California - Northern

[David 0907]

I now live in Waco Texas I am from Taft calif. And Taft is northern cal

 

[SpringPeeper]

Considering planting a couple of small bushes in my run. Any thoughts as to what kind I should plant that would provide a little shade but not get "eaten"

I'd suggest some tall planters with tough plants to rotate in and out.

 

[Audio51]

Quote: My garage is the hottest place at my house. I would be keeping the rooster in there until he goes to his new home but he would be roasted in there.

Quote: Thanks for the pics! They are all adorable...

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!

Very handsome bunch. Looks like Dad has good genes

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!

That is amazing! Just goes to show....never give up until you are 100% sure.

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You couls spray it in something and apply with a Q-Tip

Baby was awake in the incubator so I seized my opportunity to do the fastest photoshoot I've ever done. It lasted about 15 seconds - just long enough to put baby down, snap a few pictures, and put baby back in the bator. It's half dry right now, still pretty ugly lol! But look at the size of this little bantam, I can't believe how small it is!

OMG....adorable!!!

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Well, the shipping was a bit of a cheat. The recipient has a relative that lives in New York and was flying over for a visit. I shipped the eggs on a Tues to the relative. They were supposed to arrive on Thursday, of course the good old USPS was late. They arrived on Friday, VERY late morning. The relative was flying out Friday afternoon, they took the eggs over in their hand luggage. TSA hand inspected them so they avoided x-ray.

They then hand carried them through Belgium customs and were set late on Saturday. The oldest eggs were two days old when they left me, so less than a week old when they arrived.
That is quite a journey! I hope all 8 hatch...

 

[ronott1]

My garage is the hottest place at my house. I would be keeping the rooster in there until he goes to his new home but he would be roasted in there.

My Garage is hot, but not as hot as it is outside. I suppose that is one of the benefits of a two story house with the garage on the East side.

None of the chickens is panting in the garage....Out side is a different story.

 

[Kaylish]

I now live in Waco Texas I am from Taft calif. And Taft is northern cal

There is an amazing group of people here!

 

[ronott1]

I now live in Waco Texas I am from Taft calif. And Taft is northern cal

Welcome to you from Woodland, California!

What chickens do you have?

Have you started hatching yet?

 

[OR4-hmom]

Welcome David0907, these wonderful Nor Cal folks aren't much on borders. I'm a former resident also, just further North.

 

[OR4-hmom]

BCollie, great news you have one out already! It is so amazing to watch them make their entrance, even when they come earlier than planned.

Those are impressive Langshans, I have always liked their carriage but I think they would be miserable in our heat, the light Brahma don't like it.

 

[OR4-hmom]

Last couple of days up here have been rough.
Eggtopsy on eggs from Chiquita that DH was chilling at night. 3 showgirls, 1 silkie, 1 was upside down in the shell, another seemed to have ruptured the yolk, 1 was bloody inside like it had tried to pip on a vein. The 4 and the maran egg both looked like they should have been able to hatch, everything right where it should have been before pipping but they never did.

I wasn't able to get any improvement on the phoenix cockerels leg and when working with it he was showing signs of pain. So I bit the bullet and put him down today.

 

[BCollie]

Thanks guys!! I also have a pip in one of my regular sized eggs, it's been exactly 19? days since the eggs were set, to the hour if I'm remembering right. At what point do they usually pip? Is this one early? I can hear muffled peeping and the egg is wobbling. It's a Black Copper Marans egg. This is one of the most amazing things I've ever experienced! Just a few weeks ago they were nothing but what people eat for breakfast, and now they're living, breathing babies!