EDUCATIONAL INCUBATION & HATCHING CHAT THREAD, w/ Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs

[Akrnaf2]

Is Anyone Else having Issues GeTting WRds To Type. . . . Im having To Type One Letter At A Time Real Slow Or Its Blank

Yes me! And its drive me crazy.

 

[LittleLakePhil]

yes, depending , not a consistent problem, my computer(maybe), at the present time no problems at all. Hard to complain when the symptoms are not consistent, like taking a car to the mechanic.

I shut off my phone and restarted it.... Working fine now.

 

[LittleLakePhil]

Yes me! And its drive me crazy.

Hi Benny..... For me crazy is just a short trip.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

You'd probably bust out laughing at my sultans, then.

Haven't had them but I have had several varieties of Polish. I liked them but they really got picked off by predators.
I either sold or ate all the rest before the dogs and hawks could eat them.
If I had proper housing in another lifetime I may have crested birds again.

I'm still in the early stage of experiencing different breeds (in addition to Naked Necks, I now have Cream Legbars, German New Hampshires, Speckled Sussex, Copper Marans, and an olive egger and a Lavender Ameraucana cockerel). As far as selection of a breed, probably the #1 deal-breaker is how they do in the heat. I won't even consider a breed that doesn't handle it well - it wouldn't be humane. Other than that, they are all "auditioning" with me. At this point, though, if I had to have only one, it would be the Naked Necks - I wouldn't even hesitate. They have it all - they are puppy-dog friendly, make great meat birds, lay really well, do well in the heat, are super hearty, health-wise, and most of all, I happen to think they are beautiful, from tiny chicks to adulthood. When I saw photos (before I had them), I thought they were seriously ugly, but I still got them for the meat n' heat characteristics. In person, I find them lovely, and looking at them always makes me smile. The naked skin skin is super soft when we cuddle, too. (Maybe the naked necks make them seem more "human" to me? Who knows...) But they are all characters... and they come in all sorts of colors, so that can maybe answer why they hold my interest now and will likely keep me satisfied in the future - personality, functionality, and variety.

I have enjoyed my Cream Legbars - they are the first breed I got. I have found that the best description is that they act a lot like cats (compared to other chickens). They are curious and like to be near you, but like to stay an arms length away. If you sit very still, they may decide to hop onto your lap as chicks - but it has be THEIR idea (just like cats). Otherwise, I find them to be calm while simultaneously being excellent at wariness for predators. (I have had a serious problem with attitude/fighting in the male CLs I've hatched, but it may be just me - they also crow at 2-3 weeks old, which is NUTS!).

- Ant Farm

CCLs were on my to do list for a long time.
I'm sure if I lived in a climate like yours, I'd still have penedesencas but also likely Cubalayas and Fayoumis.

I recommend you look into all the Mediterranean breeds. They should handle your climate well and perhaps Buttercups would match your personality.
http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGA/BCup/BRKButtercup.html

Is Anyone Else having Issues GeTting WRds To Type. . . . Im having To Type One Letter At A Time Real Slow Or Its Blank

Perhaps it's because your fingers are frozen from sitting in the north woods on a November day.

I forgot. I would have never noticed until my cellphone alarm went off, and my coffee was all messed up.
You have no idea how incredibly happy it makes me to know that you are happy with something that made me happy to do to make you happy! I am humbled by your joy!
In male terms: I am so touched that you appreciate the simple thing I did for you.
The first go around, you get three of every chicken that you researched, and still want.
Then you figure out what really works for you. I would love to have all the pretty blues and olive green eggs. I do occasionally miss seeing white. But I am going to love working with my Rocks to make a better looking bird. When I need new blood, I will enjoy searching (even though it will be frustrating) for the right one.

IMHO, you need to outgrow that. You are your own woman.

The latter is very good advice. After growing up with white leghorns, I branched out to other Mediterranean breeds in later life to get white into my egg basket.
Another breed I really like (white egg) is the Jaerhon. If I hadn't stumbled onto Penedesencas, I'd probably be focused on them. They're a small tight feathered bird that truly handles all temperature ranges well.

Think my roosters will set their clocks back tonight?

- Ant Farm

I hope not. I'm hoping to get a bunch sorted before dawn and butcher about half.
Hope and reality are 2 different things though.

Hi Benny..... For me crazy is just a short trip.

I'm already there. Perhaps my whole life.

 

[kajira]

Haven't had them but I have had several varieties of Polish. I liked them but they really got picked off by predators.
I either sold or ate all the rest before the dogs and hawks could eat them.
If I had proper housing in another lifetime I may have crested birds again.

CCLs were on my to do list for a long time.
I'm sure if I lived in a climate like yours, I'd still have penedesencas but also likely Cubalayas and Fayoumis.

I recommend you look into all the Mediterranean breeds. They should handle your climate well and perhaps Buttercups would match your personality.
http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGA/BCup/BRKButtercup.html

Perhaps it's because your fingers are frozen from sitting in the north woods on a November day.

IMHO, you need to outgrow that. You are your own woman.

The latter is very good advice. After growing up with white leghorns, I branched out to other Mediterranean breeds in later life to get white into my egg basket.
Another breed I really like (white egg) is the Jaerhon. If I hadn't stumbled onto Penedesencas, I'd probably be focused on them. They're a small tight feathered bird that truly handles all temperature ranges well.

I hope not. I'm hoping to get a bunch sorted before dawn and butcher about half.
Hope and reality are 2 different things though.


I'm already there. Perhaps my whole life.

Good luck with butchering! lol

You guys sure butcher a lot of birds! I have yet to butcher one of my birds....

 

[kwhites634]

Quote: Aw, shucks, Ma'am. Y'all kin wear any ol' thang ya wants

 

[daxigait]

Good morning everyone! I hope you all remembered to fall back in the states that do it. I wish we stayed on daylight savings time.
I hate coming home to dark every day. It leaves me no time to do anything in the light. I go to work in the dark year round and that doesn't bother me, but no light ever at home does.

 

[BantyChooks]

Incubating w/ Friends Hatcher List
Birthdays: deserteggs22, Oct. 2, MommaHen2Four, Oct 6, heatherfeather 7, Nov 29

Sally Sunshine AKA Sally
Set eve 10/16 due 10/5 lockdown
local Marans eggs, a few of mine, a Godzilla egg, icelandics under polish, polish, and serama.....
Fertility questionable on all whites and serama fert sucked for Mike and Me!
Eating the Green and green/blue eggs!!! I think, still didnt set in fridge!!

BantyChooks AKA Banti, Bubbles or Chicken Little.... It depends who you ask
Nothing till spring.... Though the enablers here are trying their bestest to make sure I give up.

Chaos18 AKA Trouble, Ginger, or Chaos
2 ducklings hatched by broodies
1 Dom chick hatched by broodies
12 Dom eggs in the bator.

MotorcycleChick AKA MC, Meebrong, or Abi
Ten mutt eggs due November second. Every single one of them needs to hatch.

daxigait AKA Dax or Daxi
Broody quit day six

mlm Mike AKA Mike
Set 18 Seramas
12 OE
9 BCM
5 BCM Rooster over BR hen, those super sized eggs.

Another box of 17 Serama eggs appeared at my post office and fell into my incubator.


attimus AKA Zach
Hatching is on hold. Currently watching Marek's rip through my flock.

Leave a LightOn AKA LaLo

DwayneNLiz AKA Liz
i had 8 frizzles make it to lockdown, 8 hatched, i now have 8 calls on day 17

heatherfeather7 AKA Heather
My broody finished her hatch with 9 chicks surviving.

I have 6 eggs in the incubator seeing if they are fertile yet.

Also, my birthday is next month.

South OH Chicks
I hatched 3 out of the 4 blue copper marans I set.


Watermelon123 AKA Melon
Barnyard mix eggs

campingshaws AKA camping
Duckz are gonerz

country lovin AKA TyAnna
I just put some f2 olive eggers in the coolerbator yesterday and I have a couple mixes under a serama broody that should lay a spearmint green color.

Roada Red AKA Dale
I have the 14 serama eggs and I don't know how many I am throwing in of mine to test the homemade box bator.

Akrnaf2 AKA Benny

Honora
I am hatching also, I have 4 eggs in the incubator (EE's and chocolate orp mixes), 5 eggs with broodies (also EE's and chocolate orp mixes). They are due to hatch on Monday.

I hatched 3 eggs in the incubator (3 EEs and 1 Marans/Orp cross), the broodies hatched 1 egg (EE), and I also got 9 chicks in the mail. They are all doing great now. I have 13 chicks. Swimming in chicks. My yard is going to be a disaster. They are soooo cute though.

metel
10 BCM 4 AC 2 CL 3 mottled Java 1 Belgian d'anver 15 serama 1favorelle 2 Icelandic hatched- 1 batch of my breeders eggs failed due to humidity fail Fuzz and Peck are laying! Waiting to see if the rest of Stans hatch just got a dozen Serama and waiting on 6 dozen more plus 5 or 6 new babies coming home with the broody from my breeder today! Oh and added Sky and Sausage to the gang!... Whew can you tell I'm bored and anxious waiting to see the dr!!!

Pensmaster
Of the 10 the broody Altserier hen set 8 hatch 7 survived.
Experimental incubator now has 27 eggs. Mutts and Altsterier set 10-15-16

kajira
1 egg out of 2 that made it to lock down have hatched. and I have 18 more in my other incubator, due on the 21st of oct.

Phage
2 sets of Ayam Cemani- one is for a friend

chicken hawk 33
One pip in my Ayam Cemani eggs- Day 19.

Auroradream26
I'm going to be setting 6 Ayam Cemani eggs tomorrow. I'll be adding lavender Ameraucanas and cream crested legbars next week

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[BullChick]

 

[BantyChooks]

Good morning MC!