Colorado

[gardendufus]

Well, so my hatch is over. First chick about 7 am Monday morning. Last chick late Monday evening. Of the 11 eggs she was sitting on, 6 hatched. I took pictures, but, lol, just realized I have no idea how to get them from my cheapo phone to my laptop.

My best guess as to whose eggs hatched.....3 of Wendell's (I think 2 pullets, 1 cockrel). 1 of Ashleys. This chick is a REAL light brown, but has the eyeliner markings. I THINK the other two are Steve's. I will try to get pics on my camera this weekend. One is dark brown, but with a white face, the other is just all dark brown/black.

Eggs I am sure did NOT hatch....3 of Ashley's, 2 of Steve's both seem to be (if I remember right) Americauna/EE/OE Mixes.

The rest of the eggs were lost because my one hen went out of brood and broke them all.

Mom came off the remaining eggs yesterday and has been amusing the chicks inside the coop since then, Late this afternoon she escorted them all outside for an hour or so. So, to answer future questions as to when it's too early to take the new chicks outside, I'd say up until they are 2 days old LOL.

Mom seems to have no concern about the fact that if she's digging around in the coop litter and one of her babies gets behind her they may go flying 3-4 feet when she kicks back, LOL. Funniest thing I've seen.

 

[Ashdoes]

Gardendufus
In both pictures boys are the bottom chicks.

 

[Pozees]

trsturself, congratulations! You must be so happy to have finished the move!

samsr, you rock, thank you so much!

gardendufus, sounds like you have a nice mix of new babies! Does your phone send email? If so you can email the pictures to yourself and then save to your hard drive to upload here.

Ashdoes, thanks for posting those pics, it is so helpful when you haven't seen the comparison!

 

[Euarto Gullible]

Well, so my hatch is over. First chick about 7 am Monday morning. Last chick late Monday evening. Of the 11 eggs she was sitting on, 6 hatched. I took pictures, but, lol, just realized I have no idea how to get them from my cheapo phone to my laptop.

My best guess as to whose eggs hatched.....3 of Wendell's (I think 2 pullets, 1 cockrel). 1 of Ashleys. This chick is a REAL light brown, but has the eyeliner markings. I THINK the other two are Steve's. I will try to get pics on my camera this weekend. One is dark brown, but with a white face, the other is just all dark brown/black.

Eggs I am sure did NOT hatch....3 of Ashley's, 2 of Steve's both seem to be (if I remember right) Americauna/EE/OE Mixes.

The rest of the eggs were lost because my one hen went out of brood and broke them all.

Mom came off the remaining eggs yesterday and has been amusing the chicks inside the coop since then, Late this afternoon she escorted them all outside for an hour or so. So, to answer future questions as to when it's too early to take the new chicks outside, I'd say up until they are 2 days old LOL.

Mom seems to have no concern about the fact that if she's digging around in the coop litter and one of her babies gets behind her they may go flying 3-4 feet when she kicks back, LOL. Funniest thing I've seen.

Cool, I'm glad you got some. Did the light brown one with eyeliner look anything like this...by chance?

 

[Mtn Margie]

Congratulations trsturself on your move. I am glad it went well.

I got my meatie chicks today. Looking good eating and drinking. They are red broilers from Strombergs.

 

[Minchi]

I need some advice from my jamers out there. I got some beat up peachcots, one had black mold instead of a seed. The others have seeds mostly pale seeds and they are falling apart by touch.... Are these still good for jam (not the one with mold obviously) but the rest?

In the picture the bottom seed is what I think a perfectly ripe peachcot seed should look like.





Back to chickens....

Euarto Gullible - That is an adorable chick, what is it?

 

[Mtn Margie]

Minchi, I think as long as the fruit is good, you are fine. Most times the recipes want some half ripe fruit to add pectin to it anyway.

 

[Mtn Margie]

Okay, how is this for a strange day...., BR setting eggs had one hatch and she pecked it. So I found it, freaked out and put the poor thing under the meatie brooder light to see if it would make it
( it did not). I tossed her off of the rest of the eggs and put a desperate BO broody want-a-be on her nest figuring that it can't get any worse. So the BR gets in a fight with one of the other hens and winds up in the waterer with the hen that she was fighting sitting on top of her and is almost under water. So I go out and rescue the horrible hen.

Psycho Broody, however is doing fine with her babies and all of the other flock members are chill with them.
If anyone ever finds standard cochins, count me in for some!

 

[trsturself]

I've got a LF cochin hen, wish I had the room, I'd add a LF cochin roo and breed them. I've seen a lot of people around here interested in LF cochin.

 

[Minchi]

Minchi, I think as long as the fruit is good, you are fine. Most times the recipes want some half ripe fruit to add pectin to it anyway.

Sadly I did have to toss about half, my fruit cores were rotten completely on them, I did not want to risk it. But this is some of the best jam I have made so far I think. Top 3 at least. Thank you for your help.