California - Northern

[debs_flock]

Quote: You can still join, it's a very loosely run hatch along! These first five eggs were just a test hatch. The first five eggs they laid. Then I started saving for the cinco de mayo hatch. I have 54 eggs set. The next week I set a bunch more. I currently have about another 40 on the counter (6-7 eggs per day). I keep telling myself I'm only setting them all because turkeys don't lay all year around. When they're done for the year, they're done (I might be done if I hatch them all, LOL).

 

[chickee]

Jason, I don't have any chicks that age out of my blue wheaten rooster, just 3 brown chicks out of him that are 8 weeks old. I am going out today to look closely at the chicks I have that are 3 weeks old and see if I can tell which ones are roosters. I will let you know what conclusion I came to

Too early to tell for sure, but it looks like the rooster chicks combs are wider, slightly raised and turning pink. A couple of the obvious ones have bright red feathers starting to show on the top of their heads. Another week and I think you will be able to tell on the wheaten colored ones. The roosters will start to get black and gold patches on the wings and breast. The wheaten marked pullet's breasts and shoulder feathers stay cream colored. I have so many gorgeous colored EE chicks out of this blue wheaten rooster, that I have decided to keep all of the pullets for now. I will keep some of the prettiest ones for my layer flock.

If you like you can post pictures of your chicks and I will try and guess their sexes

 

[chicksnthestiks]

Hi Everyone!!

It's been quite a while since I've had time to post. How is everyone? Gosh it's been so long since I've seen you guys. I am only working 4 hours a day now so I will have time to share again! I've missed BYC!

I have 19 EO eggs and 19 Pita Pinta eggs in my incubator. They went into lockdown today and we expect them to start hatching on Monday. I can't wait to see what comes out! As of 5 days ago, every single egg was fertile and growing. I hope User Error doesn't get in the way of them hatching. I will post pics soon!

I have an EO flock that are very close to the Spanish standard and want to start sharing them with all of you. After next week we will be selling hatching eggs. If anyone is interested please PM me. As for the Pita Pintas, we are still unsure if we're going to do started pullets or eggs yet. We'll decide that next week too. I can't wait to meet my little babies and share pictures! It's been way too long since we had baby chicks in this house!

I hope everyone is having a fabulous Saturday afternoon and I look forward to getting to know everyone (again)!

Megan

Hi Megan, nice to meet you. Ron showed us pictures he took of the adult EO's and Pita Pinta's, just beautiful. Look forward to chick pictures.

 

[lizanne]

Ok so today was a first! I have a TEN week old silkie rooster crowing! The only other roos from that batch that are making noise are the silver leghorns. (this reminds me I think both the jubilee orphs are pullets... I might need a roo if Mario lets me keep them!)

I was stunned. The first thought was w t f... then I thought, I should breed him! What if he passed the trait on and you could pull all the silkie roos at 10 weeks???? I call him purple haze . He is dark blue with a tinge of red in his hat, hes a cutie. huge comb, too.. hrm...

Nice! Last year my Silkie roos started crowing at 14 week (all four of them). We had to find them new homes. I wish I could have kept them longer.

 

[OR4-hmom]

Around here I hear the turkeys more than see them. It is impressive to see them fly up 20 feet and perch in the pine and fir trees. We have a little more than an acre of trees behind the house, (growing ground for all the poision oak I keep getting), and I very rarely see them. They do cruise through the neighbors yard occasionally. Some friends of ours have had problems with wild turkeys tearing up and eating their gardens, not good when trying to grow for farmers markets.

 

[ronott1]

Hi Everyone!!

It's been quite a while since I've had time to post. How is everyone? Gosh it's been so long since I've seen you guys. I am only working 4 hours a day now so I will have time to share again! I've missed BYC!

I have 19 EO eggs and 19 Pita Pinta eggs in my incubator. They went into lockdown today and we expect them to start hatching on Monday. I can't wait to see what comes out! As of 5 days ago, every single egg was fertile and growing. I hope User Error doesn't get in the way of them hatching. I will post pics soon!

I have an EO flock that are very close to the Spanish standard and want to start sharing them with all of you. After next week we will be selling hatching eggs. If anyone is interested please PM me. As for the Pita Pintas, we are still unsure if we're going to do started pullets or eggs yet. We'll decide that next week too. I can't wait to meet my little babies and share pictures! It's been way too long since we had baby chicks in this house!

I hope everyone is having a fabulous Saturday afternoon and I look forward to getting to know everyone (again)!

Megan

Welcome back Megan!

I am back from getting the Blue Egg Layers to Jason! Of course I came home with beautiful eggs to hatch...

 

[chickee]

Some quick pictures I took this afternoon of my little hatchery Sebrights, 8 weeks old.

Silver Sebright (Lux) jumps up on the arm of the patio chair trying to find treats (with my little garden of chard, tomato, and squash in the background):



Golden Sebrights Leon (who needs rehoming) and Kayle (who is the tiniest but also at the top of the pecking order because she's scrappy) in front of their coop on the back of the patio chair:

They are so pretty! I want to add a pair to my bantam flock in the future. I plan to have pairs of many different bantams in a pen for just pets to enjoy!

9 d'Anver eggs are going strong!

 

[chickee]

Oh my goodness...........are you a d'anver expert, Chickee?
I just bought the following chicks and was told they were quail d'anvers?

What do you think? Thanks for help with color (quial?, porcelain, lavender?) as well as breed.

I am just starting with the d'Anvers (only have a pair I hatched last year and eggs in the incubator) so I can't tell you much, except that d'Anvers are super cute and friendly! I adore mine!

Here is a picture of mine around the same age as yours. They go through a scraggly stage

 

[Deerling]

Yesterday's turkey hatch.

The fifth poult hatched with a small bit of unabsorbed yolk. I left it in the hatcher overnight and everything looked fairly dried out this morning. I put it in with the others and tutor chicks, of course by the time I went back to check, the chicks had picked it bloody. So it's resting back in the hatcher on it's own. It looks fine, but missed the photo op.



If the size of the snood at hatch was an indicator, I'd go a boy and three girls.

They are soooooo cute! We have a flock of wild turkeys that come around, there are so many! At least 50 of them. Last week we had a lonely male turkey hanging around, but I haven't seen him this week.

 

[OR4-hmom]

CALI CHICK,
I can't ID the chicks in your picture but I do know they aren't quail d'anvers. "Quail" chicks are a charcoal gray with coppery colored cheeks, once you see it, it is distinct. I always check the assorted bantam shipments for anything quail colored, haven't found any yet but I keep looking.