Hatching Eggs / Paypal CHAT Thread

[cluckitall]

100 chicks! DH would fall over if I pulled that one.

At least you're sharing.

I'm on day 20 today....and not a pip. My nighttime temps drop to around 96 each night and come up again once I get up and get them going. I know that's slowing them down some. I'm wondering if I should be setting my phone alarm to get up every few hours to make a temp adjustment, but afraid then I'll REALLY be an addict! LOL

Happy Saturday everyone!

Chickenbelle, why the big night-time drop? What are you using for an incubator?

 

[chickenbelle]

We have no heat in our home except for the wood heater in the living room. That means that our bedroom temps drop every night and I'm assuming that changes it. My room temp didn't drop last night as drastically, only a few degrees. It is a still air Little Giant that holds 41 eggs. Do you think it's the incubator?

 

[debs_flock]

I love my silkie chicks! I wonder what color the little grey one will be when he grows up!



That baby is blue.



This baby looks to be frizzled.

I would love a blue! I hatched one other grey chick and it ended up: I wish it had not been a roo.


This baby looks to be cuckoo.

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It's part of the gamebird tradition. Remove the target areas when the birds were used in fighting. I wish they would take it out of the standard (like being able to show uncropped dogs). I watched it being done on my son's oegb cockerel, but I don't believe I could do it myself. I also don't think I could watch it again or look at the fresh aftermath. It does completely change the look of the bird. The thing that attracts me to moderns would not be there.....

Amazingly, the bird pretty much goes about it's business when they are finished. You'd think they would bleed to death.

Deb

 

[Papa Brooder]

Has anyone been on RBA and seen the person with the same GFF photo posted along with their hatching eggs. They are also on ebay. I think this came up earlier but crazy. Do we know anything about this person? pretty funny if you search for rhodebar on RBA right now you can see the two ads right next to each other.

Apparently they think its OK as their camera isn't working right now and the pic is supposedly from augera.org. I haven't been able to find that website. I did find a link to report this on eBay as it is a violation of policy. Papa, just noticed your location and my aunt lives in Davis. She was telling me of a bike ride once a year to tour all the coops in the area. Sounded like a ton of fun.

Yep it's called the tour de cluck. Pretty fun event. Sells out every year. I actually moved to redding now but am thru Davis often. What's your aunts name? I may know her. Small town, at least feels that way.

oh, and I meant to say to all those that got silkie, sizzle hatching eggs. I hatched 4 frilkies from the ones that hatched about a week ago. 3 black and one cuckoo. Pretty exciting! Hope you guys get some too! by summer I should have a nice pen of frilkie roo over BBS hens, and a Blue or Splash silkie roo over a bunch of black frilkie hens. excited about this project as they are so fun looking! I would be offering more but I have been busy and have 3 silkies being broody together. gonna just let them hatch this batch while working on their new quarters. then I can move them after the hatch.

How can you tell frilkie? I need to take pics and post of the three silkies I hatched from you last week. They are super cute.

I love my silkie chicks! I wonder what color the little grey one will be when he grows up!

The black with curling feathers could be a frillier. Do the feathers split like a silkies would? The blue and another black look to be smooth sizzles. The frillies I hatched look just like the black in your pics with the curling feathers.

 

[puglady]

Yep it's called the tour de cluck. Pretty fun event. Sells out every year. I actually moved to redding now but am thru Davis often. What's your aunts name? I may know her. Small town, at least feels that way.

The black with curling feathers could be a frillier. Do the feathers split like a silkies would? The blue and another black look to be smooth sizzles. The frillies I hatched look just like the black in your pics with the curling feathers.

She's the minister at the Unitarian church, Beth Banks. She sent me pics last year, one coop all covered in wine bottle corks.

 

[Sahwithchicks]

ok, so I just ordered 100 bantam chicks from Ideal. Y'all really are bad people. But it is for 3 people.... Nicole being one of those 3 people!!

Bad Susan! I have been trying to think of a way to break it to my husband I just bought 25+ chicks. I think I will go with the they-just-appeared-and-I-forgot-to-mention-it approach

100 chicks! DH would fall over if I pulled that one.

My husband is probably going to kill me!

 

[debs_flock]

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1. OMG, I ordered those months ago......................I had forgotten all about them.
2. Honey, we talked about them, don't you remember? You are getting so forgetful.
3. What did you say you wanted for dinner tonight?
4. Those hatched a couple of days ago.
5. I had preorders for all those chicks..................hmmm, the buyers seem to have backed out.
6. Put it in perspective, how much would a divorce cost?

 

[BHep]

SO happy I am going to pick up 7 more silkied serama today 2 roo's and 5 hens and another trio of SQ white Call Ducks.

I have a pair of Bantam Dark Cornish getting shipped to me. I also have 2 more silkied serama pairs being shipped to me. Can you tell I love silkied birds.

Told hubby I was downsizing and when I told him I was buying all of this he didn't say anything.

But he likes the ducks. He thinks there cool.


I'm not a chicken addict I swear. LOL

WHOOT !!!! SERAMAS.............SO ADDICTING !

 

[Smithyard Farm]

1. OMG, I ordered those months ago......................I had forgotten all about them.
2. Honey, we talked about them, don't you remember? You are getting so forgetful.
3. What did you say you wanted for dinner tonight?
4. Those hatched a couple of days ago.
5. I had preorders for all those chicks..................hmmm, the buyers seem to have backed out.
6. Put it in perspective, how much would a divorce cost?

 

[puglady]

I've got 300 pre-ordered for March

What do I win?