APRIL HATCH-A-LONG come join in

[chickenmeadow]

Since Easter is coming up soon, I thought you'd enjoy a festive picture. Here's one of my March hatches, 3/18/10; these 7 chicks are 2 wks old on April 1st. With the Bantam Faverolles you can sex them at around 2 wks of age, so I separated them in 2 groups by my guess.

4 Bantam Blue Salmon Faverolles pullets

3 Bantam Blue Salmon Faverolles cockerels

Looking forward to lots of fun with all of you this month here on the 'APRIL HATCH-A-LONG come join in'

 

[chickenmeadow]

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YOU WIN! That's the most eggs that I've ever heard anyone was setting. WOW! Best wishes!

 

[chickenmeadow]

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Of course "silly chickie." Glad you joined in. I'll see what I can do about setting with the moon this time, if I can. I follow the Farmer's Almanac with gardening too when ever possible. Afterall, we are creatures of the earth, so why not work with it as intended.

 

[Kismet]

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My temperature are maintaining between 99.5 and 100.3, but I am having a terrible time getting the humidity up, too. The house is heated partially with wood ,and I'm sure the dry air is contributing. I would like to get the humidity up to 35-40% until lockdown. But it's about 23-25%. I hatch out (hopefully) on the 16th. I have been adding about a quarter cup of warm water every day. I will candle on Saturday and see if the air pocket size looks right for seven days and adjust - maybe put more water in. I would rather be a little dry than have too much humidity too soon.

 

[stirkle]

INDIAN RUNNER DUCKLINGS DUE IN 5 DAYS

bin a rocky road but getting there... yay!

 

[Jen4]

Save The Favs... WoW, those Easter Pictures are ADORABLE

Thanks for the idea, I'm gonna have to play with my chickies today and take some Easter pics.

 

[stirkle]

are those eggs painted or are they actual colour of chicken eggs...

if so what breed is it or are they?

 

[ilovechickens]

Count me in, I just now put 10 BRW, 16 BW, and 2 CW eggs in my bator, I got them from a BYC member who shipped them on Monday, and they were here yesterday morning, so in the bator they went!!

 

[Heather08]

My chicks are doing back flips in the eggs, one more week to lock down...

 

[QuailQT]

Hi everyone!

Can I join too?

Mine are due to hatch around April 9th. I got quite a few eggs from a BYC friend and set some eggs from my own flock too.
I set:
~Salmon Faverolles banties
~Booted banties
~Speckled Sussex
~EE/Americauna cross
~SLW/BR cross
~SLW/EE cross-(from my flock)
~BO cross-(from my flock)
~OEG banties-Roo is a Ginger Red and the hen is a BB Red so they will be mutts, right? (I still can't wait to see what they look like!)
These two little banties are our favorites around here.

I hope everything goes well! I've got my Little Giant pretty full and it's been hanging around 100.1, has an automatic turner and the humidity is around 35% or so. I'm trying to get it just a touch higher. I've been using a straw and a syringe to fill the water trays when needed instead of opening it. (Found that in a BYC post that I came across and I love that idea! It's really helped to keep the temperature more stable. I love this site! I also checked out the posted link about feather sexing chicks. I wish I had found it yesterday before I bought my chicks at TSC.

I got some New Hampshires and if the trick is true for them, I'm pretty sure that I got 4 boys and 2 girls.

I really want to go get more now that I know the trick, but I might be pushing my luck if I bring more chicks home. I got two Khaki Campbell ducklings yesterday too, so I'd better quit. If those ducks lay eggs as well as I hear they do, I'll have plenty of eggs. 330/yr? Unless they are boys too.

At the risk of sounding stupid, are female ducks like chickens in that they will lay eggs without a male?
Also, any way to sex ducklings? One's beak is a bit darker than the other. Any Khaki Cambell duck experts here?

I should mention that I also have a dozen of Crele OEGB eggs coming around the 12th for the next go'round. My fiance wanted them, but I've been told several times that I'm out of control. Ok...so I am maybe just a little bit.
It's a good feeling to know that I'm not alone and I'm in good company here!

Here's to lots of pips and zips to everyone!