Arizona Chickens

[DesertChic]

Observations so far on Easter eggers is that they are calm, a lot calmer than orpington chicks

Boy are these babies chatty! Having lots of fun llistening to them they are near two weeks old already and jumping on top of the feeders, we are building a bigger brooder for the 19 of them since they are outgrowing the current one soon.

My EE rooster is one of my sweetest birds of all time, and he's completely trusting of both myself and my husband. He runs across the yard just to be picked up and snuggled, and grows so relaxed when held that he's like a rag doll. No joking, more than once I've thought he literally died on my lap or in my arms because even his head was just flopped over. I can manipulate any part of him without an ounce of protest. He's also been great for training young cockerels how to treat the hens. Here he is with my big NN boy, Tank:

 

[Jadesun6]

My EE rooster is one of my sweetest birds of all time, and he's completely trusting of both myself and my husband. He runs across the yard just to be picked up and snuggled, and grows so relaxed when held that he's like a rag doll. No joking, more than once I've thought he literally died on my lap or in my arms because even his head was just flopped over. I can manipulate any part of him without an ounce of protest. He's also been great for training young cockerels how to treat the hens. Here he is with my big NN boy, Tank:
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They are both very nice looking roosters!

 

[Jadesun6]

I guessing the rest of the eggs are not going to hatch. She still sits on them most of the time. Should I take them out now or give it a little longer? I don't hear any thing from the eggs. There is no cracks or peck holes either. The chicks are really starting to get active now!

 

[cavemanrich]

I guessing the rest of the eggs are not going to hatch. She still sits on them most of the time. Should I take them out now or give it a little longer? I don't hear any thing from the eggs. There is no cracks or peck holes either. The chicks are really starting to get active now! View attachment 1257519

Candle them. Spoiled eggs can explode unexpectantly and cause a smelly mess.

 

[Diannastarr]

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Jailbirds

 

[BlueBaby]

I guessing the rest of the eggs are not going to hatch. She still sits on them most of the time. Should I take them out now or give it a little longer? I don't hear any thing from the eggs. There is no cracks or peck holes either. The chicks are really starting to get active now! View attachment 1257519

How many days have they been there? If you check the hatch-a-long thread for last month, you will find that some of the eggs weren't hatching until maybe day 23 on chicken eggs.

 

[meetthebubus]

i agree carefully candle them to see if there is any life.

 

[meetthebubus]

here is the new brooder! they are so happy, lots of room for running and flying for the next several weeks until they go out!

 

[cactusrota]

Observations so far on Easter eggers is that they are calm, a lot calmer than orpington chicks

Boy are these babies chatty! Having lots of fun llistening to them they are near two weeks old already and jumping on top of the feeders, we are building a bigger brooder for the 19 of them since they are outgrowing the current one soon.

My past experiences with EE's is that they were more adventurous than many other breeds. More likely to explore and ... eeek! jump fences... The last time I had some they would squeeze into my homing pigeon loft through the pigeon bobs, push the pigeon eggs out of their nests, and lay their own eggs in their place! I had to move the bobs up high where the chickens couldn't get to them.

 

[cavemanrich]

My past experiences with EE's is that they were more adventurous than many other breeds. More likely to explore and ... eeek! jump fences... The last time I had some they would squeeze into my homing pigeon loft through the pigeon bobs, push the pigeon eggs out of their nests, and lay their own eggs in their place! I had to move the bobs up high where the chickens couldn't get to them.

Luckily there were only eggs and not baby squabs. Those would have been eaten.