Australorps breed Thread

[Violetsfeathers]

here is an ad for his available breeds, he seems to like talking directly instead of email or text, call him in the evening and see if you can stop by sometime. I hope you live near Owatonna. My Australorps from him are absolutely gorgeous.

http://standardbreedpoultry.com/breeder/Duane UrchUrch-Turnland Poultry/190

I live 15 min away from owatonna

 

[orumpoultry]

I REALLY want to order some Aussies from him... and some turkey eggs... and and and...

 

[MrsBrooke]

I woke up this morning and heard peeping from the room with the incubator. Went dashing through the house like a mad woman and found no chicks. Walked away, heard it again. Got my light and started shining on all the eggs to see if I could pinpoint it.... looks like two or three of my Aussies are trying to come out already! One pip/zip, and two pips! I'm excited!!!


None of my quail are hatching yet, but, I expect when we get back from Church it will be LOUD in this house.

How exciting! Pictures, pleeeaaasseee! ♡♡♡

MrsB

 

[orumpoultry]

As of this morning the little guy is still the only one out. They've definitely made improvements since I went to bed.

 

[MrsBrooke]

Go, babies! GO!

MrsB

 

[JennysHens]

Little cutie! Can't wait to see the rest!

 

[Gramma Chick]

As of this morning the little guy is still the only one out. They've definitely made improvements since I went to bed.

Congrats ! I dont know which stage is worse ? The 20 days ..or that last 4 when they pip ..and waiting for them to come out !
He / She looks poooped ! I hear it is good to leave the chick in there ..as it encourages the rest to hatch...

 

[DesertChic]

Congrats ! I dont know which stage is worse ? The 20 days ..or that last 4 when they pip ..and waiting for them to come out !
He / She looks poooped ! I hear it is good to leave the chick in there ..as it encourages the rest to hatch...

Yeah...once mine start pipping, peeping, chirping, rocking and finally hatching I tend to lose hours each day standing over the hatching eggs and willing those little chicks out into the world, cheering them on, bribing them...whatever works. I've seen first-hand how having at least one hatched chick in that incubator encourages others to become more active....usually. They definitely communicate with one another, but even when I've removed a lone hatchling while the rest of the eggs seemed to remain "asleep", that hatched chick would hear and communicate with the ones chirping within their eggs. I watched my little "Bosch" Bielefelder chick run to the edge of the brooder and begin chirping loudly and excitedly whenever he heard one of the chicks still in their egg begin chirping.

 

[MrsBrooke]

Yeah...once mine start pipping, peeping, chirping, rocking and finally hatching I tend to lose hours each day standing over the hatching eggs and willing those little chicks out into the world, cheering them on, bribing them...whatever works. I've seen first-hand how having at least one hatched chick in that incubator encourages others to become more active....usually. They definitely communicate with one another, but even when I've removed a lone hatchling while the rest of the eggs seemed to remain "asleep", that hatched chick would hear and communicate with the ones chirping within their eggs. I watched my little "Bosch" Bielefelder chick run to the edge of the brooder and begin chirping loudly and excitedly whenever he heard one of the chicks still in their egg begin chirping.

I know there is wisdom in this. I've often wondered if harm is being done by letting the chick run around and play "soccer" with his siblings. If one as pipped and it gets rolled over on the pip, well.... I worry about these things.

Usually, they are in the incubator until they are nice and dry and moving around. Then off to the brooder they go! I feel the time they do spend out of the shell in the brooder still "activates" the other eggs to get them going.

MrsB

 

[MrsBrooke]

"And these Australorp chickens have been marinating for two days in the finest Magnolia rainwater and come garnished with fresh organic Spanish moss and locally-sourced, sustainable grass clippings."

MrsB