Farm chatter

[human1]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/puppy-thread.1443430/

i had to check that aws safe

 

[CHlCKEN]

Well, it all started with the Sebastopol goose eggs arriving in the mail yesterday and then I took my sweet rooster to my friend's house because he was crowing like a lunatic today and I didn't want to take any chances and upset the grumpy old man across the street since we aren't technically supposed to have roosters in this neighborhood.

In exchange for giving our rooster a good home, my friend asked me to take a few Serama eggs her broody hen was sitting on because she didn't want to deal with winter chicks either. I couldn't say no because she was kind enough to take my rooster. Plus her Serama hen is REALLY pretty! Those eggs could hatch any day now, lol.

THEN my husband said we should see if our rooster was fertilizing any of our eggs...so now I have another incubator running, I pulled a bunch of eggs out of the fridge for the experiment aaaaand I'm about to have a bunch of chicks. lol

It’s a good idea to hatch those eggs right when you get rid of the rooster, because as soon as he’s gone you’ll regret it because you never hatched anything! I would know because that happened to me

I can’t wait to see those geese! And the Serama eggs

 

[CHlCKEN]

It’s a good idea to hatch those eggs right when you get rid of the rooster, because as soon as he’s gone you’ll regret it because you never hatched anything! I would know because that happened to me

I can’t wait to see those geese! And the Serena eggs

TYPO. It says Serena let me fix it

 

[CluckNDoodle]

It’s a good idea to hatch those eggs right when you get rid of the rooster, because as soon as he’s gone you’ll regret it because you never hatched anything! I would know because that happened to me

I can’t wait to see those geese! And the Serena eggs

That's what I was thinking too! We really really want some chicks from the hen in my avatar but I don't see any of hers in the fridge so she must have just started laying again...which sounds a whole lot like another excuse to turn on the third incubator. lol!

 

[CHlCKEN]

TYPO. It says Serena let me fix it

If by chance the Serama is named Serena then maybe I wasn’t wrong

 

[ackie]

Well, I swore I wasn't going to hatch winter chicks but I turned on an incubator because I was so excited to get some Sebastopol goose eggs and there was a chain reaction and I now have 2 incubators running.

it will barely be winter anymore by the time they hatch...that makes it okay right?

 

[ackie]

peafowl on the porch
note the one flying away in the top middle-right

 

[MGG]

Well, I swore I wasn't going to hatch winter chicks but I turned on an incubator because I was so excited to get some Sebastopol goose eggs and there was a chain reaction and I now have 2 incubators running.

Yay!!!

Well, it all started with the Sebastopol goose eggs arriving in the mail yesterday and then I took my sweet rooster to my friend's house because he was crowing like a lunatic today and I didn't want to take any chances and upset the grumpy old man across the street since we aren't technically supposed to have roosters in this neighborhood.

In exchange for giving our rooster a good home, my friend asked me to take a few Serama eggs her broody hen was sitting on because she didn't want to deal with winter chicks either. I couldn't say no because she was kind enough to take my rooster. Plus her Serama hen is REALLY pretty! Those eggs could hatch any day now, lol.

THEN my husband said we should see if our rooster was fertilizing any of our eggs...so now I have another incubator running, I pulled a bunch of eggs out of the fridge for the experiment aaaaand I'm about to have a bunch of chicks. lol

Ooh! Sebbies! I'm gonna need tons of pics of them! How many eggs do you have in?

 

[CluckNDoodle]

If by chance the Serama is named Serena then maybe I wasn’t wrong

I like it! I think I'll name her Serena!

 

[CluckNDoodle]

it will barely be winter anymore by the time they hatch...that makes it okay right?

Well, these Seramas are just about ready to hatch, or they should be...I candled them and while the eggs are definitely filled with a chick, I only see one that is definitely viable. If I end up with one Serama chick after rescuing them from a broody hen I will be so bummed. Even more so if none of my own eggs are fertilized and I'm left scrambling to find a friend for this chick. lol

This one looks good

These two I'm not so sure about.