Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

[frizzylizzy2003]

HI I'M IN TASSIE I WAS WONDERING IF WE GET WYANDOTTES OVER HERE
oops caps sorry

 

[K Spot]

Frizzylizzy I answered your question about the availability of Wyandottes in Tassie in my previous reply.

 

[youngchooklover]

This + this =

 

[youngchooklover]

And some how this two.

 

[satay]

What a crowd. 39 little 4 day olds. They won't last more than a week in this brooder. "Show Quality" Light Sussex, Araucanas and SLW

Nice hatch Ash

 

[cwrite]

Lovely chicks Ash, particluarly the grey one in front.

A lavender araucana?

 

[Ashburnham]

Lovely chicks Ash, particluarly the grey one in front.

A lavender araucana?

Not such a good hatch considering I started with 57 eggs, but only 4 of the fertile ones failed to hatch.
That is a lavender Ara- I have tried to hatch mainly Black Aras this time and it's looking quite promising.

xxxxx M

 

[FreeRanging Hen]

Thankyou for your kind offer Vehve. I'm currently trying to visually decipher a photo that looks to be Winter War troops and I suspect may be my great grandfather. There's not a lot to go on, just their uniforms, insignia and a little writing on the back.

Oh that video is awesome K Spot!! Thankyou for sharing
Watched it with the kids and they were fascinated too. We do chickens and life cycle each spring as part of our home learning, so this is a great one to add to the resources list.

Congrats on the cute little fluffies youngchooklover.

What a cute crowd you have there Ash. Are those bottles in there to help retain heat?

Well, I only ended up with 5 hatching from my 18 eggs that went into lockdown. 2 were early quitters, that needed pulling early in because they were weeping.
The rest were cooked before they could externally pip I feel terrible that I couldn't get my incubator to settle down and stop spiking, but I just have to take the lesson I learned and apply it next time I try.

I was devastated, but my hubby was like 'just try again'. He's organising more eggs for me to try again, before it gets too hot to post any more, or try hatching any more. Last chance for this year, then I'm packing the incy away for a year. I'm also considering investing in a more stable and reliable incubator that can handle weather fluctuations better.
Got to love a man who supports you in your passion and picks you up when you fall down.

It did give me some more appreciation for the 5 that made it, if that could ever be the case.
I just love their little fluffy bums, even the noisemaker who likes to sing along to Thomas the Tank Engine theme song when it comes on in the arvo. Gosh, he's a loud chickie!
They're growing so fast and I love watching them tuck into their feed each morning and night.

I'm creating an album and uploading photo's on my profile right now, instead of chocking up this feed with all the photos I take

 

[Ashburnham]

Thankyou for your kind offer Vehve. I'm currently trying to visually decipher a photo that looks to be Winter War troops and I suspect may be my great grandfather. There's not a lot to go on, just their uniforms, insignia and a little writing on the back.

Oh that video is awesome K Spot!! Thankyou for sharing

Watched it with the kids and they were fascinated too. We do chickens and life cycle each spring as part of our home learning, so this is a great one to add to the resources list.

Congrats on the cute little fluffies youngchooklover.

What a cute crowd you have there Ash. Are those bottles in there to help retain heat?

Well, I only ended up with 5 hatching from my 18 eggs that went into lockdown. 2 were early quitters, that needed pulling early in because they were weeping.
The rest were cooked before they could externally pip

I feel terrible that I couldn't get my incubator to settle down and stop spiking, but I just have to take the lesson I learned and apply it next time I try.

I was devastated, but my hubby was like 'just try again'. He's organising more eggs for me to try again, before it gets too hot to post any more, or try hatching any more. Last chance for this year, then I'm packing the incy away for a year. I'm also considering investing in a more stable and reliable incubator that can handle weather fluctuations better.
Got to love a man who supports you in your passion and picks you up when you fall down.

It did give me some more appreciation for the 5 that made it, if that could ever be the case.
I just love their little fluffy bums, even the noisemaker who likes to sing along to Thomas the Tank Engine theme song when it comes on in the arvo. Gosh, he's a loud chickie!
They're growing so fast and I love watching them tuck into their feed each morning and night.

I'm creating an album and uploading photo's on my profile right now, instead of chocking up this feed with all the photos I take

Well spotted!
The bottles are a heat sink in case of emergency.
The black ceramic bulb is also a back up on a thermostat in case the main bulb blows.

 

[AussieChics]

What a cr*p day! Work sucked! And then come home to 2 missing eggs and 2 covered in egg goo. Im really starting to think black ops is the worst broody ever! Very disheartened. Again