CHICKEN SWAPS OF NH SWAP LISTINGS

[1Chick Magnet]

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I hope you have great luck with your eggs. I came home to a FANTASTIC hatch. just finished taking them out of the bator. 33 out of 44 so far. a few more are pipped. the first one hatched thursday night so I really had to get them out. there are plenty of silkies and showgirls. I have 20 to 25 silkie hens so I hatch alot of silkies when they are not sitting on eggs. most of them stay at my house till they get really pretty and fluffy. it's like having a whole bunch of feather dusters running around.

the quail are getting along just fine now. he is less agressive than my last male. one of the girls bosses him around. I think he has figured out that she is in charge. sort of like he figured out how to say "yes dear, whatever you want dear".

Soooo, I'm weak and can't keep my fingers out of the bator

but ALL our 7 minorca's are developing at a great pace! And it's AMAZING to see them actually move! It's the closest I'll get to motherhood for a VERY long time! xD 2 of 4 silkie eggs are developing, and a few blrw, but I'm not sure on the number cuz I didn't touch those tonight. Just the one's Shay gave me. Quite a few of those look good! maybe 3 that might be infertile? Next time I might have to get a butt load of silkie eggs from you

What comforts my mother and father with all this hatching is that I keep telling them chicks are darn easy to sell! Not that I won't keep a ton

Yeah we had two males before and I always liked that little guy better

. And you're right! That's totally his attitude! "Yes dear!"

you will have to keep us posted on the egg progress. sounds like you are doing great. I still love to watch them develop and hatch. It never gets old. my parents let me have all the pets I wanted. They said it kept me home and out of trouble. at the time I worked at a pet shop. I had a room full of small animals,4 hutches full of angora rabbits,himalayan kittens,and dachunds. I sold most of what I bred to the pet shop

 

[1Chick Magnet]

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she does not raise bantam. full size only.

Thank you, it figures. I may have to move on to another breed. I was just trying to pick one that I already have so I can keep one of the boys that I hatch.

how are you doing with the d'anvers?

 

[1Chick Magnet]

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Oh Nooooooo!!! I DO NOT need more chickies. I do not need more chickies........I do not......Hey, when can I come see them? LOLOLOL! I SO love those 2 I got from you yesterday. Ugh. that little black partridge is so FLUFFY! I love her. And yes, I'm calling it aher, in hopes. haha. Thanks again, and I had a ton o' fun.

this was a really- really-really good hatch. I have to look at legs and toes to tell the polish apart from the silkies.

looks like a shriner convention in my brooder box. even the showgirls are wearing little shriner hats

. There are also different colors on the showgirls. Can not wait to see them grow out to adorable little fuzzy butts

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went to visit greg's chicks last night. he has some beauties that will be going to chichester. there are a couple of beautiful white frizzles or sizzles.

 

[nhnanna]

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Yes, I saw that after I wrote it but maybe she knows someone who does the bantams so I left it there.

did you guys have a good lunch? the new place we tried was very good and so close to the swap.

Yes he filled up on his Chinese food until next week at The Red Apple. I still that that one better though.........

Happy Fathers Day to all the dads and moms who have to be both mom & dad.

 

[jeepchick]

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yup you sound just like the rest of us.

I have eggs or babies under 9 hens, the current bator hatch is 36, and I have 2 more bators full.

I am not even going to try to count baby bunnies or girls that are expecting

I need to figure out how to give myself a good

soooo...... what color are your japanese?

I have a black tailed white roo and a frizzled black tailed white hen.

yes the 12 rule does apply to keets. you can combine keets and chicks to get to 12. pretty much all of us just raise them till they are 4 weeks old so we can sell small amounts and not have to worry about brooder lights.

Here's What my Japanese look like

Heres one of my hens...have 2 of this color

Heres another one of my hens...have 2 exactly alike

And this is my Roo...wish I had a better picture of him

 

[NottinghamChicks]

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Thank you, it figures. I may have to move on to another breed. I was just trying to pick one that I already have so I can keep one of the boys that I hatch.

how are you doing with the d'anvers?

They are doing well. I love those fuzzy tiny faces. I have Porcelain and Dun Quail that I will be breeding. They should start giving me some fertie eggs s in the spring. My silkie mix that I got from you is a baby hatching machine! Just went and got her 2 Polish, 1 EE, and 1 cochin mix to hatch out, yipppeee!. I do have three extra porcelain Cockerels for $5/ea. They were born on Easter and will mature quite nicely as the breeder I got them from has some really great stock.

Glad the swaps are going well for everyone. I love going to them but the weekends are so busy with graduations and cookouts right now.

~Julie

 

[LuvMyBLR]

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Soooo, I'm weak and can't keep my fingers out of the bator

but ALL our 7 minorca's are developing at a great pace! And it's AMAZING to see them actually move! It's the closest I'll get to motherhood for a VERY long time! xD 2 of 4 silkie eggs are developing, and a few blrw, but I'm not sure on the number cuz I didn't touch those tonight. Just the one's Shay gave me. Quite a few of those look good! maybe 3 that might be infertile? Next time I might have to get a butt load of silkie eggs from you

What comforts my mother and father with all this hatching is that I keep telling them chicks are darn easy to sell! Not that I won't keep a ton

Yeah we had two males before and I always liked that little guy better

. And you're right! That's totally his attitude! "Yes dear!"

you will have to keep us posted on the egg progress. sounds like you are doing great. I still love to watch them develop and hatch. It never gets old. my parents let me have all the pets I wanted. They said it kept me home and out of trouble. at the time I worked at a pet shop. I had a room full of small animals,4 hutches full of angora rabbits,himalayan kittens,and dachunds. I sold most of what I bred to the pet shop

You were so lucky! The only thing that I think keeps me from that is my dad works from home so we can't have a ton of noise with goats and roosters and laying chickens!
Here's my hatching thread! https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=521324

 

[rosiep]

oh yayy!!! could you save one for me for the milford swap? it can be female or male i dont care, i have a female grey silky so maybe next year we will have some silky babies oo lala!
can quail and chickens live in the same coop?
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yes I do have silkies. right now I have a few whites with some pretty good looking top knots.
the quail is doing great

he had a couple days hiding from the girls. a couple days ago he started to do his calls and has come out of hiding.

Oh you still have some left..... You know, idk if our silkie eggs are developing so the fact that you have chickies already sitting there, waiting to be taken home is really quite tempting..... But I can't!
That's great! Are they giving him a hard time at all? He needs a little excitement in his life so if they are, good for him!

 

[rosiep]

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im jealous ive always wanted pygmy goats, enjoy them!

 

[blazingsaddles]

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im jealous ive always wanted pygmy goats, enjoy them!