California - Northern

[threadgeek]

Oh my, I slack off for 2 days and have over 250 unread posts on this thread! Sheesh! Well, here are a couple pictures of the babes while I try to catch up... Any thoughts on who is a boy or girl are much appreciated!!!


The grocery store hen, any ideas on what type she is? She came from an extra large brown egg.



Jojo 1 and 2... one of these is so friendly but I'm really afraid he is a roo, I see him sparing off with the other boys




Another view of Jojo 1 or 2 (I'm a bad mom since I can never tell them apart!)


Lucy... my prettiest




The other lavender chick, I think might be a roo since he seems to like to spar with the other boys.


Peewee (on the right) squaring off. Too bad Peewee is also a roo, he is the friendliest of the bunch.




I'm thinking of sneaking them into the coop with the big girls tomorrow night. The two groups have seen each other when the chicks have outside play time and the big girls haven't seemed hostile. Any thoughts or recommendations here for integrating the chicks?

<edited to ask for girl/boy input>

 

[ronott1]

Oh my, I slack off for 2 days and have over 250 unread posts on this thread! Sheesh! Well, here are a couple pictures of the babes while I try to catch up... Any thoughts on who is a boy or girl are much appreciated!!!


The grocery store hen, any ideas on what type she is? She came from an extra large brown egg.

pullet



Jojo 1 and 2... one of these is so friendly but I'm really afraid he is a roo, I see him sparing off with the other boys

left one pullet, right one cockerel




Another view of Jojo 1 or 2 (I'm a bad mom since I can never tell them apart!)



Lucy... my prettiest

Pullet




The other lavender chick, I think might be a roo since he seems to like to spar with the other boys.

Cockerel


Peewee (on the right) squaring off. Too bad Peewee is also a roo, he is the friendliest of the bunch.

one on the right is a cockerel




I'm thinking of sneaking them into the coop with the big girls tomorrow night. The two groups have seen each other when the chicks have outside play time and the big girls haven't seemed hostile. Any thoughts or recommendations here for integrating the chicks?

<edited to ask for girl/boy input>

Wow on the grocery store chick!

I thought they were using something like an Austra White, Aursralorp crossed with a leghorn, but that looks a lot more like a white rock.

 

[ronott1]

Who put the broodie curse on me now....

Mimi is Broody! I tried to break her but she is very determined. I moved her for two nights from one coop to another and this morning she took over the nest box in the Hutch!

I gave in and put 4 blue eggs under her tonight. They are 10 days into incubation and veining like crazy....

Go Broody Dorking.....

 

[BCollie]

Hey guys, quick question. I am using sand in my brooder and have some Sweet PDZF(granules) to add to it. But how much should I add? And does it just go on top of the sand or do I mix it in? brooder is 4x4

 

[Hangtown Farms]

Here a couple of pictures of the Crele Penedesenca chicks I hatched from eggs from Jason of Hangtown. I think I have 7 girls and 1 boy, but I may have 2 boys. Thanks for the great eggs Jason!

wow nice odds. I have seen a few hatch that are roosters that look henish but have more grey on the wings so watch them but looks like 1 box and the rest girls. I guess that is why I am hatching mostly roosters lol

Who put the broodie curse on me now....

Mimi is Broody! I tried to break her but she is very determined. I moved her for two nights from one coop to another and this morning she took over the nest box in the Hutch!

I gave in and put 4 blue eggs under her tonight. They are 10 days into incubation and veining like crazy....

Go Broody Dorking.....

lol

 

[Ali707]

Hey guys, quick question. I am using sand in my brooder and have some Sweet PDZF(granules) to add to it. But how much should I add? And does it just go on top of the sand or do I mix it in? brooder is 4x4

I just mixed some in with mine tonight. Not much really because it kicks up more dust than the sand I have. If it isn't enough to control odor I will add more later. But it is all fresh sand so I am hoping it doesn't smell anytime soon.

Wow on the grocery store chick!

I thought they were using something like an Austra White, Aursralorp crossed with a leghorn, but that looks a lot more like a white rock.

What do you see here that says boy or girl on these?

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[HighNDryFarm]

I've been following the day to day "in the life of California - Northern". Loving all the spring chicks and sorry for those lost, challenged and dispatched.

I want to share a story that I think everyone will find enduring, interesting and maybe educational.

From the hatch before my last hatch of fancy pancy Black Copper Marans from debs_flock and SunnyDawns eggs

I hatched a bunch of my EE's, OE's and Polish. All of them were presold except I came up short by one chick for last order of six. There were a couple who were weak so I didn't want to let them go until I knew they would make it and one of the orders wanted more of the OE's so I let him take them, leaving me with one OE and two weaker chicks. Both of the weak chicks died and I was left with the one OE. I went back and forth on offering the lone chick to one of the families who bought the other chicks but I REALLY want an OE! She has the greatest personality and didn't make a huge fuss about being alone at night. She'd only jump out of her brooder in the evenings to come out on the deck and sit with us but was content with various stuffed animals left over from our kids to keep her happy.

I took her up every morning to socialize with the flock and she was good with them but followed me like I was her mom. Before the Marans hatched she was spending her days outside with the new BCM roo Fire Man and his two Blue Copper Marans hens and coming inside at night, still needing the light to keep her warm.

The Marans hatch was due and I hoped she would integrate with them but wasn't sure which way to send her since she was almost ready to go outside. Of course, she was huge compared to the new chicks but within a couple of days I gave her the chance with them. She seemed so happy to have company more within her age so she found her place.

Since she was a hatched chick she really doesn't have the language to talk to the chicks but as the days went on she took her role serious. When a butterfly went over she made a warning sound and the chicks seemed to take note. When the chicks went back in the brooder after their free ranging time I thought she would go back to the Marans where she had been hanging but she didn't want to be separated from them so she took the cooler end of the brooder or hopped up on the roost to cool off but she didn't want to leave them.

The last week has been so windy that the last couple of days wasn't a good time to let them out to stretch their wings so today I moved them up to the grow out pen. When I got home this evening I collected the crew, with some resistance from the baby mama...she really liked the grow out pen, but she hopped up on the basket she'd been riding on since she was a wee hatchling 6 weeks ago and I put them all back in the brooder. My husband had moved the brooder out of the garage to get his '65 Landcruiser out and I needed help putting it back so I left it without the light turned on.

When we went out to move it in the garage and plug in the light, there was this sweet 6 week old OE with 12, 2 week old Marans tucked under her little wings! When we moved it and turned the light on, little heads popped out from under her wings like she was a seasoned broody! It was truly the sweetest thing I have ever seen.
I worried about so many things with raising a lone chick but I certainly never expected her to turn out to be an incredible mom at 6 weeks!

I'm sorry I didn't get a picture of it.

 

[debs_flock]

Quote: Combs/wattles...................color and size.

 

[debs_flock]

I've been following the day to day "in the life of California - Northern". Loving all the spring chicks and sorry for those lost, challenged and dispatched.

I want to share a story that I think everyone will find enduring, interesting and maybe educational.

From the hatch before my last hatch of fancy pancy Black Copper Marans from debs_flock and SunnyDawns eggs

I hatched a bunch of my EE's, OE's and Polish. All of them were presold except I came up short by one chick for last order of six. There were a couple who were weak so I didn't want to let them go until I knew they would make it and one of the orders wanted more of the OE's so I let him take them, leaving me with one OE and two weaker chicks. Both of the weak chicks died and I was left with the one OE. I went back and forth on offering the lone chick to one of the families who bought the other chicks but I REALLY want an OE! She has the greatest personality and didn't make a huge fuss about being alone at night. She'd only jump out of her brooder in the evenings to come out on the deck and sit with us but was content with various stuffed animals left over from our kids to keep her happy.

I took her up every morning to socialize with the flock and she was good with them but followed me like I was her mom. Before the Marans hatched she was spending her days outside with the new BCM roo Fire Man and his two Blue Copper Marans hens and coming inside at night, still needing the light to keep her warm.

The Marans hatch was due and I hoped she would integrate with them but wasn't sure which way to send her since she was almost ready to go outside. Of course, she was huge compared to the new chicks but within a couple of days I gave her the chance with them. She seemed so happy to have company more within her age so she found her place.

Since she was a hatched chick she really doesn't have the language to talk to the chicks but as the days went on she took her role serious. When a butterfly went over she made a warning sound and the chicks seemed to take note. When the chicks went back in the brooder after their free ranging time I thought she would go back to the Marans where she had been hanging but she didn't want to be separated from them so she took the cooler end of the brooder or hopped up on the roost to cool off but she didn't want to leave them.

The last week has been so windy that the last couple of days wasn't a good time to let them out to stretch their wings so today I moved them up to the grow out pen. When I got home this evening I collected the crew, with some resistance from the baby mama...she really liked the grow out pen, but she hopped up on the basket she'd been riding on since she was a wee hatchling 6 weeks ago and I put them all back in the brooder. My husband had moved the brooder out of the garage to get his '65 Landcruiser out and I needed help putting it back so I left it without the light turned on.

When we went out to move it in the garage and plug in the light, there was this sweet 6 week old OE with 12, 2 week old Marans tucked under her little wings! When we moved it and turned the light on, little heads popped out from under her wings like she was a seasoned broody! It was truly the sweetest thing I have ever seen.
I worried about so many things with raising a lone chick but I certainly never expected her to turn out to be an incredible mom at 6 weeks!

I'm sorry I didn't get a picture of it.

Pam, that is so sweet. I've seen chicks mothering chicks, it never ceases to amaze me!

 

[threadgeek]

Thanks Ron for the chick ids! I don't know how you can tell that one of the Jojos is a pullet!!! I try so hard to see the difference between them and my eyes are just not trained enough. Is it the posture that helps you determine pullet/cockerel? Of the 4 grocery chicks, I have one pullet... at least I get one girl from that bunch!

Congrats tommysgirl and Ali707 on your hatches!

Debi - those are some adorable goslings and I love that they are so personable.

Quote: I'm sorry about your pestering customer... My DH has this problem too with his home business and it drives him crazy. He has had to have the "its time for paid engineering support" conversation with some who just don't get it. It's a fine line to work when dealing with customers who you want to please because you don't want to offend them but on the other hand you need to be compensated for your time!

PetRock - your Precious is such an appropriately named hen! What a sweet mama!

Redriver - I love the video! That one beige chick is really standing her ground, don't mess with her!

Ok, now back to catching up on the last 20 pages... I'm determined!