From egg to chick!

[fluffycrow]

She would be showing male feathering by now if she was, which means she's a pullet!

I believe that these guys are the ones hatched in November, so not yet 3 months old

 

[ElfenLied89]

Hubs built a roost for the roosters. They don't use it. They still use the porch rails. Gonna need to find a way to get them off the porch. It's getting roody doody all over it and I'm tired of cleaning it up lol.

We cleaned out the chicken area. Laid down some lime, then flakes, then straw. Left them a dust bath area. Nope. They made their own. Rude birds. Now to build a nest area soon. Probably will taken down the brood light too. It doesn't get below 30 in winter here. Usually stays in the high 30s or low 40s max. You can count on one hand the time it hits below 30 usually.

Also. The new rooster sleep area was kid tested for quality purposes.

 

[fluffycrow]

Well technically the son has chosen Dolly so.....she has to keep Dolly!

That's what I remember, but I have to be sure that our Naked Neck star sticks around to sing us some more tunes in a bedazzled hat!

 

[ElfenLied89]

OH MY GOODNESS!
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Well technically the son has chosen Dolly so.....she has to keep Dolly!

Yup. He would murder me if I got rid of her. Lol. She is here to stay in all her showgirl glory.

 

[ElfenLied89]

That's what I remember, but I have to be sure that our Naked Neck star sticks around to sing us some more tunes in a bedazzled hat!

I wish I had a silkie male to mate her with. Glorious silkie babies.

 

[ElfenLied89]

Charlene is so adorable with those muffs and that beard!


She would be showing male feathering by now if she was, which means she's a pullet!

She totally is! I figure she has to have Salmon Faverolle in there. Either that or those are some big EE cheeks!

She is actually still little! Don't be fooled by her immense fluffy size. She was hatched in batch 1 I believe which means she popped out on the 8th of November. Batch 2 hatched 3 days later or so. They will be 9w next Wednesday or so.

 

[fluffycrow]

Hubs built a roost for the roosters. They don't use it. They still use the porch rails. Gonna need to find a way to get them off the porch. It's getting roody doody all over it and I'm tired of cleaning it up lol.

We cleaned out the chicken area. Laid down some lime, then flakes, then straw. Left them a dust bath area. Nope. They made their own. Rude birds. Now to build a nest area soon. Probably will taken down the brood light too. It doesn't get below 30 in winter here. Usually stays in the high 30s or low 40s max. You can count on one hand the time it hits below 30 usually.

Also. The new rooster sleep area was kid tested for quality purposes.

When the older girls start laying, I would start the introduction to the boys. I remember you saying that only one of the two charming men is yours. Unfortunately, the introduction of females may shake up their dynamic; they might fight. Hopefully they will both compromise, and you will have a peaceful flock life

 

[fluffycrow]

Yup. He would murder me if I got rid of her. Lol. She is here to stay in all her showgirl glory.

I wish I had a silkie male to mate her with. Glorious silkie babies.

Yay! All in due time! Remember, if you want to get silkie-feathered birds out of her, you would need to breed her with a male expressing the gene, and then cross the offspring back with their father

 

[ElfenLied89]

Yay! All in due time! Remember, if you want to get silkie-feathered birds out of her, you would need to breed her with a male expressing the gene, and then cross the offspring back with their father

Do chickens suffer from inbreeding and all that? I take Dolly, mate her with a purebred silkie, then mate baby with dad for better silkie genes? Would the NN gene still be in there?

 

[ElfenLied89]

Yay! All in due time! Remember, if you want to get silkie-feathered birds out of her, you would need to breed her with a male expressing the gene, and then cross the offspring back with their father

Chicken genetics confuse me