Chicken (Poultry) Addiction Anonymous *Chat Thread*

[GammaPoppyLilyFlutter]

I wanted to see the eclipse, but it was overcast. Stupid California...

 

[featherz]

My NY hatch is going so-so. Will candle again soon, but last time I checked I had at least 10 viable. I hope at least two hatch!

I missed the eclipse although oddly enough I woke up at around the same time and didn't know why. Maybe the moon was trying to tell me something.

 

[gryeyes]

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Yeah. Stupid rain clouds.

 

[GammaPoppyLilyFlutter]

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Yeah. Stupid rain clouds.

It was perfect when I locked up the chickens, but then it suddenly became cloudy

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

It's calm and sort of warm here! It's suppost to be in the 70's today!

 

[tinychicky]

when we started out with chickens, we wanted six. we got twelve chicks, because that was the minimum at the grain store for bantams. six were hens, six were roosters. about a year later, one hen got broody. we decided, what the heck, we'll let her sit on some eggs, odds are they won't hatch. 8 of the 9 eggs hatched, giving us 6 more hens and 2 more roosters. a year later we hatched another hen, then got one more hen from a school project, because one more hen won't make that much difference, right? then, while we were on vacationlater that year, one of the hen hatched 7 more chicks, giving us four more roosters and three hens. we gave away three of the roosters, and got another chick that ended up a rooster, too. in about two weeks, we plan to get a few more hens cause the layers are getting a bit old, and wewant some top quality show chickens. at the moment we have twenty five, since two of the hens passed away.

 

[IdealisticRoo]

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I love how chickens beget MORE chickens! What kind of bantams do you have?

I was on a walk the other day and saw the cutest red victorian house with yellow trim. They had a flock of black bantam Cochins scattered all over the lawn. It made me think about having a flock of all the same color! I have a "collect them all" phase going on in the color thing!

 

[fishnet1971]

yea, they do begat more chickens...

I want more this spring already..... started with 12, down to 9, then up to 11, waiting on a few ducks, wanting some guineas, a pair of silkies, a pair of silky frizzles.

 

[Muggsmagee]

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Struck me funny!

 

[Muggsmagee]

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Yay to you witnessing the eclipse.

You have 2 out of 62 eggs? Sounds like my recent hatches. Let's hope they AREN'T roos...AND that they thrive!

How's your mahogany TV bator working out? Or did I miss something?

Golden Phoenix...I must see some pics when those hatch!!! Good luck on your current hatch.