California - Northern

[ronott1]

Quote: My Blue Marans, made from cuckoo marans, is the closest chicken I have to being a house pet! I do not think she has the broody gene though...

Mirnada

 

[juststruttin]

I have all my fingers crossed hoping for one of my girls to go broody! i keep explaining to my two cuckoo marans that they are "supposed" to tend that way... maybe they'll learn something from your example, Miss Molly!

I'm so impressed by all you folks with incubators... but i cannot let myself go down that road at this point. so hoping one (or more!) of the girls decides that take that job on herself.

You might just be the the wiser of us all

 

[Deerling]

Your are on the list!

Thank you!

I just hatched 31 chicks! I have my FBCM Rooster in with my layer flock so most will be sex links. Day old. Great layers and beautiful eggs.

PM me if interested

Aww what a cute baby

! Congratulations on the hatch!

 

[threadgeek]

Quote: I hope to get something going with them. There is a lot of interest in them. I will put your name on my list of people that want chickens/eggs.
Ron, may I be added to the list as well?

 

[juststruttin]

I just posted some classified ads, seen on the bottom of my profile. One of the class ads is for roosters. I have several really nice roosters available and most are 5+ months old and ready for their own flock. I have younger roosters available too. I have them priced, but truth be told I will give most of them away to good homes. I will even break up the pairs and trios if you only want the roo.

All the roosters listed live in the same flock and get along with each other so if you want more than one, don't be shy.


Swedish Flower




Phoenix


Bantam Barred Rock, can sell hen with him if you want



Welsummer - 3 years old. He is a great hawker and will be staying if we do not find him a home.


Dominique will sell hen with him if you want


Olive Egger (crele Pen X Cream Legbar)

 

[ronott1]

Quote: I hope to get something going with them. There is a lot of interest in them. I will put your name on my list of people that want chickens/eggs.
Ron, may I be added to the list as well?

Yes! You have been added to the list!

 

[debs_flock]

Anyone getting broodies yet?

I have a barnevelder hen that is plucking her belly, but she's not broody yet.

Earlene

Her sister Randi has been clamped to the bottom of the coop for days, so I may give her a few eggs too!

 

[Hangtown Farms]

Jason, you place is looking awesome!!!! The bamboo will be great. Good idea. You're daughter is really cute? Do your kids like the chickens? My kids are 14 and 18 and can care less. They used to enjoy them when they were young, but now they roll their eyes when I tell them the chicks are hatching. I occasionally will catch my 18 year old sitting by the brooder holding one

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Thanks they love them. My son lets them out in the morning. are you ready for crele's?

That is awesome, never seen anything like that. Do they grow fast?

fairly

It was a busy weekend for me. I had to move slow because I pulled a muscle in my back on Friday. It is getting better but I do have to be careful.

I moved 3 Marraduna Basque and one SG Dorking X Ameracauna EE to the layer yard on Saturday night. Integration went very well with not too much fussing around going on. One of the Basque Hens even jumped in to get treats and no one knocked her away. They went into the big coop last night too so all is well with that move.

The OEs moved into the now cleaned grow out pen and they are doing ok too.

These are three of the 7 Cream Legbar X Crele Pene:








Barnie OE



The new babies, Starting with the Blue Egg Layers moved up one in the Brooders.

Splash Blue Egg Layer:

they are turning out nice ! I love the U OF A chick

Are you planning on breeding these, Ron? Or partnering with someone who can have roosters to breed them? If you are, please put me on the list for eggs/chicks!

I can make space for a trio too lol

Earlene

Her sister Randi has been clamped to the bottom of the coop for days, so I may give her a few eggs too!

that is just too cute

 

[Happy Chooks]

Quote:
Adorable. Where did you come up with the name Earlene? I ask because it's not a common name and my step dad's niece is named Earlene.

 

[chiqita]

Gosh people!!!! 195 posts later I finally caught up! I am so bummed these last three days ended up being crazy busy because I couldn't even look at BYC.

I don't even recall if I updated the beginning of the hatch of Coturnix.

I couldn't multi quote or the thread would probably explode.

Let me just sum it up by wow! I am jealous of the huge cabinet bator, the babies are all so cute, and I feel everyones hatching anxiety right along with you.

I tried to remain calm but it really isn't my nature. Although being so busy I wasn't able to get obsessive over the hatching. Saving my sanity a bit.

Anyway, at 10:15pm Thursday, (day 17 by exactly 2 hours and 15 minutes). I was lucky enough to check one last time before I went to bed and was able to watch my first egg ever in this world hatch!!! Oh.......well excluding my daughter!

Kind of like Ron mentioned he came out on a mission! 10 minutes from zip to out.

Woke up to 7 more loud peepers.

Long story short out of 37 set. 14 appeared to be infertile. I have 15 now. The very last one that hatched yesterday, half zipped and pushed his way out but he can't seem to stand. He isn't splayed, just curled toes and can't really stand. I don't think he is going to make it. One zipped and had something that looked like pale yolk pop out of the zip area and he never came out. I haven't checked the remaining eggs yet because I have the sick chick in the bator still. The others would kill him for sure if I put him in there. Since it is running anyway I just thought I would wait to see if anymore hatch.

The very first one I saw move on Wednesday I ended up having to help out of the shell. Friday night I heard him peeping an there was a marked change in his peeping which became distressed sounding. Sort of similar to HELP I AM STUCK. GET ME OUT! Well at least in my mind.......

I waited about an hour to see what would happen and there was no pip or anything I could see just a lot of noise and rocking. So I steamed up my bathroom and reached in to get him. I turned the egg over and he had chipped away a portion of the shell in the middle but no zipping. A good portion was chipped out and he was wanting out! Now! He had been that way for a while. I just didn't know because it was on the side laying down.

I didn't even hesitate much with chipping away the shell because now I knew he had been that way for at least 24 hours. Shell came right off the membrane was harder than the shell to get off because it was so rubbery. Out he came. For a day, one of his feet was curled but a day later it was pretty straight all on its own. I can't even tell him apart anymore.

The last hatcher though is another story. He just can't seem to make his feet work.

Quail are strange. They will grab each others toes and run like hell to try to get away....dragging the other one behind it. I haven't yet decided if I like them. I am sure I will like the eggs though.

Not being able to fix the other one bothers me too. I don't have a good way to put him to sleep if he doesn't get better. Just waisting away seems unusually cruel. He was a strong quail other than his legs. Now I have to work tomorrow so I can't keep a close eye on him.
Blah. Other than that one though they are all moving quick and like being held less with each day that passes.

Try putting furniture pads on his feet stretch out the toes and put them correct then tape it. If he is also splay legged put them in cups to make them use those legs.