Delawares Humming Along/ Due Feb 25th / Hatch Complete

[speckledhen]

I'm trying to be really good, Carrie. I know that I will heal better if I am a really good girl, LOL. No setbacks, please!

 

[ozark hen]

good girl, you are so right no set backs! take care and stay warm

 

[walkswithdog]

Cyn - she's right you take care of yourself or I'll come over and bolt you to a chair

okay and bring you chocolate. LOL. I'm watching this thread and dancing

of course if you did end up with an extra pullet... I'm more than willin to help a neighbor out. Chuckle.

I figure if you actually sell a bunch of boys before hand they might all be pullets just to spite you.

Ione has a set of Del eggs from a local gal, we'll see what quality is there and you can help me sort em by email

as they get older. It'll be nice to have your boy to compare them to as they grow. I need to get some pics of her birds so we can talk structure.

Tell them barred eggs to do well. Still nothing beats a good barred bird.

Cher

 

[skeeter9]

Well, I knew I shouldn't have opened this thread!!! Now I miss my beautiful Dellie girl even more!! Well, I've got a few chicks coming next week, but they're just hatchery stock so they won't be excellent quality. Still, I'm hoping they have that sweet temperament and excellent laying ability . . . . Good luck with your hatch, Cyn. Hope you get some nice breeders out of this batch!Too bad it takes so long to get our ladies to the point of lay, huh?!

 

[speckledhen]

Lori, if you ever want any of these eggs when they start laying, you just let me know. Kira is so sweet, I hope I have her for a long time.

 

[speckledhen]

Candled the eggs. Every one of the 16 eggs is still alive and kicking.

 

[shortcake1806]

YAY! I just love seeing more Delawares are on the way. Good luck with these guys.

 

[speckledhen]

Thanks, Tracy.

 

[ozark hen]

Cyn, I searched for pics of 14 day old candling and couldn't find any. I want to see what 14 day or so looks like. do you have any pics of tonight's candling? If not that is ok.

 

[speckledhen]

Here are some Day 12 pics:
http://www.minkhollow.ca/HatchingProgram/Candling/Week2-3/D12.htm

And here are Day 16 pics:
http://www.minkhollow.ca/HatchingProgram/Candling/Week2-3/Day16.html

I think these are duck eggs on this site, but I found it so useful when I was learning to candle. They dont have Day 14 on there yet. I dont have a camera that works for lowlight stuff.