Yeah. Shoulda switched names iffn you ask me....As opposed to Greenland.... Ralphie - I got a photo of my OE Arbequina's foot. It's hard to see, but here is her toe punch hole.(edit to add: Don't mind the orange cord - they have managed to excavate the buried cable line in their run.
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As opposed to Greenland....
Ralphie - I got a photo of my OE Arbequina's foot. It's hard to see, but here is her toe punch hole.
(edit to add: Don't mind the orange cord - they have managed to excavate the buried cable line in their run.)
I'm not the type to rush to the ER for something like this.
Not until I actually have room to brood more chicks (and house more chickens). I have now hatched 30 chicks in January and February, and have more chicks coming in the mail. I'm done for a while... (I don't sell chicks, if I did, I'd be hatching a lot more - it sort of is addictive!Quote:Oh no. When will you start hatching again?Quote:
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The incubators are all sanitized and boxed up to go back in storage. The hatcher is now unplugged and being sanitized. It's so quiet -- it's kinda sad to walk by and not see eggies in there....
I found the less chicks there are, the more social they are with people.Well, actually, the heat was the primary reason I got so much of it done early. I need them grown up before it starts getting in the triple digits (around May), and I need to cull the extra cockerels as early as I can (and still get a good look at everyone to choose, and also get a good size to them). But I was tempted to throw some extras in and didn't because of space. I might hatch some Marans and GNHs this fall. (I think DesertChic, on the NN thread, got all her hatching done in December - she's in Arizona.)
Here are some photos - here's the little one who hatched a full 12 hours before the others and was in the incubator FOREVER waiting. He has quite the set of lungs on him, and has learned early that I will come visit him if he chirps (uh oh). His current name is "Little Big Mouth". (Yes, that leg band is too snug - I've replaced it.)
They are all super friendly, and their favorite thing to do is to sit in my hand (more than the other batches for some reason - maybe because there are only five?). I have to say, that's got to be the sweetest thing ever, feeling those little baby chick feet on your fingers.
- Ant Farm
May?? Triple digits??? Oh, you poor dear....Well, actually, the heat was the primary reason I got so much of it done early. I need them grown up before it starts getting in the triple digits (around May), and I need to cull the extra cockerels as early as I can (and still get a good look at everyone to choose, and also get a good size to them). But I was tempted to throw some extras in and didn't because of space. I might hatch some Marans and GNHs this fall. (I think DesertChic, on the NN thread, got all her hatching done in December - she's in Arizona.) Here are some photos - here's the little one who hatched a full 12 hours before the others and was in the incubator FOREVER waiting. He has quite the set of lungs on him, and has learned early that I will come visit him if he chirps (uh oh). His current name is "Little Big Mouth". (Yes, that leg band is too snug - I've replaced it.) [COLOR=B42000][/COLOR] They are all super friendly, and their favorite thing to do is to sit in my hand (more than the other batches for some reason - maybe because there are only five?). I have to say, that's got to be the sweetest thing ever, feeling those little baby chick feet on your fingers.
- Ant Farm
