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[ronott1]

Happily cutting the bottom out of some egg flats in prep for lockdown at noon.

I have UofA Blues Hatching on Saturday! Another hatch a long.....

 

[casportpony]

Here is my duckling that was on deaths door yesterday.



-Kathy

 

[Audio51]

@Audio51 , to make the pictures hidden you click on the "spoiler" icon in the tool bar, it's the 3rd to the right of the smiley icon.

-Kathy

ETA: Cute chicks!

Got it! Thanks!!!! (Hope this works!)

OK...eggtopsy pictures. GRAPHIC


Sorry! I didn't put them in the little pink "hidden" box. Hope I got it fixed before anyone got grossed out!

These first 3 are the Mottled Ameraucanas. the first and third are the ones from the small eggs:





These next 2 are the OE s. One developed , one not.







These last 4 are the Marans

 

[CackleJoy]

Ok...here are chick pictures. But I don't know how to post the eggtopsy pictures so they don't show up unless people want to look at them.
I also lost the little one that was not doing well last night. One of them was stepped on by the broody the day I removed the 7 smallest anf brought them in. I think it was this one so there may have been organ damage done at that time. It was one of the Marans.

I lost track of what is going on.

SUPER CUTE BABIES! What are they? Are they mottled ? _____ ?

I recently saw mottled Ameraucana's and kind of fell in love.

Wondering if it's too late to switch gears. I just got all set up and have spent months working on getting BBS AM going for a breeding program. Bought eggs and only had 3 pullets hatch. Finally have all I need and I find these absolutely BEAUTIFUL mottled AMs! Oh well, I think I'll just have to have one for the breakfast maker flock some day. Kind of think switching gears at this point would exasperate my loving and oh - so- supportive husband. Don't want to wear out that support system since he is my biggest enabler by building whatever I need.

 

[PetRock]

Well, people are lazy. They want to get paid, but often don't want to work hard… Frustrating for sure.

Nisene Marks is gorgeous but I hate that they don't allow dogs on their trails. My husband and I usually take the dog up to De Laveaga and walk the trail from the softball park up to the disc gold course. Its beautiful!

Are you out in the country now or living in town? How many chickens do you have? This is my first year raising chickens. I have two 2-week old Barred Rocks, a 5 day old Ameraucana, and a 5 day old Gold Laced Wyandotte. I'm so excited, I've wanted chickens for years! Now that we finally have our own house and a large backyard we figured we should go for it. I hope the neighbors don't complain…

I'll have to add De Laveaga to my places to hike list. We like to hike Wilder Ranch but they probably don't allow dogs there, either. How many chickens are you allowed to have in Santa Cruz? We live in town now but have our breeding flocks (except the Pita Pintas) at a friend's farm in Brentwood. So far, it is working well. I've purchased most of the chickens and paid for the pens. Her kids feed, water, and collect the eggs. I hatch & will sell some of the eggs and they eat/sell the rest. We both contribute to the feed cost and we process the extra roos.

 

[PetRock]

okay, here are the chicks!


two silver campines -- a third has hatched (that's 3 out of 3 eggs set, hooray!), but only about ten minutes ago, so it's still drying out in the incubator


and three blue isbar/SFH crosses (also 3 out of 3, double hooray!) -- one splash and two blacks. will be very interested to watch them grow & see if the distinctive mottling from the SFH side kicks in...!

So cute!!!

 

[CackleJoy]

and three blue isbar/SFH crosses (also 3 out of 3, double hooray!) -- one splash and two blacks. will be very interested to watch them grow & see if the distinctive mottling from the SFH side kicks in...!

Lovin the babies! I'm told that after 7 generations from an addition, the breed will be considered pure. You might be onto a way of improving the mottling for the Isbars. Although, working with SFH could be like a serious grab bag of colors that pop up willy nilly. Would love to see pictures as these develop!

We have SFH but not Isbars. I aim to remedy that some day.

 

[Audio51]

Quote: The one I looked up said Advantage II. I'm not sure how it differs from regulare Advantage.

 

[Audio51]

Quote: No...all still had the heads tucked.

 

[PetRock]

Here is my duckling that was on deaths door yesterday.



-Kathy

Awww......your ducklings are so cute!!! My farm friend has ducks all over the place so I am determined to get my duck fix there rather than hatch my own.