California - Northern

[capayvalleychick]

thanks! as of this morning there are 8 that have hatched, one unzipping right now, and two more pipping -- out of a combination of 5 campines, 5 "swedish crosses," and 2 marans, there's only one campine egg that hasn't pipped yet, i don't think. so either 11/12 or 12/12, hooray!

interestingly, three of the marans eggs that were under my broody still have not hatched, and as today is day 24 for them, i might give up on them soon. but the incubator ones are doing great!

edit: and happily, the six baby chicks that i've already transferred to the brooder seem to be settling in fabulously with the week-olds and the three-week-olds -- everyone's all snuggled together without any arguing. quite a relief!

 

[Happy Chooks]

One of my clients' sushi chef boyfriend buys my Ko Shamo eggs for $ 4.00 each when I have some to spare, to make Ko Shamo Egg Sushi. The tiny Ko Shamos are very prolific egg layers, and they are respectfully large for their size. Their eggs are held on a high esteem by the Japanese. I am a vegetarian; eggs (infertile) have always been my, and many vegetarian friends' main source of protein.

Lual


Walt Leonard, birds.

Wow, they are beautiful.

 

[CackleJoy]

I had a raccoon reach thru a fence and injure a goose. I'm sure the coon would have killed it if it could have.
On the other hand, I have a very nice murder of ravens that help keep the hawks away. I make sure to leave them treats on the compost pile, so they hang around. I've heard of ravens killing small chickens, but I haven't had an issue with that here - and some of my Araucanas are fairly small. The ravens do like eggs, though. they'd walk right in to the coop & fly out with an egg. I built a roll-out nest box & that solved the problem.


When I was a kid and lived on a dairy, a city kid moved into the neighborhood. He insisted on lecturing us on the FACT that only bulls had horns, and refused to change his mind even when confronted with some very convincing evidence. We, in turn, convinced him that the black&white cows gave regular milk, and the brown cows gave chocolate milk.

That is so funny

 

[capayvalleychick]

When I was a kid and lived on a dairy, a city kid moved into the neighborhood. He insisted on lecturing us on the FACT that only bulls had horns, and refused to change his mind even when confronted with some very convincing evidence.

This seems to be a very common misconception. When I took my horned heifer to the Heirloom Expo, the most FAQ was regarding how a cow could have horns. I had to explain that so many times that I was wishing that I had written it on a sign above her stall!

That question is right up there with "Do you have to have a rooster, for hens to lay eggs?"

 

[Audio51]

Quote:
Clearly they aren't as well educated as we are. Looks like you have you work cut out for you...

 

[casportpony]

Quote: Here's a repro link that I found interesting:
http://www.slideshare.net/vicky14381/reproductive-system-of-hen

-Kathy

 

[ronott1]

Here's a repro link that I found interesting:
http://www.slideshare.net/vicky14381/reproductive-system-of-hen

-Kathy

Very nice Slide Show! I am saving that link.

 

[casportpony]

Quote: BYC's Ten Chicks posted that link in another thread... it's definetly the best collection of pictures and info of the repro tract I've seen.

-Kathy

 

[chiqita]

AArg so crazy. I just came on to post a BIN for people who had eggs fall through or still need eggs for the hatch a long.

I hate it when 5 people say maybe then they all say yes and want the SAME TIMES for their stuff. I got from lazy to insane so frequently I feel like I should have a turbo switch.

And then ad rain.. well, at least YAY RAIN!! CMON RAIN!!

 

[PetRock]

thanks! as of this morning there are 8 that have hatched, one unzipping right now, and two more pipping -- out of a combination of 5 campines, 5 "swedish crosses," and 2 marans, there's only one campine egg that hasn't pipped yet, i don't think. so either 11/12 or 12/12, hooray!

interestingly, three of the marans eggs that were under my broody still have not hatched, and as today is day 24 for them, i might give up on them soon. but the incubator ones are doing great!

edit: and happily, the six baby chicks that i've already transferred to the brooder seem to be settling in fabulously with the week-olds and the three-week-olds -- everyone's all snuggled together without any arguing. quite a relief!

How exciting!!! It is hatch day here, too! I have Pita Pintas and Langshans hatching like crazy! I was determined not to interfere at all with this hatch. Then when I got up this morning, one chick had hatched and stuck to the screen on the bottom of my Genesis. I saw him there last night but didn't realize that he was stuck. He was being run over and could not move. So, I pulled him out, washed him off, and stuck him in the bottom tray in my cabinet. I hope he recovers from his ordeal.