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[PetRock]

I shared these pics on the Langshan thread but wanted to share them here, too. The first 2 pics are of the first chick that I hatched from my LF black Langshan trio that I got from Sherry Parker. This guy is 15 weeks old and taller than all of the hens in my layer flock. He reminds me of a bowling ball and is about that heavy! Hopefully, he will be as big and beautiful as his daddy Shang is! The 3rd and 4th pics are more of Shang's babies. I am excited about a few young pullets that are showing promise!

 

[lawatt]

I shared these pics on the Langshan thread but wanted to share them here, too. The first 2 pics are of the first chick that I hatched from my LF black Langshan trio that I got from Sherry Parker. This guy is 15 weeks old and taller than all of the hens in my layer flock. He reminds me of a bowling ball and is about that heavy! Hopefully, he will be as big and beautiful as his daddy Shang is! The 3rd and 4th pics are more of Shang's babies. I am excited about a few young pullets that are showing promise!

wow, they are gorgeous!

 

[caychris]

I shared these pics on the Langshan thread but wanted to share them here, too. The first 2 pics are of the first chick that I hatched from my LF black Langshan trio that I got from Sherry Parker. This guy is 15 weeks old and taller than all of the hens in my layer flock. He reminds me of a bowling ball and is about that heavy! Hopefully, he will be as big and beautiful as his daddy Shang is! The 3rd and 4th pics are more of Shang's babies. I am excited about a few young pullets that are showing promise!

Pretty

 

[Volcanic Egger]

I have a free 4.5 week old Olive Egger I have raised from Meyers. She is friendly to people but not to other chicks. She picked all the tail feathers out of one of her siblings and left her rump all bloody. She attacks the other chicks as well. I hate to just kill her or turn her loose in the wild. Anyone want her? She is black and white so far. I live in Volcano but can arrange for pickup around Jackson this weekend or Bay area next week.

Thanks

Bob

 

[ronott1]

I shared these pics on the Langshan thread but wanted to share them here, too. The first 2 pics are of the first chick that I hatched from my LF black Langshan trio that I got from Sherry Parker. This guy is 15 weeks old and taller than all of the hens in my layer flock. He reminds me of a bowling ball and is about that heavy! Hopefully, he will be as big and beautiful as his daddy Shang is! The 3rd and 4th pics are more of Shang's babies. I am excited about a few young pullets that are showing promise!

They look very nice!

I see a Pita Pinta? Lots of white so far.

 

[PetRock]

Thanks, All! Yes, Ron, PPs and a splash Langshan in the 4th pic. It is splash Langshan in the background of the 1st pic. I have hatched several splash Langshans this spring. They are beautiful but not as big as my black Langshans. With the Pita Pintas, I will first be culling for size and conformation and then for color. I'm hoping to eventually have more white in the line.

 

[liz9910]

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Welcome to BYC and to the thread! Have you tried Craigslist?

 

[juststruttin]

I wanted to share an email that I got yesterday that still has me amazed. This is from a Kindergarten teacher who set 12 Cream Legbar eggs for her class science project.
This goes to show you, if a chick has the will to hatch it will.


Hi Deann,

Just a quick update on the hatching project...

Out of the 12 eggs, 11 hatched! We ended up with 7 girls and 4 boys. It was actually a really rocky hatch.

I had split the eggs up in 2 separate incubators. 7 eggs went into a Brinsea Mini Advance, and 5 eggs went into an older Hovabator 1588.

From the beginning I had trouble maintaining humidity in the Hovabator in my classroom. Daily humidity ranged from 26% to 65% - just couldn't keep humidity constant despite constant monitoring.

Somewhere around day 10, the Hovabator went up to 106 overnight. They were hot when I checked on them in the morning. I thought the eggs had been cooked but kept them in the incubator anyways.

Somewhere around day 15, the Brinsea got unplugged the day I was out sick from work. When I got back to the classroom, the eggs were refrigerator cold and had probably been without heat for about 24 hours. I turned on the incubator and just let the eggs be.

Despite thinking I had dead frozen and cooked eggs, all 12 were active when candled on day 18! The overheated eggs hatched a day early, and the cold eggs hatched 2 days late.

3 boys and 3 girls have been adopted by student families. I have the remaining 4 girls and 1 boy in my dining room currently asleep in the brooder.

I can't wait to hatch again next year! Your eggs are great!

 

[casportpony]

I wanted to share an email that I got yesterday that still has me amazed.  This is from a Kindergarten teacher who set 12 Cream Legbar eggs for her class science project.
This goes to show you,  if a chick has the will to hatch it will.


[COLOR=222222]Hi Deann,[/COLOR]
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[COLOR=222222]Just a quick update on the hatching project...[/COLOR]
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[COLOR=222222]Out of the 12 eggs, 11 hatched!  We ended up with 7 girls and 4 boys.  It was actually a really rocky hatch. [/COLOR]
[COLOR=222222] [/COLOR]
[COLOR=222222]I had split the eggs up in 2 separate incubators.  7 eggs went into a Brinsea Mini Advance, and 5 eggs went into an older Hovabator 1588.  [/COLOR]
[COLOR=222222] [/COLOR]
[COLOR=222222]From the beginning I had trouble maintaining humidity in the Hovabator in my classroom.  Daily humidity ranged from 26% to 65% - just couldn't keep humidity constant despite constant monitoring.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=222222] [/COLOR]
[COLOR=222222]Somewhere around day 10, the Hovabator went up to 106 overnight.  They were hot when I checked on them in the morning.  I thought the eggs had been cooked but kept them in the incubator anyways. [/COLOR]
[COLOR=222222] [/COLOR]
[COLOR=222222]Somewhere around day 15, the Brinsea got unplugged the day I was out sick from work.  When I got back to the classroom, the eggs were refrigerator cold and had probably been without heat for about 24 hours.  I turned on the incubator and just let the eggs be.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=222222] [/COLOR]
[COLOR=222222]Despite thinking I had dead frozen and cooked eggs, all 12 were active when candled on day 18!  The overheated eggs hatched a day early, and the cold eggs hatched 2 days late.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=222222] [/COLOR]
[COLOR=222222]3 boys and 3 girls have been adopted by student families.  I have the remaining 4 girls and 1 boy in my dining room currently asleep in the brooder.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=222222] [/COLOR]
[COLOR=222222]I can't wait to hatch again next year!  Your eggs are great!  [/COLOR]

What a nice story!

-Kathy

 

[PetRock]

I wanted to share an email that I got yesterday that still has me amazed. This is from a Kindergarten teacher who set 12 Cream Legbar eggs for her class science project.
This goes to show you, if a chick has the will to hatch it will.


Hi Deann,

Just a quick update on the hatching project...

Out of the 12 eggs, 11 hatched! We ended up with 7 girls and 4 boys. It was actually a really rocky hatch.

I had split the eggs up in 2 separate incubators. 7 eggs went into a Brinsea Mini Advance, and 5 eggs went into an older Hovabator 1588.

From the beginning I had trouble maintaining humidity in the Hovabator in my classroom. Daily humidity ranged from 26% to 65% - just couldn't keep humidity constant despite constant monitoring.

Somewhere around day 10, the Hovabator went up to 106 overnight. They were hot when I checked on them in the morning. I thought the eggs had been cooked but kept them in the incubator anyways.

Somewhere around day 15, the Brinsea got unplugged the day I was out sick from work. When I got back to the classroom, the eggs were refrigerator cold and had probably been without heat for about 24 hours. I turned on the incubator and just let the eggs be.

Despite thinking I had dead frozen and cooked eggs, all 12 were active when candled on day 18! The overheated eggs hatched a day early, and the cold eggs hatched 2 days late.

3 boys and 3 girls have been adopted by student families. I have the remaining 4 girls and 1 boy in my dining room currently asleep in the brooder.

I can't wait to hatch again next year! Your eggs are great!

WOW! That's amazing! I think that we obsess too much over having temps and humidity at the "perfect" level.