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[Chickengirl1304]

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Very pretty eggs and chickens. who lays the green egg?

 

[Nikon]

 

[Nikon]

Very pretty eggs and chickens. who lays the green egg?

Thanks! Can't wait til' the other three start laying. That would be Olive the Olive Egger. Sometimes her eggs have speckles and sometimes they're just solid green.

 

[chicksnthestiks]

Thanks! Can't wait til' the other three start laying. That would be Olive the Olive Egger. Sometimes her eggs have speckles and sometimes they're just solid green.

Very pretty girl and eggs!

 

[tommysgirl]

This is the chick that was half out of shell. She hasn't done much since I brought her in. I have kept the paper towel over the membrane.
The desk lamp seems to be keeping them between 91-93 degrees.
I am picking up some poly-vi-sol just in case. I don't want to be stuck without it.
I wish I could pull all the eggs from under her.

I had a hen squished egg too and the little cockerel that was inside it made it out the rest of the way safely. He is still running around ,,,not at my house but he is still a vigorous healthy boy.

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Your pics are so great! I love this ^^ but the egg pics are to die for too

 

[Chickengirl1304]

Do heat lamps use much electricity?

 

[Nikon]

Do heat lamps use much electricity?

I would imagine so, but I don't know for sure.

 

[tommysgirl]

Do heat lamps use much electricity?

This may not be the common or popular opinion but...I have used a 70 watt bulb in a reflecting hood for both years of brooding chicks and no one has ever been cold. They were too hot with the 100 so I swapped it out and life got good in the brooder. So to answer your question, for me it cost about what a desk lamp would cost which is not a lot. I don't know how much but not a lot.

ETA: My brooder is a Big ol rubbermade container and it is in the house for the first 3 weeks. I know that in colder climates where people brood outside it is a different story.

 

[Nikon]

MORE photo bombs! Sorry I actually have internet.

The Hubs with Brawny, the English Orpington Roo


The amazing colors that are hard to capture on Brawny. He's blue, but has Jubilee in him so some of the red bled through.

 

[Ali707]

do you have an incubator?

Yes I do have one.....one of those whatcha call its...... ummmmm I'm thinking... I'm thinking......Genesis 1688? I think that is the number. Wow my memory stinks. Why do you ask?

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Well this just looks like Easter!

That is a great picture!

Do heat lamps use much electricity?

It can be depending on the watt size. I ran a 150 watt bulb. (yes overkill I know! but that was the first time) and it cost me about $75 for 30 full days 24 hours a day. It was an expensive bulb too used for reptiles. The red light was nicer than the harsh white light all day every day. But I digress. It gets much less expensive with the lower wattage and the higher watt bulb is unnecessary unless you live somewhere realllly cold. If they are in the house for the first few weeks you wouldn't need that much. However, there are many much wiser and more experienced people on this thread than me.