd probably have a lot better luck coming from a cooler climate this time of year (though the midwest gets plenty hot sometimes!)

 

[Mrs MIA]

Hey Deb... Here's your 3 BCMarans babies @ 5.5 weeks...

 

[sgt_dane]

Were in lockdown! Three more days!!

Ive been sitting in front of my incubator, even with three days left... Oh so sad! Lmao!

All sittin in their paper towel stands to keep them upright. lol!
Humidity is about 55-60%, temps steady between 99-100. Ooh cant wait!!

 

[MissDeb]

YIKES! What did you do to the one on the left!?!?! looks like you dumped a pail of paint over its head!!

I like the one on the right....Roo? The one in the middle is it all black?

You know the boy that I didn't like at first that didn't have a whole lot of color? They change so much!!

Well here he is...

I did end up with some lighter hens, that straw color.....Im going to work on getting that a bit darker now that I have
a boy that's darker than his dad.

 

[MissDeb]

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Paper towel stands! NOW that's a clever idea!!!

 

[sgt_dane]

lol i know right?? i couldnt put egg trays in there because well, theres just not that much room! lol! So i took some paper towels, rolled em up and twisted em in a circle, threw some tape on them and set the little guys right in there. seems to work pretty good so far

I cant wait! i want them to hatch NOW!!

 

[Ban seabhag]

I will remember that. It's a super idea.
(Breathe in Sarge, Breathe out.... )