California - Northern

[ronott1]

I am new to chickening as well. I have 6 buff orpingtons, and 1 blue orpington rooster boy in the brooder.
One of my 6 girls is turning into a boy quickly. ever since I got the chicks, I have been Chicken obsessed.
I am looking to add to the babies already. Wanting a few light sussex or chocolate orpington girls about 3-4 weeks old. They seem very difficult to locate. any ideas?

You have some nice chickens so far!

 

[member 142084]

Last I checked I wasn't a puppet made of wood.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/products/pekin/reviews/8648

My beauties.

 

[chrissyr]

So on my last hatch I had 31 out of 37 hatch.
The other six were fully formed. Seemed like some liquid in there.
Would that be too high humidity?
They were ALL Marans
And my OE that looked porous all hatched out. There were 8 of those

 

[member 142084]

I had that happen before. Is happens within hours of the chicks death it seems. I had one pipe then die and it di the liquid thing. They may have just been too weak.

 

[lualshannon]

I am new to chickening as well. I have 6 buff orpingtons, and 1 blue orpington rooster boy in the brooder.
One of my 6 girls is turning into a boy quickly. ever since I got the chicks, I have been Chicken obsessed.
I am looking to add to the babies already. Wanting a few light sussex or chocolate orpington girls about 3-4 weeks old. They seem very difficult to locate. any ideas?

Hello Darcee,

Please check out the "The Imported English Orpington thread" where you will find some of the best Orpington breeders in US. You may have to ship eggs or chicks, but, if you want quality, it is worth the time and expense in doing so. Best of luck to you : )

Lual

 

[debs_flock]

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Yes, Campine is pronounced kam-PEEN, but I hear judges say it wrong all the time. So don't worry about it.

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What she said. You want your eggs to be as fresh as possible, in case them open them. But to win on uniformity, your absolute best bet is to have all the eggs come from the same bird. Of course, that isn't practical because then they'd be too old. Just make sure the eggs are the same size, weight, color & shape.

And...............I'm home! Got home last night around 7:00. DH still has his nine chicks he hatched living in the house (LF cochins) and he had a stryobator full of eggs "cooking" on the kitchen counter. They are 11 days along, so tonight I'll have to give them a candling.

 

[lawatt]

Yes, Campine is pronounced kam-PEEN, but I hear judges say it wrong all the time. So don't worry about it.




What she said. You want your eggs to be as fresh as possible, in case them open them. But to win on uniformity, your absolute best bet is to have all the eggs come from the same bird. Of course, that isn't practical because then they'd be too old. Just make sure the eggs are the same size, weight, color & shape.

And...............I'm home! Got home last night around 7:00. DH still has his nine chicks he hatched living in the house (LF cochins) and he had a stryobator full of eggs "cooking" on the kitchen counter. They are 11 days along, so tonight I'll have to give them a candling.

welcome home!!!

I've just candled the remaining isbar eggs in my incubator, which are on Day 10, and as my earlier candling suggested, only one seems to be developing. when it hatches, the youngest chicks in my brooder will be a little over two weeks old, and I'm concerned about how well a lone baby will do with so many big kids milling around...

@juststruttin or anyone else relatively local to Sonoma County, any chance you'll have any spare chicks hatching around April 11th?

 

[Hangtown Farms]

Yes, Campine is pronounced kam-PEEN, but I hear judges say it wrong all the time.  So don't worry about it.
Welcome back Deb



What she said.  You want your eggs to be as fresh as possible, in case them open them.  But to win on uniformity, your absolute best bet is to have all the eggs come from the same bird.  Of course, that isn't practical because then they'd be too old.  Just make sure the eggs are the same size, weight, color & shape.



And...............I'm home!  Got home last night around 7:00.  DH still has his nine chicks he hatched living in the house (LF cochins) and he had a stryobator full of eggs "cooking" on the kitchen counter.  They are 11 days along, so tonight I'll have to give them a candling.

 

[chiqita]

Yes, Campine is pronounced kam-PEEN, but I hear judges say it wrong all the time.  So don't worry about it.




What she said.  You want your eggs to be as fresh as possible, in case them open them.  But to win on uniformity, your absolute best bet is to have all the eggs come from the same bird.  Of course, that isn't practical because then they'd be too old.  Just make sure the eggs are the same size, weight, color & shape.



And...............I'm home!  Got home last night around 7:00.  DH still has his nine chicks he hatched living in the house (LF cochins) and he had a stryobator full of eggs "cooking" on the kitchen counter.  They are 11 days along, so tonight I'll have to give them a candling.

Welcome home deb#

 

[juststruttin]

welcome home!!!

I've just candled the remaining isbar eggs in my incubator, which are on Day 10, and as my earlier candling suggested, only one seems to be developing. when it hatches, the youngest chicks in my brooder will be a little over two weeks old, and I'm concerned about how well a lone baby will do with so many big kids milling around...

@juststruttin or anyone else relatively local to Sonoma County, any chance you'll have any spare chicks hatching around April 11th?

No sorry. My incubators are off.