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

[cluckcluckluke]

It's only the 1st day of Spring and I have already gotten 5 broody hens!!!

 

[rexy]

It's only the 1st day of Spring and I have already gotten 5 broody hens!!!

 

what do you need an incubator for?

 

[Ashburnham]

It's only the 1st day of Spring and I have already gotten 5 broody hens!!!

Yes - the first of my Barred Rocks has just gone broody - I have given her a setting of mixed
Pekin and Bantam Leghorn eggs. This should be interesting.


xxxx M

 

[TheChookPatch]

Ok I couldn't choose the best photo of my golden pheasants so I shall bombard you with photos. This is Velvet and Inigo Montoya

 

[Pinky Macgyver]

Ok I couldn't choose the best photo of my golden pheasants so I shall bombard you with photos. This is Velvet and Inigo Montoya

They're incredible! :O

 

[rexy]

He's beautiful, Chook.

 

[Pinky Macgyver]

So jealous of all your broodies! Mine has changed her mind so I'm About to pop the eggs I got for her in the incubator. Would the few that she sat on for just over a day still be ok? Or would they have started and stopped?
I have the original 37 eggs in already, About to add nine ancona and six Plymouth rock from ash and just don't know what to do with Booker's eggs still in the nest. She's started laying again so have four or five there. I really got my hopes up thinking she was broody. I really wanted her to hatch ash's eggs so I could keep one of her babies and it would look the same but not be blood related. Ash, do you think I can hold out a few more days to see if she'll have another go?

On another note, more babies! I got my black copper marans today! *fingers crossed this one isn't a scam*

I think I have three girls and one boy

I'm going to be overrun with chicks. I'm going to have About seven different breeds at one time, Plymouth rock (two lines), Araucana, marans, minorca, those cross breeds that were meant to be Yokohama and Sumatra, Andalusians, silver campine, real Yokohama, and ancona. I actually think it's too much. Will be a bit of work over the next couple months.

 

[cluckcluckluke]

Quote: haha, I know.
But last time I had a broody I got mites...which was hell

and I'm worried to go back to that.

Quote: Nice, can't wait to see how they go.

Ok I couldn't choose the best photo of my golden pheasants so I shall bombard you with photos. This is Velvet and Inigo Montoya

WOW he is amazing

!! Tame as well?
I just don't understand how he can have so much colour range.

 

[CB and CG]

Hi Everyone,
Gave my eggs a candle yesterday (day 14) for a check and they are going great guns. Can't wait for them to hatch next Saturday. Over the last week we have been building another growing pen for the babies so have been very busy. It's not quite finished yet but it is looking great. Still need to add some perches but then it will be done and ready for testing

 

[TheChookPatch]

WOW he is amazing !! Tame as well?
I just don't understand how he can have so much colour range.

He is very scatty, but so is Velvet, he will let you come up close in the aviary but he doesn't like to be held. I think I'll be able to train him to eat out of my hand eventually. The other girl I had was a week younger than Velvet and was quite tame so I think the earlier I start handling the chicks the more chance of getting their offspring tame. And he still has more colouring up to do they don't get fully coloured till 2 years I think... fingers crossed for your next hatch as well Luke and congrats cb and cg, hope to see some little baby pics next week!