California - Northern

[chiqita]

LOL! That's great.
What are his favorite cookies?

Well, whatever I made last times the favorite. But I think he will be more excited when I tell him im trading for more deer jerky.

But I gave up on finding the flipping thing. But this article from NPR has the same picture, bet it is about teh same experiment.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124529630

 

[Sirracha]

I'm absolutely in love with my new Cream Legbar chick. She's about 4 weeks old, and has already made a mess of her food in the brooder. She's digging out as much as she can with her beak. What a little turd! But she's so cute and sweet, I don't even care that she's making a mess. She already has a tiny little crest of feathers on her head. It's adorable. I think I'm going to call her Lady. And one of the two Blue Laced Red Wyandottes.

I feed the new chicks wet feed. They can't fling that around and waste it like the dry feed.

 

[BCollie]

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Nope, they're blue I don't want Splash or Black. I am set on having a BLUE Laced Red Wyandotte and I ordered 6 blue ones just to be sure that I do get a blue female. It's one of my dream birds and I won't settle for a splash or a black! They may be pretty but IMO Blue is the best!

Have any of you guys and gals entered the cute baby fowl contest?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...to-contest-5th-annual-byc-easter-hatch-a-long

-Kathy

Oh, how fun! I just entered.

 

[BCollie]

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Wet feed? Interesting...How do you do that? Is it a special kind of feed?

 

[TheKeeper]

This crazy roller-coaster of chickens is starting to get to me...

Feed store owner/friend gives me 18 mystery banty eggs to hatch: Yay
Both broody hens refused to be moved to "maternity wards": Boo
Fine - whatever hatches, hatches: Calm
2 days later, 11 eggs destroyed (stepped on? eaten? etc?) by the other hens: Boo
Fine - one silkie left with 7 eggs: Calm
Turken decides to be broody & takes over nest: Boo (for disturbing eggs 5 days before hatching) & Yay (she's an experienced mom)
Discovered yesterday morning that 1 egg hatched, 1 pipped, 1 peeping in egg: Yay
No movement in the other 4 eggs: Boo
Today, 4th egg pipped & 3 chicks doing great: Yay
Later today, found 4th chick hatched but dead (I think mom stepped on it): Boo

All-in-all, Broody Turken is pretty dang cute with 3 banty chicks - plus the eggs were free: Yay

 

[casportpony]

This crazy roller-coaster of chickens is starting to get to me...

Feed store owner/friend gives me 18 mystery banty eggs to hatch: Yay
Both broody hens refused to be moved to "maternity wards": Boo
Fine - whatever hatches, hatches: Calm
2 days later, 11 eggs destroyed (stepped on? eaten? etc?) by the other hens: Boo
Fine - one silkie left with 7 eggs: Calm
Turken decides to be broody & takes over nest: Boo (for disturbing eggs 5 days before hatching) & Yay (she's an experienced mom)
Discovered yesterday morning that 1 egg hatched, 1 pipped, 1 peeping in egg: Yay
No movement in the other 4 eggs: Boo
Today, 4th egg pipped & 3 chicks doing great: Yay
Later today, found 4th chick hatched but dead (I think mom stepped on it): Boo

All-in-all, Broody Turken is pretty dang cute with 3 banty chicks - plus the eggs were free: Yay

Sorry for your boo's,

for the yay's! Cute hen and chicks!

-Kathy

 

[fowlman01]

Oddly, I have read some literature about hens that have a missing or dead ovary that will do stuff like that. sometimes they even crow.

over the years I have had 4 hens of different breeds turn into what looks like a male with male sickle and saddle feathers. ..and a crow. Spurs on a normal laying hen is not unusual.

Walt

 

[Audio51]

This crazy roller-coaster of chickens is starting to get to me...

Feed store owner/friend gives me 18 mystery banty eggs to hatch: Yay
Both broody hens refused to be moved to "maternity wards": Boo
Fine - whatever hatches, hatches: Calm
2 days later, 11 eggs destroyed (stepped on? eaten? etc?) by the other hens: Boo
Fine - one silkie left with 7 eggs: Calm
Turken decides to be broody & takes over nest: Boo (for disturbing eggs 5 days before hatching) & Yay (she's an experienced mom)
Discovered yesterday morning that 1 egg hatched, 1 pipped, 1 peeping in egg: Yay
No movement in the other 4 eggs: Boo
Today, 4th egg pipped & 3 chicks doing great: Yay
Later today, found 4th chick hatched but dead (I think mom stepped on it): Boo

All-in-all, Broody Turken is pretty dang cute with 3 banty chicks - plus the eggs were free: Yay

Wow! That is quite a roller coaster! But Yeah for chicks!!!

 

[chiqita]

This crazy roller-coaster of chickens is starting to get to me... Feed store owner/friend gives me 18 mystery banty eggs to hatch: Yay Both broody hens refused to be moved to "maternity wards": Boo Fine - whatever hatches, hatches: Calm 2 days later, 11 eggs destroyed (stepped on? eaten? etc?) by the other hens: Boo Fine - one silkie left with 7 eggs: Calm Turken decides to be broody & takes over nest: Boo (for disturbing eggs 5 days before hatching) & Yay (she's an experienced mom) Discovered yesterday morning that 1 egg hatched, 1 pipped, 1 peeping in egg: Yay No movement in the other 4 eggs: Boo Today, 4th egg pipped & 3 chicks doing great: Yay Later today, found 4th chick hatched but dead (I think mom stepped on it): Boo All-in-all, Broody Turken is pretty dang cute with 3 banty chicks - plus the eggs were free: Yay

Zooom! Zoooom! Speaking of it how are the silkie/showgirl eggs doing?

 

[chickee]

Nope, they're blue I don't want Splash or Black. I am set on having a BLUE Laced Red Wyandotte and I ordered 6 blue ones just to be sure that I do get a blue female. It's one of my dream birds and I won't settle for a splash or a black! They may be pretty but IMO Blue is the best!



Oh, how fun! I just entered.

That's great because your pictures are so good! Hope you win!

I hope I am wrong, but . . .

White Laced Red "Splash" ~


Blue Laced Red

Black Laced Red~