California - Northern

[ronott1]

I'm trying not to incubate, but Crele pennedesenca very Tempting....

Hi Molly!

How was you Daughters graduation and party?

 

[Miss Molly]

Jason, what kind of pennedesenca did you already give me? That wasn't Crele, was it?
I have four hens from that batch, and the beautiful white hen...they are getting big. I love them.
Heat hardy will be nice. I lost a big beautiful blue Orpington the other day due to the heat. She had been sitting on eggs for a few weeks.
It was 106 that day and I was busy with my daughters graduation. She must have gotten to hot another hen has taken over her eggs...

 

[tommysgirl]

Oh, me, me.... I have a lone chick set to hatch Wednesday. *hopefully*. The only one left out of 8 eggs. I think the rest of the babies are too old for me to put that one in with them.
*wait, I'm not really "up there".

looks like you will have to find a same size friend for it....too bad no one around here has any chicks under a week old

 

[ronott1]

Originally Posted by lizanne


Oh, me, me.... I have a lone chick set to hatch Wednesday. *hopefully*. The only one left out of 8 eggs. I think the rest of the babies are too old for me to put that one in with them.
*wait, I'm not really "up there".

looks like you will have to find a same size friend for it....too bad no one around here has any chicks under a week old

My next hatch will be a week from Sunday. I have Pita Pinta and two EO Basque eggs incubating--All 11 are developing!

I hope you can find a feed store friend if the chick hatches. I have read that a mirror in the brooder helps lonely single chicks.

 

[ChickNmamma]

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um.. does 3 days count as under a week? What about just climbed out of the egg 25 minutes ago? How about still in the egg and not pipped yet but due to hatch tomorrow?

Nope, nothing under a week I guess...

 

[ChickNmamma]

I have 11 crele penedesenca eggs I can ship out Tuesday if anyone wants any. I am worming them tomorrow and will not have any for a few weeks after

I thought you could still incubate eggs after worming them? Just can't eat them if you are allergic to the worming medication?

Those Crele Penedesenca look really pretty - and heat tolerance is good too. I keep watching my poor Marans panting - they really don't like this heat.

BUT - I promised myself NO MORE EGGS IN THE INCUBATOR.. I better stick to that..

 

[ronott1]

I thought you could still incubate eggs after worming them? Just can't eat them if you are allergic to the worming medication?

Those Crele Penedesenca look really pretty - and heat tolerance is good too. I keep watching my poor Marans panting - they really don't like this heat.

BUT - I promised myself NO MORE EGGS IN THE INCUBATOR.. I better stick to that..

But it is only 11 hatching eggs and they never all hatch.....

 

[ChickNmamma]

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Ah, but if they aren't shipped through the evil post office .. they might. And if YOU hatch them you would probably get 11 girls!

So far with my own unshipped eggs I have been 9/9, 12/15, 0/10 (infertile first try), 8/9 and looks like (not counting before hatching, no, not me

) 10/11? And that is counting all the eggs, even the ones that quit early or didn't form.

Shipped eggs, on the other hand..

 

[tommysgirl]

What a thunder storm!!!!! as soon as the thunder would begin to rumble the peacocks would go off then the booms would shake the house. a little groggy today. Did any of you photographers take photos of the lightning?? Post please if you did!

Have a place for my boys that will treat them well and may actually keep them instead of eating them. They are leaving this pm. 3 hatchery girls off lights listed on CL. So relieved about the boys but my H doesn't understand why I am unloading three today only to turn around and get a new one on Wed

He has a soft spot for one of our Delaware hens in particular so he will understand when I bring my new boy home from Kim's.

A Question: When we added Ray to our flock it was simple. he walked up from my uncle's and started hanging out with the girls then went home like a gentleman for a few days after about a week we started cooping him with the girls and everything went smoothly. Now they have been rooless for a few months any tips on introducing them to the new guy do you do the same thing you do when integrating hens?


My self imposed adult chicken limit is 20. I started like in Feb thinking I wanted to add a) color to my basket, b) breeds that might go broody c) white egg layers and d) a variety of eye candy to the yard. Then I got all chicken crazy and started planning all kinds of growth and breeding and what not that really we are not prepared for so now I am really happy that I will be ending this chick adding season with

Icelandics (white eggs, broody, variety, one is crested!)
CA Grey (white Eggs)
EEs
OE
Speckled Sussex (broody)
Chocolate Rock (broody?)
hopefully a Dorking (white eggs and broody)
Dorking Polish X (white egg CRESTED)
A new higher quality Del pair

All these gals will look great running around my yard with my red white and black flock the new Del Roo.

H is going to start working on Curly's run soon but for now he will be in with the girls and Little Ray who is still a ?? He gets out of the coop OK but I still have to put him in at night. I think he is thrilled that the SFH boy is gone. That little guy was VIGOROUS and fronted up on everyone! I know it's crazy to keep him but at this point he is a pet so there it is. Not going to take extreme measures...other than building him his own pen but since he is self sufficient in pretty much all ways it's a good thing.

Enjoy the cool down!

 

[ronott1]

What a thunder storm!!!!! as soon as the thunder would begin to rumble the peacocks would go off then the booms would shake the house. a little groggy today. Did any of you photographers take photos of the lightning?? Post please if you did!

Have a place for my boys that will treat them well and may actually keep them instead of eating them. They are leaving this pm. 3 hatchery girls off lights listed on CL. So relieved about the boys but my H doesn't understand why I am unloading three today only to turn around and get a new one on Wed

He has a soft spot for one of our Delaware hens in particular so he will understand when I bring my new boy home from Kim's.

A Question: When we added Ray to our flock it was simple. he walked up from my uncle's and started hanging out with the girls then went home like a gentleman for a few days after about a week we started cooping him with the girls and everything went smoothly. Now they have been rooless for a few months any tips on introducing them to the new guy do you do the same thing you do when integrating hens?


My self imposed adult chicken limit is 20. I started like in Feb thinking I wanted to add a) color to my basket, b) breeds that might go broody c) white egg layers and d) a variety of eye candy to the yard. Then I got all chicken crazy and started planning all kinds of growth and breeding and what not that really we are not prepared for so now I am really happy that I will be ending this chick adding season with

Icelandics (white eggs, broody, variety, one is crested!)
CA Grey (white Eggs)
EEs
OE
Speckled Sussex (broody)
Chocolate Rock (broody?)
hopefully a Dorking (white eggs and broody)
Dorking Polish X (white egg CRESTED)
A new higher quality Del pair

All these gals will look great running around my yard with my red white and black flock the new Del Roo.

H is going to start working on Curly's run soon but for now he will be in with the girls and Little Ray who is still a ?? He gets out of the coop OK but I still have to put him in at night. I think he is thrilled that the SFH boy is gone. That little guy was VIGOROUS and fronted up on everyone! I know it's crazy to keep him but at this point he is a pet so there it is. Not going to take extreme measures...other than building him his own pen but since he is self sufficient in pretty much all ways it's a good thing.

Enjoy the cool down!

I have only introduced a Rooster once. It was one of him and 15 Hens and pullets--It was a riot! The big girls attacked him and he ninja flipped over them and ran away! I took him back in and let them see each other the next day. They were much nicer, so I took him back in and let him stay the night in the coop.

I can't have Roosters here, so I took him in early in the morning while it was till dark and then let him back out with them at 7:30 before I left for work. It took several days but they warmed up to him and I was able to hatch 11 of 12 eggs from my own flock. Sadly Orlando the Cream Legbar got me busted with AC so I had to give up the Roosters.