Diary & Notes ~ Air Cell Detatched SHIPPED Chicken Eggs for incubation and hatching

[sumi]

I had 6 of my 12 original Safeway (grocery store) eggs hatch last night. I check on the last 3 last night. One ended up being clear, one had passed around 18 days. I knew the last one was alive, but having issues and was malpositioned. I tried to help, but I wasn't fast enough. She ended up with both her beak and her feet in the small end of the egg. It was rough, because I could see her moving until about 1 minute before I found her head. By the time I figured it out she was gone.

It was so close. These little chicks are so cute though.





and I had low chicken will-power yesterday, so I ended up with 3 assorted bantams from the feed store - when I had to get chicken food.

Good thing we don't have a safeway here...

Sorry to hear about the one you lost

The others are adorable though. And please tell me what that one with the spotty head is. I love it!

 

[chicksooner]

Ok, I had to try to get some pics where you could see the coloring better on everything. These aren't great but you can see the colors on the turkeys and guineas slightly better.

Some of the turkeys. The person I bought the eggs from said some of the turkeys had the penciling gene. I'm not sure what i have though.


Everyone in my home's favorite, the ducklings!!!


Two of the guineas. Again I am clueless on what color they will be.


Group photos, everyone is playing nice so far but I will be setting up different brooders for everyone tomorrow.

Awesome job!

I'm so sorry to hear that

I can't bring myself to put chicks down. I ask DH to do it for me and even that is hard for me to do. After all this time I still hate, hate, hate it. I hate losing against nature. But unfortunately the losses are part of this wonderful hobby of ours. You did what you could for the little one, you really did, but sadly sometimes they're not meant to live and there's nothing we can do about that. And no, they're not just chickens. They are awesome little creatures that deserves to be loved as much as any other pets. Nothing wrong with caring about them and feeling sad when you lose them.

x2

 

[cochins1088]

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hmm... I wanted to breed them, but maybe it'd be better to keep 2 girls instead. I have heard that ganders get aggressive during breeding season and I don't want to deal with that. I'd rather have my sweet, friendly, and playful geese year round.

Edited to add: The ones that I sold weren't really mean. They would never hurt anyone, but they were very anti-social and continuously hissed at me. It drove me nuts.

 

[lizanne]

Good thing we don't have a safeway here... :/

Sorry to hear about the one you lost   The others are adorable though. And please tell me what that one with the spotty head is. I love it!

Thanks! They are all "mystery bantams".... I can't figure out the spotted one. I think the second is a Cochin, and the third is a Silkie though.

 

[chicknfun]

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YAY, I will be on a map

 

[chicksooner]

Staggard hatches really stink...literally. I have 2 eggs in the bator still. 1 Pipped the other still trying to pip externally. Ironically the last 2 eggs in the bator were the first 2 eggs I gave the broody.

 

[chicknfun]

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[cochins1088]

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As far as pictures go, I have another one with a story to go along with it.

This is definitely not her best picture. Her wings were hanging because she was having trouble supporting them when her blood feathers were growing in, her chest was full of mud, and her feathers were rough. I need a new picture of her because her feathers get longer and prettier everyday.

Anyways, she was giving me the stink eye in this picture because she was jealous. I was petting Aflac (the duck) instead of her. A minute after this picture was taken, she jumped into my lap and pushed Aflac aside. Then she looked up at me with an innocent expression and snuggled in my neck. Goosey honestly acts like a 3 year old child and I love it! Of course, Aflac wasn't too happy about it, haha.

Sumi, you and I both know that you NEED a goose, haha.




It's a bit blurry, but I love this picture of her snuggling in my lap.

 

[chicksooner]

As far as pictures go, I have another one with a story to go along with it.

This is definitely not her best picture. Her wings were hanging because she was having trouble supporting them when her blood feathers were growing in, her chest was full of mud, and her feathers were rough. I need a new picture of her because her feathers get longer and prettier everyday.

Anyways, she was giving me the stink eye in this picture because she was jealous. I was petting Aflac (the duck) instead of her. A minute after this picture was taken, she jumped into my lap and pushed Aflac aside. Then she looked up at me with an innocent expression and snuggled in my neck. Goosey honestly acts like a 3 year old child and I love it! Of course, Aflac wasn't too happy about it, haha.

Sumi, you and I both know that you NEED a goose, haha.




It's a bit blurry, but I love this picture of her snuggling in my lap.

That is one seriously spoiled goose.

 

[sumi]

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As far as pictures go, I have another one with a story to go along with it.

This is definitely not her best picture. Her wings were hanging because she was having trouble supporting them when her blood feathers were growing in, her chest was full of mud, and her feathers were rough. I need a new picture of her because her feathers get longer and prettier everyday.

Anyways, she was giving me the stink eye in this picture because she was jealous. I was petting Aflac (the duck) instead of her. A minute after this picture was taken, she jumped into my lap and pushed Aflac aside. Then she looked up at me with an innocent expression and snuggled in my neck. Goosey honestly acts like a 3 year old child and I love it! Of course, Aflac wasn't too happy about it, haha.

Sumi, you and I both know that you NEED a goose, haha.




It's a bit blurry, but I love this picture of her snuggling in my lap.


Ugg, O.K. I give up!! I need a Goosey! She's adorable

I must look for a goose egg as well... Hang on. We need to go back to our farm in a month or two and I know lots of people there with geese. I'm pretty sure I'd be able to get some eggs from them. Hmm, now to convince DH. I think I'll show him your Goosey pics