California - Northern

[Ali707]

Well my father IS bald and I do believe there are places from which he has been barred

But why would a Delaware hen with a New Hampshire Roo make an entirely different looking bird than a Delaware Roo with a New Hampshire Hen. Thanks for trying, I am simply simple.

So sorry about your father...

Anyway, yeah I am still up for it and you guys and your genetics are hurting my brain. I did want a Red Star (or red sexlink whatever). I can't remember all that you have. Do you have a Red Roo?

Now that Ron pointed out what the opposite gender do, I am sort of curious to try a couple each direction and see what the differences are in the birds. Aside from color that is.

WHO is going to take all my Roosters? Hmmmm????/

The Delaware has a Barring gene that is sex linked so it makes the different colors in the chicks based on gender.

I hope I have this on right....

Painful...... thanks for jumping in on this though, I would have been trying to figure out what happened to my red birds when white ones popped out.

And hatching, we're almost at lockdown! It's tomorrow. The bator seems to be running warm, one thermometer says 101 and the other says 100. Humidity is good now that I got the tupperwear things to put in. Should I try and adjust the temp? I have another hatch planned to set April 25th (English Orps from Deann and Silkies from Deb - my excitement is unspeakable.) The thing about that is I may have won an auction for 6 Calico Cochin eggs (I need to stop looking at the auction pages. Sheesh.) If so, the hatch would be staggered and I only have one bator. How doable is that? Should I try and borrow one, buy another cheap one (not sure Mark would go for that) or try and find someone nearby to hatch them? Maybe Laura will get another broody

Thanks for the advice!

You know my daughters school rented a Genesis from 4H for something like $14 for a month to do a hatch at school. I didn't know they did that, but I thought it was interesting just the same. And a possible solution maybe?

 

[chiqita]

My multi-quote isn't working at all! Bah.

Laura, it was windy here last night! Our babies (well, they're really more like teens) spent their first night outside and I was so worried about them. They're fine, of course, the coop my sweetheart built is amazing, but I wanted to go out and cuddle them all. Sweet things. And a bobcat! Glad your girls are alright! We've seen one in our yard twice, do you think it's the same one?

The story about the new roo calling the girls into his nest is so sweet. I love a good rooster. He and Big Daddy (love the name!) are both so handsome.

The pictures of the new chickens are so cute! It is crazy how much they look like ours. We have EEs, a SLW and Partridge Rocks too. So sweet.

Ron, I'm so jealous of your DD's boyfriend! I would love to have you for an in-law. Mine are mean (for real. MIL called me a witch for having a pet rat? And that's a drop in the bucket, of course). Maybe, if you would be so kind, you could adopt my husband? Then I wouldn't feel so bad about asking your advice all the time

Speaking of asking advice, I have a few questions. Regarding the sick chickens, there's no change. I'm going to call UCDavis today and see if they have any info yet. I have heard a few sneezes, is that ever normal? I mean, it's very few. Maybe one or two a day from the whole flock. But with Alice being puffed up I'm on high alert for anything. Does anyone in the area have a mister we could Oxine the chickens with? If not can I use a spray bottle or something similar?

And hatching, we're almost at lockdown! It's tomorrow. The bator seems to be running warm, one thermometer says 101 and the other says 100. Humidity is good now that I got the tupperwear things to put in. Should I try and adjust the temp? I have another hatch planned to set April 25th (English Orps from Deann and Silkies from Deb - my excitement is unspeakable.) The thing about that is I may have won an auction for 6 Calico Cochin eggs (I need to stop looking at the auction pages. Sheesh.) If so, the hatch would be staggered and I only have one bator. How doable is that? Should I try and borrow one, buy another cheap one (not sure Mark would go for that) or try and find someone nearby to hatch them? Maybe Laura will get another broody

Thanks for the advice!

People say if you have 7 days between egg hatches, staggered is not so bad in the same incubator. But I have not tried it. I might have an extra one you can borrow as a hatcher if you need it. I am supposed to get the oxine soon, will be coming up right after, ill PM you when I get the date.

You know I was thinking that with the readout offset, it might be easier to read!
I am so jealous your coop is done..... I need my coop done to stop stressing over it.

When I got my first set of chickens I used to just go sit outside with them in the coop. Not so much at night because they all went to sleep, but during the day. I was peaceful and fun.
I will do my best to keep you all updated.

I get a little behind though sometimes. I am one of those people that can't pick just one thing, I have to have everything.....lol.
I just had the blue ones (wheaten ameracauna supposedly, now I am skeptical will all the EE controversy) shipped to me from a BYC'er that did a great job packing them. Something like this, paper towel, small bubble wrap, big end up in a box, with that synthetic fluffy stuff you can get a fabric stores, stuffed in any holes, and that box was put inside a bigger box with sawdust around it. They all arrived in tact, but the aircells are a little wobbly compared to the ones I picked up from Deann.

On the outside of the box she wrote to hold for pick up with my number but that didn't happen and now we know why. I am in Rose ville, and it is plenty busy out here too. No special service and she obviously didn't know the rule to put it on the label either.

We will see what hatches.

Do you have hawks? I thought the Silkies were small enough that hawks will take them. And with their Pouf they can't see the hawks either.

We do have hawks, but this area on the hill is COMPLETLY covered by oaks, and there is not enough room for the hawks to swoop down. The coop is on a hill, and we fenced in the area between it and the gazebo, so under the coop and under the Gazebo are also completely covered. The oaks are old old huge things so it is very dense. I have been watching for almost 2 years and have never seen the hawks try for the mice and squirrels down there, easier pickings then even a silkie.

The silkies go to bed early, so no worries about the owls down there. I just have to remember they can not free range from end of December to end of January when miss bobcat travels to her birthing den.

 

[PetRock]

And hatching, we're almost at lockdown! It's tomorrow. The bator seems to be running warm, one thermometer says 101 and the other says 100. Humidity is good now that I got the tupperwear things to put in. Should I try and adjust the temp? I have another hatch planned to set April 25th (English Orps from Deann and Silkies from Deb - my excitement is unspeakable.) The thing about that is I may have won an auction for 6 Calico Cochin eggs (I need to stop looking at the auction pages. Sheesh.) If so, the hatch would be staggered and I only have one bator. How doable is that? Should I try and borrow one, buy another cheap one (not sure Mark would go for that) or try and find someone nearby to hatch them? Maybe Laura will get another broody

Thanks for the advice!

I just did a staggered hatch with chickens and quail. I wasn't sure that it would work due to timing but the shipped quail eggs were free and probably wouldn't have been good if I had waited 3 weeks to set them. The quail eggs were due to hatch 4 days after the chicken eggs. At lockdown for the chicken eggs, I removed 2 of the turner bars then placed the chicken eggs in cut down paper egg cartons inside a plastic grape container from Costco. I left the quail eggs on the turner with it operating. 7 out of 8 chicken eggs hatched. I removed the whole plastic carton with chicks a day after they hatched and at the same time candled & put the quail eggs into lockdown (removed turner & set them in paper quail egg cartons). I was concerned that having the humidity at around 65% for 7 days would affect the quail hatch. We ended up with 19 quail out of 25 that made it to lockdown. I was pleased with the result and the way the staggered hatch worked!

 

[Ali707]

Hmmmmm Ron/Tommysgirl:

Maybe what I am looking for is not the cross we are discussing.

Based on this page, there are two orangey/red birds that seem to be autosexing, but not crosses of two different breeds.....?

http://www.cacklehatchery.com/page2.html

The Cinnamon Queen and the Golden Comet on here appear to be different from crossing the two Delaware/RIR, or is it that I am just missing the whole concept here? These two the Cinnamon Queen and the Golden Comet appear to lay more than any of the others. Even the "production red" which I was sort of starting to think these were all the same type of bird with just different names. i.e. Production Red, Red Star, Golden Comet.....

 

[lawatt]

My multi-quote isn't working at all! Bah.

Laura, it was windy here last night! Our babies (well, they're really more like teens) spent their first night outside and I was so worried about them. They're fine, of course, the coop my sweetheart built is amazing, but I wanted to go out and cuddle them all. Sweet things. And a bobcat! Glad your girls are alright! We've seen one in our yard twice, do you think it's the same one?

And hatching, we're almost at lockdown! It's tomorrow. The bator seems to be running warm, one thermometer says 101 and the other says 100. Humidity is good now that I got the tupperwear things to put in. Should I try and adjust the temp? I have another hatch planned to set April 25th (English Orps from Deann and Silkies from Deb - my excitement is unspeakable.) The thing about that is I may have won an auction for 6 Calico Cochin eggs (I need to stop looking at the auction pages. Sheesh.) If so, the hatch would be staggered and I only have one bator. How doable is that? Should I try and borrow one, buy another cheap one (not sure Mark would go for that) or try and find someone nearby to hatch them? Maybe Laura will get another broody

Thanks for the advice!

heh, i will keep my eye out for more broodiness on your behalf! the two broody girls now both have eggs, and will be having a staggered hatch themselves, the one starting today is 8 or 9 days behind the first -- and i actually hope none other go broody until at least one of these is done, otherwise i'll REALLY run out of nesting boxes!

and this is the second time i've seen this bobcat (or, possibly, they were two separate bobcats?), and both times he's been traveling through from the same direction, downslope, and heading uphill toward Fairfield Osborn Preserve. i'm not sure how big their territories tend to be, but it *might* be the same one? it's a LARGE one, regardless!

 

[ronott1]

My multi-quote isn't working at all! Bah.

Laura, it was windy here last night! Our babies (well, they're really more like teens) spent their first night outside and I was so worried about them. They're fine, of course, the coop my sweetheart built is amazing, but I wanted to go out and cuddle them all. Sweet things. And a bobcat! Glad your girls are alright! We've seen one in our yard twice, do you think it's the same one?

The story about the new roo calling the girls into his nest is so sweet. I love a good rooster. He and Big Daddy (love the name!) are both so handsome.

The pictures of the new chickens are so cute! It is crazy how much they look like ours. We have EEs, a SLW and Partridge Rocks too. So sweet.

Ron, I'm so jealous of your DD's boyfriend! I would love to have you for an in-law. Mine are mean (for real. MIL called me a witch for having a pet rat? And that's a drop in the bucket, of course). Maybe, if you would be so kind, you could adopt my husband? Then I wouldn't feel so bad about asking your advice all the time

Speaking of asking advice, I have a few questions. Regarding the sick chickens, there's no change. I'm going to call UCDavis today and see if they have any info yet. I have heard a few sneezes, is that ever normal? I mean, it's very few. Maybe one or two a day from the whole flock. But with Alice being puffed up I'm on high alert for anything. Does anyone in the area have a mister we could Oxine the chickens with? If not can I use a spray bottle or something similar?

And hatching, we're almost at lockdown! It's tomorrow. The bator seems to be running warm, one thermometer says 101 and the other says 100. Humidity is good now that I got the tupperwear things to put in. Should I try and adjust the temp? I have another hatch planned to set April 25th (English Orps from Deann and Silkies from Deb - my excitement is unspeakable.) The thing about that is I may have won an auction for 6 Calico Cochin eggs (I need to stop looking at the auction pages. Sheesh.) If so, the hatch would be staggered and I only have one bator. How doable is that? Should I try and borrow one, buy another cheap one (not sure Mark would go for that) or try and find someone nearby to hatch them? Maybe Laura will get another broody

Thanks for the advice!

That is so nice of you!

Sneezing is not good. It is not the worst symptom but they should not sneeze. It is great that Chiqita is getting the oxine to you soon and let us know what the UCD Report says.

 

[ronott1]

Quote: Talking about the Bobcat reminded my of a person that felt bad leaving for work while the chickens were locked up in their secure run. She had to remind her self that the secure run was to protect the chickens and that leaving them in it was the best thing for them.

Big Bobcats are scary!

 

[chicksnthestiks]

That is so nice of you!

Sneezing is not good. It is not the worst symptom but they should not sneeze. It is great that Chiqita is getting the oxine to you soon and let us know what the UCD Report says.

So chickens have allergic reactions like with all this pollen blowing around? I am miserable right now.

 

[ronott1]

Quote: Sometimes they can sneeze from bedding and too much ammonia. Chickens don't get allergies like we do and they to not get colds so cold type symptoms often are bad things.

Sneezing could be something caught in the nasal passage but discharge is bad and so are watery eyes. Bubbles in the eyes are bad too. I would really worry if they seemed to be coughing.

 

[Flowers of Abba]

Debs_flock
Chickee

YAY for your reply! and to anyone else who desires to feed our addiction...

My last breeding stock were Barnvelders from peace of thyme but the shells were so fragile and only 3x eggs each per week was a bummer.
We were wishing for wellies because : docile, lay rates, cold ready, distinct egg color (no need to separate from feed store hens during breeding to tell which to collect)

but now after reading this thread my interests have been peaked.

We will like to occasionally sell hatching eggs and chicks and like interesting colors and somewhat rarity...

Blue Australorp (come on how cool is that)
Crele (don't know much about but VERY interesting)
blue or splash Marans (are they truly docile?)
Faverolles
Wellies
Barnies

Oh I probably could be talked into any nicely feathered, interesting colored egg, pure breed, cold hardy, docile, high layer!

Im not picky or anything! I have had hens stay with us for 11 years and think of it as a long term commitment, barring raccoon, bear, and or coyote attacks that is.


So PLEASE feel free to tempt me to drive out ...What do you have available?

blessings,
Flowers