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[HighStreetCoop]

ADVICE: The broodys are staggered about a week apart (so one will be at three weeks next week, with another being at three weeks for the following two weeks). Should I stagger when I slip them chicks, or should I try and pick a middle ground date and give them all chicks at once? I obviously have ZERO experience with what chicks do to flock dynamics.

 

[ronott1]

ADVICE: The broodys are staggered about a week apart (so one will be at three weeks next week, with another being at three weeks for the following two weeks). Should I stagger when I slip them chicks, or should I try and pick a middle ground date and give them all chicks at once? I obviously have ZERO experience with what chicks do to flock dynamics.

You will not need to stagger--but wait until she is broody for a good week. Sometimes they fool you and get off of the nest after a short time.

 

[HighStreetCoop]

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Ok, when I get chicks for Broody #1 next week I'll just get a couple chicks for all of them and see how it goes. These girls are stealing eggs from each other at this point (which I'm guessing is how yesterday's only real egg got broken). I only got three fake eggs for Broody #1, so I've shared those out and added some golf balls. Silly birds.

THANKS!

 

[ronott1]

Ok, when I get chicks for Broody #1 next week I'll just get a couple chicks for all of them and see how it goes. These girls are stealing eggs from each other at this point (which I'm guessing is how yesterday's only real egg got broken). I only got three fake eggs for Broody #1, so I've shared those out and added some golf balls. Silly birds.

THANKS!

They will likely steal chicks from each other too.

That is another reason to have them hatch at the same time--Seeing the chicks might break the others and then the eggs would need to go into an incubator.

 

[KernH]

Vicki, my eggs were the same as yours. Kern

 

[ronott1]

The eggs were actually brown. I emailed the company that produces these eggs asking what to expect. I was told the chicks should hatch red. They all hatched white with the occasional black spot. This is what the layers look like ( From their FB page)




I am so glad I only have the one. Just wish it wasn't my Olive Egger!

In this part of the start, heat tolerance is a MAJOR consideration! It is much easier to keep them warmer in winter than cool them in summer.

Weird!

They look like golden comets, ISA browns or even production reds. I would think they would hatch out chicks that reflected the hybrid parents.

The TJ's chicks look like:



The pullet behind the splash australorp. I will get new pictures this weekend of the pullets. The cockerels from that hatch are in the freezer.

 

[HighStreetCoop]

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They don't have an fertile hatching eggs under them. I'd be OVERJOYED if they "broke". I'm going to get day old chicks and swap them out with the fake eggs.

 

[ronott1]

They don't have an fertile hatching eggs under them. I'd be OVERJOYED if they "broke". I'm going to get day old chicks and swap them out with the fake eggs.

That breaks them quickly!

 

[Audio51]

Quote: I ended up selling them to a friend. She said the hens are wonderful layers, but she rehomes the cockerel. He was fighting with her ducks!

 

[ronott1]

I ended up selling them to a friend. She said the hens are wonderful layers, but she rehomes the cockerel. He was fighting with her ducks!

Sound about right. When I was processing them, I had to get the next one by the feet. Three of the cockerels attacked the one before I could get him out of the pen. They were aggressive cockerels but the pullets are very nice.