California - Northern

[lizanne]

Golden laced Wyandottes do not carry the blue gene. Their base color is gold, where as the black laced reds base color "should" be mahogany. I am pretty sure yours is a rooster

A very pretty one too

All three of the Wyandottes I got from the feed store this year have combs like that!! I have the worst luck with sexed hatchery chicks.

The Gold laced is real pretty, but the coloring on the two SL's is awful! On a happy note -- my Safeway eggs should be hatching today or tomorrow. My 2 little BLRW's should be getting more friends. I set them at 10PM on Wednesday April 24th, so is today, or tomorrow day 21? I have lots of wiggling eggs, but no pips yet. They are extra large eggs, do those take longer to hatch than the smaller ones?

 

[debs_flock]

Quote: Tolbunt is a color. They are supposed to be reddish brown with a tip of black and white at the end of each feather. I really need to take pictures of my adults.
This is a photo from Greenfire Farms, I believe they were the originator of all the tolbunt polish you see here.



Simply stunning birds!

 

[debs_flock]

Quote: Tonight at 10 PM would be day 21, you hatch with a clock, not a calendar

LF chicken eggs are pretty standard at 21 days. Little tiny eggs (like serama) tend to go around 19 days, for me anyway.

 

[lizanne]

I don't know if you guys were interested at all. But I have some snaps of my 'sizzles'. For those just tuning in (lol) I set 3 eggs from my bantam Blue Laced Red Wyandotte pair. What hatched was not BLRW...the only explanation is my blue Sizzle got out of his pen and nailed my hen. It almost looks like I got a black, a splash and a blue. What do you think? Of course there is leakage since this is a cross. I'm really curious what these guys will look like.

Awwww.....I love them!!!

So a frizzle silkie, BLRW cross? I would be cool to she what they look like as adults!!

 

[Nikon]

Nope. Actually using my humble inexpensive 70-300 VR. It's my go to for outside critters. I love the reach of 300mm. And thank you!

Oh! Yup, that 300mm will give you the shallow DOF. Love the intimacy it gives.

 

[Nikon]

Wow.....I am impressed. I can't ever get a shallow depth of field with a higher aperture.......do tell me your secret......LOL

It's the Telephoto. Because you stand farther away from the subject and the tele compresses/flattens the image.

 

[lizanne]

Tonight at 10 PM would be day 21, you hatch with a clock, not a calendar

LF chicken eggs are pretty standard at 21 days. Little tiny eggs (like serama) tend to go around 19 days, for me anyway.

So day 22 starts on Thursday at 10PM. If I think about it too much, I start to doubt myself.

 

[debs_flock]

Quote: If you set on a Wednesday, they are due on a Wednesday. Assuming we are talking about standard/bantam chicken eggs.

I could never wrap my head around the before noon and after noon nonsense. That would make eggs set at 12:01 pm incubate a whole day longer than eggs set at 11:59 am (two minutes earlier). It takes eggs 21 24-hour periods. That's why I say you incubate by the clock, not the calendar.

Good luck with your hatch!

 

[Hangtown Farms]

I will be watching....

Last night I was going to bed and noticed something in the middle of one of the dog's backs, in her hair. It looked like a chick poo. On closer inspection, it was a slug crawling through her hair.

I took her outside and flicked it off. If there had been chickens around, there may have been a treat for them, LOL

I had an ex-BF (note the ex) that would freak out if my dog touched his hand (ewww, dog slime), but when we went camping he would pick up and kiss a banana slug. He used to be a kid's camp counselor and that was his party trick to impress the kids with the ewww factor. Notice I said Ex........................."you'll kiss a slug, but my beloved dog can't touch you with her nose?".


This was the eight bin stage, plus about 400 eggs still in the incubators.



Yay Jason

Yeehaw and yahoo!

My blue wheaten Ameraucana chicks are hatching today as well! They are the ones I have waited 2 years for!!

congrtas

Wow! I googled for pics to see what these look like! They are stunning!!! I would love to see baby pics when they fluff up a bit.

It will have been worth the wait right? Instant gratification isn't all what it is cracked up to be!

You can probably sell the extra male quail in CL..... HI! I never did see what the eggs looked like from the girls! Lol....
I just cannot wait to set up a visit to your place. Anyone want some baby roo's? Then I can go get some more girls

I have 5 chicks out and 1 zipping
all silvers

 

[chickee]

congrtas
I have 5 chicks out and 1 zipping
all silvers

Can't wait to see pictures!

Silver Ameraucana chicks are SO pretty!!

Hey, how many roosters and how many pullets did you end up with from my EE chicks?