Hatching Eggs / Paypal CHAT Thread

[Sahwithchicks]

Goooooood morning!
I am driving to Inverness today (1.5 hour drive) there is a poultry show, and I am meeting up with Brookhavens. Looking forward to it. My grandparents live in Inverness too, so I get to spend the day with them.
Actually, this weekend is going hold more social interaction than I am used to it's forcing my hermit tendencies to take a back seat.
Today is the show, seeing Brookhavens and my grandparents...Tomorrow I will be meeting CelticOaks and possible seeing Kraftyladies?
I have been so excited I didn't sleep last night, and probably won't again tonight.
Since my birthday is Thursday, I might look at some of the chickens for sale. I told myself I will only get some more Dutch if I see some... But yeah, I brought my breed list just in case lol. Luckily I can't afford more than a bird or two

 

[Snapnzap]

It seems I'm not having a good hatch rate this time. Of 11 Buttercups, 8 made it to lockdown and I had 5 that pipped, zipped and said "hello" to us within an hour starting Thursday evening. But everything else in that incubator is in slow mode. I have 2 Arkansas Blues, 2/4 Salmon Faverolles, and 1/5 olive eggers. Not a one of the Marans from AyeUp have pipped, either. It seems the larger the egg, the slower they are coming out this time. So that means of the total 38 eggs I set, only 23 made it to lockdown and at day 22 only 10 of those have hatched. Hope the rest make an entrance today.

My second incubator went into lockdown yesterday--those all look good. Lots of silkie/showgirls, silver penciled rocks, bbs marans, and wheatens in there. I also had serious chicken drama when I got home from work yesterday. We saw blood all over the back neck of one of our light brahma girls. My first suspicion was the 5 month gigantic sized wyandotte. They are all in a grow out run together until I'm sure they are doing their jobs well and can separate by breed. So she is apparently his favorite lately. His hormones kicked in about two weeks ago. He's been chasing her for days. I pick her up--and I haven't posted pics because it was REALLY nasty-- but the back of her neck is laid open from just behind her left ear to about a quarter inch behind her right ear. All the way across. When I grabbed the feathers to lift so I could see how bad it was, ALL of that skin is cut open. You could just peel the skin and take her whole face right off.

I've never seen a cut on a chicken like this. We washed it good with filtered water and put antibiotic cream on it. She is now in one of the transport cages in DH's shop until she heals. Should I do anything else to it? Anything better I should buy and put on it? Give her oral antibiotics just in case? POOR thing! She's so sweet...dumb as a stick, but a sweet girl.

I went all through that run and the coop and there is nowhere she could have gotten her head caught--so the question is still did the big cockerel really do this to her? At 5 months, he is 7 pounds. He is larger than every bird I have that is in the year old range. I have seen him chase the girls, grab them, and jump them , but I've not seen him be aggressive towards them when he does.

Could it have been a hawk? Hope she is ok.

 

[Herducks]

GM! Did you have requests for you next box yet??

I deff. want some more shiraz! Very yummy!!

 

[ProfTi]

I deff. want some more shiraz! Very yummy!!

The shiraz is my absolute favorite too!

 

[crfarm]

Hey CPL owes me 8+ olandsk dwarf eggs from a swap in late Sept! Since then it as beed decded I cannot do bantams any more

i stole their coop and run for Bresse this year...do you want that order shipped to you whenever she can and I can snag something else from you in Spring?

you would have to ask cpl if she would do that first. PM her and ask.

edited:
I just read all the threads.

was busy wrapping eggs!

yeah BM6!
blue copper and blue marans gone. will have lots more from this weekend I am sure. If anyone who has claimed spring eggs decides they want these sent sooner pm me. the marans are laying good for the moment. Or if you want to change your breed to marans and have a claim let me know.

 

[pysankigirl]

I was looking at getting more barnies and a few more NL legbar hens. Looks like I have to put down my NL rooster since he's having leg issues now. It's always something.

Well just remember that I owe you some barnevelders, too and will be delivering them hopefully first weekend in May

I cant help it...Here is a new picture of Xander. He is such a great roo...He has really stepped up now that Spike is gone. He is so nice to the girls and he is trying to alert them to food and (perceived) danger and is not mean at all. I love the way the sunlight hits his feathers

 

[Hollowoakfarm]

I was looking at getting more barnies and a few more NL legbar hens. Looks like I have to put down my NL rooster since he's having leg issues now. It's always something.

Well just remember that I owe you some barnevelders, too and will be delivering them hopefully first weekend in May I cant help it...Here is a new picture of Xander. He is such a great roo...He has really stepped up now that Spike is gone. He is so nice to the girls and he is trying to alert them to food and (perceived) danger and is not mean at all. I love the way the sunlight hits his feathers

Lovely! Since I'll have some eggs coming about the same time...woohoo!

 

[pysankigirl]

I would LOVE that

i didnt want to be a pain

i really wanted them but since Sept a few of my oldest 5yr old bantams passed

theres NO need for 3 old gals that are left to have a 8x8 coop with a 20x 10 run!! Thank you soooo much!!!

isn't BM6 such a doll?

I had to forfeit on some NYE chicks because I claimed them before I realized all of Virginia's chicken shipping issues. So she just asked me a couple of days ago if I wanted her (and Rachael) to hatch out some MF leghorn chicks for Herducks delivery tour instead! such great people I have met here!

 

[pysankigirl]

• Lockdown this weekend: French White Muscovy(our stock), Buff Faverolle from AyeUpChuck, SFH from Papabrooder
• just finished hatching: 5/6 Sebastopols (yes BM6 pictures will be taken and posted lol)
• just set on Thursday: 16 more goose eggs
• setting this weekend: 20 CCL, EE eggs, LF light brahma, Khaki and Silver Appleyard duck

Yep that about wraps it up. Cant wait to have the new incubator picked up for the extra space!

wow...you are busy!

I am sorry I didn't respond to your earlier post. My husband is going on a business trip down to Orlando and I am trying to convince him to stop by to see you and pick up eggs then but he is not bought onto it at all...I tried to tell him that they were mostly just for pysanky but he says he won't have time/his own car/doesn't think I need more eggs. what a friggin' waste of an opportunity!
I am frustrated with him right now.

 

[pysankigirl]

It seems I'm not having a good hatch rate this time. Of 11 Buttercups, 8 made it to lockdown and I had 5 that pipped, zipped and said "hello" to us within an hour starting Thursday evening. But everything else in that incubator is in slow mode. I have 2 Arkansas Blues, 2/4 Salmon Faverolles, and 1/5 olive eggers. Not a one of the Marans from AyeUp have pipped, either. It seems the larger the egg, the slower they are coming out this time. So that means of the total 38 eggs I set, only 23 made it to lockdown and at day 22 only 10 of those have hatched. Hope the rest make an entrance today.

My second incubator went into lockdown yesterday--those all look good. Lots of silkie/showgirls, silver penciled rocks, bbs marans, and wheatens in there.

I also had serious chicken drama when I got home from work yesterday. We saw blood all over the back neck of one of our light brahma girls. My first suspicion was the 5 month gigantic sized wyandotte. They are all in a grow out run together until I'm sure they are doing their jobs well and can separate by breed. So she is apparently his favorite lately. His hormones kicked in about two weeks ago. He's been chasing her for days.

I pick her up--and I haven't posted pics because it was REALLY nasty-- but the back of her neck is laid open from just behind her left ear to about a quarter inch behind her right ear. All the way across. When I grabbed the feathers to lift so I could see how bad it was, ALL of that skin is cut open. You could just peel the skin and take her whole face right off.

I've never seen a cut on a chicken like this. We washed it good with filtered water and put antibiotic cream on it. She is now in one of the transport cages in DH's shop until she heals. Should I do anything else to it? Anything better I should buy and put on it? Give her oral antibiotics just in case?

POOR thing! She's so sweet...dumb as a stick, but a sweet girl.

I went all through that run and the coop and there is nowhere she could have gotten her head caught--so the question is still did the big cockerel really do this to her? At 5 months, he is 7 pounds. He is larger than every bird I have that is in the year old range. I have seen him chase the girls, grab them, and jump them , but I've not seen him be aggressive towards them when he does.

Sorry about your hen...i hope she heals up okay.