California - Northern

[Flowers of Abba]

Here ya go.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/651503/hen-saddles-free-shipping

I crochet 5 saddles once. We did a breeding project with a EE roo and he REALLY liked the hatchery girls. That's officially when my husband realized I was a crazy chicken lady!!!

Next time around it would be easier to purchase these .thanks for the link Deb!

 

[Hangtown Farms]

Last night must have been the night for hatching dreams!!! Both me and my daughter dreamt about it.

that is two nights in a row you have dreamt of hatching chicks. It is a good sign I hope. Good vibes headed your way

 

[Ali707]

Alli I hope this weekend brings BABIES!!!

My little choc rock has her head about midway down and her fanny still stuk in the membrane.  The shell is mostly  gone but she seems to be shrink wrapped so I wrapped her rump in the the damp paper towel.   I have one of Chooks Chick Prairie Ranger babies sitting in just the bottom ot its egg.  It has been out but for  that since last night. 

My chick #1  has a weird butt but I looked at the assisted hatching article and I think I just need to get some antibiotic on it.  Anything W/O pain reliever is good right? That baby also was walking around on a bent over toe last night but this morning its feet are right as rain.  It is so big next to the little polish/dorking  (#2) who I am calling a she because she seemed to be a cheerleader/big sister laying down on and next to the pipping eggs and cheeping encouragement. 

I hope she's a girl.  I have never really thought about polish but she is a spunky little thing and she makes me smile

So not much change from last night...I did assist a tiny bit with the zipping in the chick that had pipped but made no progress in about 20 hours

so current head count is 6 and it is day 22.  no signs of anything in the other eggs but I will be gone most of the day and I may be surprised  when I get back. 

My Privett chicks are a beautiful  bunch of brown and black babies.  I am totally stupid over one EE that looks like a PR on top but has a creamy underbelly and  enormous cheeks.  I will post pictures of her she looks like some kind of creamy dessert.

And a question...I have number 1 and 2 in the brooder they are fluffy but look so much smaller and less coordinated than the hatchery chicks who are just 3 days older. those girls seem like women of the world by comparison to the little fledgelings in the  my hatch brooder.  Is that normal?

Kim enjoy those new babies

Well we shall see. My early pipper seems to maybe have quit overnight. Started zipping in a really big take out a lotta shell kind of way.

But I noticed it pipped pretty low and it looks kind of wet in there still. It may have drown.

Everything else is quiet.

 

[Hangtown Farms]

They are brown eggs with bloom that makes them look purple.

I have that already with one of the Basque hens


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one of my crele lays a egg like this as well. have you hatched any with heavy bloom?

 

[ronott1]

that is two nights in a row you have dreamt of hatching chicks. It is a good sign I hope. Good vibes headed your way

Yes it is time for a hatch update! I hope they are ok and hatching!

If not post eggtopsy pictures so we can get the next hatch working even better!

 

[Hangtown Farms]

Yes it is time for a hatch update! I hope they are ok and hatching!

If not post eggtopsy pictures so we can get the next hatch working even better!

Ron my wafer seems to be working.
Temps are running between 99-100 in
the Dino bator

 

[ronott1]

one of my crele lays a egg like this as well. have you hatched any with heavy bloom?

I have one in there now that has quite a bit of bloom on it. I will let you know how it does.

I should not go stinky that is for sure!

 

[Hangtown Farms]

I have one in there now that has quite a bit of bloom on it. I will let you know how it does.

I should not go stinky that is for sure!

I hear you. I have been eating mine. she has so much on it it almost looks creamy Like the inside of a Cadbury egg.

 

[PetRock]

I have been looking seriously for about a year. Only found a few brown egg laying croads that are OMG IM GONNA HAVE A HEART ATTACK a dozen. I almost imported some from australia, but after I tentively got stuff going, it looks like the queensland floods may have wiped out the last really good genetic flocks up there . Or at least he isn't on the web anymore and no one I know in queensland could find him. Not that they are chicken people, but the did have a phone book.

Someone could join me in my Langshan project! I'm planning on breeding to SOP before thinking about egg color. Have you read the Langshan Thread!!! Welcome to 2012! thread? It is not very active but there is some great info there. We have one member from South Wales and another from Australia. There has been a lot of discussion about Croads. I really wonder how many of the UK Croads actually lay an egg that looks purple. The gentleman in South Wales believes that our Langshans in this country are identical to the Croads that they have there. We've also talked about how there was some problem with the Langshans in Australia so they bred them to Australorps so they are different than the Croads. Anyway, come on over to the thread and join us!

I forget if I've posted pics of my Langshan eggs on this thread but I love the color and they do occasionally have a hint of purplish bloom.

 

[Hangtown Farms]

Someone could join me in my Langshan project! I'm planning on breeding to SOP before thinking about egg color. Have you read the Langshan Thread!!! Welcome to 2012! thread? It is not very active but there is some great info there. We have one member from South Wales and another from Australia. There has been a lot of discussion about Croads. I really wonder how many of the UK Croads actually lay an egg that looks purple. The gentleman in South Wales believes that our Langshans in this country are identical to the Croads that they have there. We've also talked about how there was some problem with the Langshans in Australia so they bred them to Australorps so they are different than the Croads. Anyway, come on over to the thread and join us!

I wish I could but am on breed and special project overload lol