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

[ChcknNurse]

I have ducks because i'm allergic to chicken eggs, and can eat duck eggs.... so I have the layer ducks. lol

For my "fun" set of birds, I have a pair of Sebastopol geese.

Those are gorgeous!

 

[duluthralphie]

How to hatch a dux egg:

 

[ChcknNurse]

How to hatch a dux egg:


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Think I have a better method in mind

 

[SidChick]

I wanted to share a chickie from one of the two polish eggs my kids hatched. Some might remember that mom is a white polish and dad Welsummer. Here it is.. anyone want to guess the sex?

 

[duluthralphie]

I wanted to share a chickie from one of the two polish eggs my kids hatched. Some might remember that mom is a white polish and dad Welsummer. Here it is.. anyone want to guess the sex?
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No idea on sex for sure... But such a beautiful bird must be a rooster.... No hen could look that great!

 

[SidChick]

No idea on sex for sure... But such a beautiful bird must be a rooster.... No hen could look that great!

Well I have two that are identical. It would make life easier if they were both girls.. they hang out with a little black rooster and he's definitely in charge. Either way, they are cool.

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

No I missed him. Awesome
My LF Dark Cornish are doing well albeit slow for growth. My thought was to cross NN with them but the NN I purchased were so small I removed them. I may still try if I can find a good sized NN

You could try getting the S&Gs - once we got past the shipping fiasco, they have been great so far, large and friendly.

I think the only 'true' ameraucana is clean legged

All Ameraucanas should be clean legged - well I see Liz posted while I am typing,
but I agree.

Yep, shouldn't have feathers on the legs.

Oh, I should have done my homework - for some reason I thought they were feather-legged. (Then again, we determined that my extra ameraucana chick with feathered legs - Goodwin - was in the end not really pure.) That makes things a lot easier - Ameraucanas, here I come!!!! (Anyone know of a good source for large ones?)

(Just taking a break for the kitchen for some muesli...)

- Ant Farm

 

[Pensmaster]

You could try getting the S&Gs - once we got past the shipping fiasco, they have been great so far, large and friendly.





Oh, I should have done my homework - for some reason I thought they were feather-legged. (Then again, we determined that my extra ameraucana chick with feathered legs - Goodwin - was in the end not really pure.) That makes things a lot easier - Ameraucanas, here I come!!!! (Anyone know of a good source for large ones?)

(Just taking a break for the kitchen for some muesli...)

- Ant Farm

Ok so I won the bid on the Bantam Dark Cornish and to fill the incubator I also bought their NN they look a lot like the Alohas however they have quite a mix in with them.
If they don't work out I'll be trying the S&G or time some chicks from them on or about the time these hatch. Assuming they hatch.

 

[duluthralphie]

You could try getting the S&Gs - once we got past the shipping fiasco, they have been great so far, large and friendly.





Oh, I should have done my homework - for some reason I thought they were feather-legged. (Then again, we determined that my extra ameraucana chick with feathered legs - Goodwin - was in the end not really pure.) That makes things a lot easier - Ameraucanas, here I come!!!! (Anyone know of a good source for large ones?)

(Just taking a break for the kitchen for some muesli...)

- Ant Farm

JerrySe... on the Minnesota thread, actually lives in Ill. BUT we treat him like a local, He was one of the 5 developers of the breed,

 

[Leave a LightOn]

It's *always* the ones we like the best. Why does nature do it that way?

To keep us humble?

"You can't always get what you want,
But if you try sometimes well you just might find
You get what you need." Keith Richards/Mick Jagger