Colorado

[coloradogal]

Sorry

Right now they are in separate brooders, and really hoping the ducklings and poults sell soon so I don't have to worry about that, if not I guess I will hope for a pair of the ducks and poults - Mayah was telling me yesterday how good Turkeys are at protecting a flock, so I guess if I am not able to sell them they might not be bad to add to the flock. The other chicks in the Hatchery Surprise are doing well, as are the Rainbow Layers - which just means a mix of pullets they had an overhatch on - and the broody hatched one RIR chick which she apparently thought she would overnight in the herb garden tonight, so I picked up the chick and hen and placed them back into the coop when I closed it up tonight. They seemed pretty happy to be back inside. My guess is the chick was not able to make it back up the ramp and the hen somehow thought being in the middle of the herb garden would hide them best? It is not inside the run. I don't think they would have survived the night there, and I know for SURE I would not have slept a wink knowing they were there.

Gosh, it sure would be a shame if you had to sell me your poults next weekend. =) I know they do tend to be suicidal until they get older but I like polish chickens too. So far, the two I kept are doing great. They were nesting with your pullets.

It is a farm inovations incubator. I borrowed it from my neighbor. It is a still air with a slight modification. I placed a computer fan right on the grate in the center of the bator. I had it blowing up, so as to circulate the air inside. A fan kit for this model would have worked nicely, but it wasnt my bator and the computer fan I had laying around in an old desktop computer. I used a 9 volt .23 amp charger from an old cordless phone to supply power to it. I didnt think it would work that well until the eggs started hatching like crazy. Pretty much it was redneck engineering. It did work out well though. The hardest part was keeping the humidity correct and the temperature stable once I pulled the fan out on day 18. With the fan in there the temps wew MUCH more stable. Saturday, after the fan removal, I had to watch the temps very carefully. The temp. dropped pretty drastically and I had to adjust it very regularly. My advice would be to have one of each. A forced air one for incubating and a still air for the hatching after day 18. If I buy a bator it will probably be the digital forced air, Hovabator model that came out this year. I may build one though.

Very Awesome!

 

[Mtn Margie]

You guys need to find out what kind of turkeys those are. If they are BBBs and you are not going to eat them, then you are going to be walking the fine line between feeding them enough to prevent fighting and not letting them get too big so they have mobility issues. The BBBs are like the CXs.

 

[wsmith]

Thanks, its good to be back home, but we had a great time. Even though some of the british were apparently wearing kevlar coats......

As of this morning we have 3 pips! Right on schedule. My daughters are supposed to be giving me play by play updates via text of the FB page throughout the day. In the last three days I have had two individuals contact me about chicks. I wish I had more right now to sell. The problem is that I have to suppply my own needs until I know that Abe is producing. Until then, no dom chicks go away.
I am going to set up one breeding pen this week sometime now that the overnight temps are warmer. By next week we should know if we are going to get some fertile eggs out of Abe this year...

 

[Mtn Margie]

Congrats! How very exciting and I hope they don't make you wait too long before making an appearance!

 

[samsr]

I took the 17 chicks out of the bator this morning and introduced them to water. They all seem to be doing fine. We have little yellow ones from the california white and yellow ones with fuzzy feet from the cochin. Also a few black ones with fuzzy feet from the cochin also. My orpington roo must have gotten to her at one point. They sure are cute little buggers. I will post a pic this evening as i am not sure how to do it on the iphone.

 

[wsmith]

Congrats! How very exciting and I hope they don't make you wait too long before making an appearance!

Hannah is giving updates on the Colorado Chickens FB group.

Now we have 4 pipping.

 

[wsmith]

I took the 17 chicks out of the bator this morning and introduced them to water. They all seem to be doing fine. We have little yellow ones from the california white and yellow ones with fuzzy feet from the cochin. Also a few black ones with fuzzy feet from the cochin also. My orpington roo must have gotten to her at one point. They sure are cute little buggers. I will post a pic this evening as i am not sure how to do it on the iphone.

Whoo Hoo!

 

[maggiemo]

Hannah is giving updates on the Colorado Chickens FB group.

Now we have 4 pipping.

 

[suncatcher]

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[suncatcher]

I took the 17 chicks out of the bator this morning and introduced them to water. They all seem to be doing fine. We have little yellow ones from the california white and yellow ones with fuzzy feet from the cochin. Also a few black ones with fuzzy feet from the cochin also. My orpington roo must have gotten to her at one point. They sure are cute little buggers. I will post a pic this evening as i am not sure how to do it on the iphone.

Looking forward to pictures of fuzzy babies!!!