Arizona Chickens

[Michelle Guynn]

New baby today)’

 

[BlueBaby]

View attachment 1687861 New baby today)’

It look's like it's going to be another paint silkie, isn't it?

 

[Michelle Guynn]

Yes. I thought white at first but now I see some black.

 

[Michelle Guynn]

Baby #2 hatched and again either white or paint.

So cute!

 

[BlueBaby]

@Michelle Guynn How many are supposed to hatch, again? I forgot.

 

[Michelle Guynn]

7 made it to lock down. 2 more are working on hatching and the other 3 are doing nothing.

 

[BlueBaby]

7 made it to lock down. 2 more are working on hatching and the other 3 are doing nothing.

Well, you'll be taking 3 of my egg's home with you tomorrow that you can finish hatching out to give you another bloodline to work with.

 

[Michelle Guynn]

I know. Can’t wait.

 

[BlueBaby]

If anyone is now looking for some pullet's or hen's so that they don't have to end up with cockerels by getting new chick's, I am selling a few. Most of them are mixed breed's. The reason why I am selling them is because they have fully feathered neck's on them and don't fit my breeding program, plus I need the room for more Naked Necked one's out there. There are 2 white hen's will be are a year old this April and are laying tan/brown egg's, a Crested Cream Legbar that lay's blue egg's that turned a year old this past January, and a few pullet's that hatched out this past December and January.

 

[cactusrota]

Got my Bresse/NN pen put together the other day, in the same pen that I had the pure Bresse in last year. Probably a bit early, the roo is only 5 months old, but I like his temperment and he's the largest Bresse/NN that I have currently. I'm really hoping one of the hens will go broody this year so I don't have to incubate any.

I didn't want to have to incubate any of my own eggs this year. I wanted to let hens go broody and do it for me. And then I would only have to put chicks in the brooder that I may get from outside sources. But one of my roosters changed that plan for me a few days ago. The NN roo that hatched out of a blue egg, that I penned up with the Marans and Ameraucana hoping for NN olive eggers and blue layers, died a couple days ago. I only had those hens in with him for a week, but I'm gonna incubate what I have from them anyway... hopefully they caught enough of his "gizz". .... Then figured since I was having to fire up an incubator anyway I went ahead and ordered some NN hatching eggs from Dunlap Hatchery in Idaho. They should be arriving around Wednesday.