BallsEleven
Songster
I’ll go ahead and explain my username first! I was in the Air Force as an aircraft maintainer for C-130s. The first plane that I was assigned to had the tail number “0011.” So naturally, everyone called it “Balls Eleven.”
Now onto the show…
This is my first hatch period. I’ve had my chickens about a year and a half now. It started with my sister having an unexpected hatch. They thought they had lost a hen and after a couple of weeks it showed back up with 14 chicks. I had been wanting some so we took half of them in.
After having some of them go broody here and there I decided to add to the bunch and let them hatch. I ordered some Blue Australorp eggs last week and they came in yesterday. I let them sit for 24 hours upside down and went ahead and stuck them under my most vocal and protective broody hen. I plan on trying to keep her with the rest of the flock.
I meant to get pictures while I was placing them but the recent cold front has pissed the mosquitos off to no end. I will get some tomorrow and again when I candle in the next couple of eggs.
This should be a fun couple of weeks, especially for my 4 and and 5 year old boys. They are pumped.
Now onto the show…
This is my first hatch period. I’ve had my chickens about a year and a half now. It started with my sister having an unexpected hatch. They thought they had lost a hen and after a couple of weeks it showed back up with 14 chicks. I had been wanting some so we took half of them in.
After having some of them go broody here and there I decided to add to the bunch and let them hatch. I ordered some Blue Australorp eggs last week and they came in yesterday. I let them sit for 24 hours upside down and went ahead and stuck them under my most vocal and protective broody hen. I plan on trying to keep her with the rest of the flock.
I meant to get pictures while I was placing them but the recent cold front has pissed the mosquitos off to no end. I will get some tomorrow and again when I candle in the next couple of eggs.
This should be a fun couple of weeks, especially for my 4 and and 5 year old boys. They are pumped.