California - Northern

[Audio51]

5 of 9 eggs hatched under the first-time broody!

I think I hear pecking in 2 more but Mama decided it was time to get up so I put them in the 'bator with the duck eggs and turned off the turner. One was clear and one just seems to have disappeared (or else I miss counted). Also moved the meat birds out of the garage. They will spend the days in an outside pen and will sleep in the shed. They are getting HUGE!!!!

 

[TheKeeper]

Sorry for your boo's,

for the yay's! Cute hen and chicks!

-Kathy

Wow! That is quite a roller coaster! But Yeah for chicks!!!

Yep - fuzzybutts can fix just about anything, i'm thinking.
These little bantams are SERIOUSLY whetting my appetite for seramas, though.

 

[BCollie]

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Hmm....can anyone verify what color a BLUE Laced Red Wyandotte chick is?

 

[chiqita]

Yep - fuzzybutts can fix just about anything, i'm thinking.
These little bantams are SERIOUSLY whetting my appetite for seramas, though.

My 5 should be ready to go in a couple of weeks.. think I have 2 frizzle 3 smooth

 

[TheKeeper]

Zooom! Zoooom!
Speaking of it how are the silkie/showgirl eggs doing?

I was only able to candle a few in each nest after the first week - grumpy, bitey broodies.
Everything I looked at was developing.
I didn't want to bug them anymore so I haven't looked again.
Saturday will be Day 21. I will keep you posted. I am really looking forward to see what hatches.

 

[TheKeeper]

My 5 should be ready to go in a couple of weeks.. think I have 2 frizzle 3 smooth

Gaah! Chicken enabler....

 

[Flowers of Abba]

Thank you! I'll do some more reading on specifics.

Am thinking of letting the chicks grow up in the new coop; then bringing my older girls in (when the little one are big enough) so the littles are on "home turf". Or will that make a difference? Are chickens "territorital"? Or is it just more of a higherarchy regardless of the location?

Sometimes I think I over-analize things...

The ONLY breeds I have been able to add babies to in the enclosed run are barnveilders and olandsk dwarf. Everyone else I let spend the day in the main yard with PLENTY of space, then bring the babies in for the night . When they don't care about seeing each other in the yard anymore and run in and out of the run together sharing the feeder and water- THATS when we do a trial overnighter. I've had eaten babies and even pullets when rushing things with certain breeds:-(


@chiqita - or anyone. We are considering passing along our smoothe and frizzle serama. We have no hens for them and they're feisty over it I think. If no one here is interested we may take them to the sparks 4h sale in a few months...

 

[chickee]

Hmm....can anyone verify what color a BLUE Laced Red Wyandotte chick is?

I thought I just did

I raised BLRWs for years.

 

[CackleJoy]

Excuse my ignorance, but what is a saddle shaped air sack?

-Kathy

I will try to get a picture. I'm probably using the wrong term

 

[BCollie]

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Oh! Sorry, I didn't know that. I was looking at pictures of chicks and people say that the darker the chicks color, the darker the blue will be. Does this look like I might have 1 blue and 1 splash to you?