California - Northern

[PetRock]

Rough day yesterday so I grabbed my camera and took a bunch of pictures of my chickens. Hanging out with the chickens and taking photos always makes me feel better.

Crele Laced Polish Project the Dark hen in the middle is from the last generation and likely the mother of a couple of these pullets





OE Project #1 birds.

Gorgeous!!! I hope today is a better day for you!

 

[juststruttin]

Miss Molly,
Bummer you dropped it, congrats on it being fertile!!! There will be another one today, I can feel it.

 

[PetRock]

The life cycle of a chicken---
I'm a homeschooling mother to a 10 year old girl. I would like to do an extended science project starting with our incubation. I have some questions already to add to a report for her to do, but I'm wondering if anybody could help me ask pertinent questions.
I'm starting with: what is a hygrometer? what does pipping & zipping mean? what is candling? how do you do it & what are you supposed to see on days 7, 14 & 18. etc..

Any help is greatly appreciated

The life cycle of a chicken---
I'm a homeschooling mother to a 10 year old girl. I would like to do an extended science project starting with our incubation. I have some questions already to add to a report for her to do, but I'm wondering if anybody could help me ask pertinent questions.
I'm starting with: what is a hygrometer? what does pipping & zipping mean? what is candling? how do you do it & what are you supposed to see on days 7, 14 & 18. etc..

Any help is greatly appreciated

Welcome to the thread! I am a homeschooling mother to an 11 year old girl! Chickens are great tools for life science education!

 

[debs_flock]

Deann, the polish are beautiful. Your project is really coming along. And love the OE, very "motherly" looking!

Deb

 

[PetRock]

Finally a picture without cage bars. Threw him in the greenhouse, easier to catch him than the
1 1/2 acre front yard. He's 8 months now.

Handsome boy!!! The 3 boys that I have in my backyard are going to their new home at the farm tomorrow. I am going to miss them!

 

[debs_flock]

It is so much quieter around here....................in the last couple of weeks, 35ish crowing roos have "left".


Deb

 

[PetRock]

Bator baby help, please! I just can't decide whether or not to hatch the eggs I have incubating lying on their sides, like I do now, or use an egg carton during lockdown. What seems to be better??

Last year was our first year to incubate and we tried it both ways. The already hatched chicks played ping pong ball with the unhatched when we hatched them on their sides. I'm planning on going back to the egg cartons with the next hatch I do.

 

[PetRock]

It is so much quieter around here....................in the last couple of weeks, 35ish crowing roos have "left".


Deb

Mine just started crowing last week. I am going to miss hearing them but I'm sure my neighbors aren't! The girls will probably be glad to see them go since they have started to annoy them frequently!

 

[Miss Molly]

Rough day yesterday so I grabbed my camera and took a bunch of pictures of my chickens. Hanging out with the chickens and taking photos always makes me feel better. Crele Laced Polish Project the Dark hen in the middle is from the last generation and likely the mother of a couple of these pullets OE Project #1 birds.

Great Pictures. Beautiful Birds. My chickens can always turn my frown upside down ... I hope you and all my BYC friends have a great day.

 

[JerseyGiantfolk]

I clicker trained my Dorking to play the xylophone... chickens are very color/texture motivated animals!!

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Our little OEGB will fly up to my sholder when I do chicken chores. When the barred rocks were young they would do the same thing. I've lost an opal and a sterling silver post to them picking at my earrings. I now wear only hoops in my ears.