California - Northern

[tommysgirl]

Just curious, why do you wait until Dec.?

Actually up here I would wait until after the first of the year. It seems that people are less likely to want chicks the later in the summer you get. They also are less likely to want to get into started pullets in the fall and winter as the holidays approach. If I wait until January people are more ready pull the trigger and buy. Since lots of places in Northern California are cold in the winter. People are leery about getting littles. Pullets at POL fit their needs very well. If a hen is already laying I sell them for more and I will know what I am selling in terms of production color etc. People like to know that before they buy.

 

[TheKeeper]

Hatch is done (day 22). Yay!
Final results:
9 silkie/sizzle eggs = 1 cracked (tossed at day 10), 8 hatched, 1 died before pipping internally (egg marked "SR", dark gray with silver streaks, bummer)
1 white bantam cochin egg = hatched
10 chocolate orpington eggs = 10 hatched

20 eggs to start, 19 eggs went into lockdown = 18 hatched

No curled toes, no wry neck, no health issues other than the last sizzle (looks white or lavender) that was 1 day later than everyone else & had the shell glued to it

Here's the last 3 orps:


and the 2nd sizzle
so tired



Everyone's eating & drinking well - in addition to trying to bite each others toes. Guess I need some meal worms.
I'll take some updated photos tomorrow after I change the poopy papers. There are 2 orps that look like mini black bears - they are so round & fat.

 

[HighStreetCoop]

@TheKeeper : CONGRATS!

 

[Audio51]

I guess Frieda just felt like hanging out in the nest box yesterday.

My Silkie girl loves cooked chicken skin! So that's something.

I "styled" her crest and tied it up with a ribbon so she could see. She gobbled it down so fast! I'm really hoping she makes it; she replaced our old blue Silkie hen who was the family favorite.

Hatch is done (day 22). Yay!
Final results:
9 silkie/sizzle eggs = 1 cracked (tossed at day 10), 8 hatched, 1 died before pipping internally (egg marked "SR", dark gray with silver streaks, bummer)
1 white bantam cochin egg = hatched
10 chocolate orpington eggs = 10 hatched

20 eggs to start, 19 eggs went into lockdown = 18 hatched

No curled toes, no wry neck, no health issues other than the last sizzle (looks white or lavender) that was 1 day later than everyone else & had the shell glued to it

Here's the last 3 orps:


and the 2nd sizzle
so tired



Everyone's eating & drinking well - in addition to trying to bite each others toes. Guess I need some meal worms.
I'll take some updated photos tomorrow after I change the poopy papers. There are 2 orps that look like mini black bears - they are so round & fat.

What a great hatch!!! Congrats...especially the part about them all being healthy. Well done!

 

[BCollie]

@TheKeeper Awesome hatch!! They're so cute

@Everyone else lol....I plan on dusting the birds tonight when they're on the roosts so that it's easy to catch them...but I don't know how to do it? Where do I put the dust?

 

[DoubleMM]

@TheKeeper Awesome hatch!! They're so cute

@Everyone else lol....I plan on dusting the birds tonight when they're on the roosts so that it's easy to catch them...but I don't know how to do it? Where do I put the dust?

I've put the dust in a pillowcase. Place bird in with head sticking out and move dust all around bird. Worked like a charm. Wear protective clothing. Store the pillowcase in plastic bag for next use.

 

[ronott1]

I've put the dust in a pillowcase. Place bird in with head sticking out and move dust all around bird. Worked like a charm. Wear protective clothing. Put pillowcase in plastic bag for next use.

a mask too. You will do a good job.

 

[ronott1]

Hatch is done (day 22). Yay!
Final results:
9 silkie/sizzle eggs = 1 cracked (tossed at day 10), 8 hatched, 1 died before pipping internally (egg marked "SR", dark gray with silver streaks, bummer)
1 white bantam cochin egg = hatched
10 chocolate orpington eggs = 10 hatched

20 eggs to start, 19 eggs went into lockdown = 18 hatched

No curled toes, no wry neck, no health issues other than the last sizzle (looks white or lavender) that was 1 day later than everyone else & had the shell glued to it

Here's the last 3 orps:


and the 2nd sizzle
so tired



Everyone's eating & drinking well - in addition to trying to bite each others toes. Guess I need some meal worms.
I'll take some updated photos tomorrow after I change the poopy papers. There are 2 orps that look like mini black bears - they are so round & fat.

They are so cute !

 

[BCollie]

So I don't need to apply a measured amount? I am afraid of overdosing them. ....I also don't have a spare pillowcase(just moved into my own place a while ago, I have what I need and nothing extra)

 

[ronott1]

So I don't need to apply a measured amount? I am afraid of overdosing them. ....I also don't have a spare pillowcase(just moved into my own place a while ago, I have what I need and nothing extra)

No, just dust them. The extra will fall off of them.