Hatching Eggs / Paypal CHAT Thread

[tdhenson86]

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So sorry to hear about the continued bad news on here. It seems that this is not a good week for a lot of people.

 

[puglady]

Had a sad moment this afternoon. I had 4/11 CCLs from spoiled chicken and madam hatch. I think that I didn't put them into lockdown early enough. They were all fully formed but not totally in position. 2 boys and 5 girls never made it out. Figures that the four that hatched are all boys as well!   Well at least I know for the upcoming lockdown! Those suckers are going to get 4-5 days. I accidentally put some araucanas into lockdown three days early and they ALL hatched. Fingers crossed for next time!

I can send more as part of our side swap in a couple of weeks after I get caught up

I also found a CCL pullet egg today which means the second group from early Nov is starting to lay
Soon I'll have 17 pullets laying. Is that enough?

 

[tdhenson86]

6 Cochins hens choice -- who ever is laying between the Columbians and Confetti girls

What is the difference between Confetti, Mille Fleur, and Calico?

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

Quote: They should have been labeled Calico, They look very much like mille, but more random in pattern than what I have seen the mille pattern.

sorry for the miss label, tired tonight after this overly long week.

 

[krazykat0373]

Thanks krazy. By the way the other day when you asked me about the turkeys my early warning system went off at 4:30 the next morning.

Here she is

I always have a few chicks hatch a couple of days before the poults. I currently have two turkey pips, and apparently missed a few chicken eggs when I was moving them to the hatcher cause one just fell from the shelf it was ridding. Looked in there and found a couple more pips. What a maroon! Poor baby is all sticky dry too. I always label set date, so I have no idea where my head was at.

Awww! I just babies
I currently have 16 hatched and a few more still deciding if they are going to or not, no pips, but the rest came from a hen from a friend (the one I got the eggs from that I sent to you) that got dragged off her nest and never seen again, so I don't know exactly when she started setting that nest, and may be running a couple days later or so, I did candle a couple and their was movement and the aircells looked like they were close to hatch, so we will see. A couple that have hatched looks like they may be chocolate, I am not sure, but they are adorable. Just wondering if you can get chocolate out of a mixed flock of bronze, narries, and royals :/

 

[Bettacreek]

I have to say, I'm extremely lucky. While G is helpful, he's not TOO helpful. He actually helped me get a waiting list for my MF D'Uccles, if that little hen decides to ever lay! He helps clean the coop, feed/water, waters everyone before going to work in the morning (that's the best part, I hate waking up to demanding birdlettes), and on weekends, he even does the breakfast for the boys so I can sleep in, lol.

 

[tdhenson86]

Quote: They should have been labeled Calico, They look very much like mille, but more random in pattern than what I have seen the mille pattern.

sorry for the miss label, tired tonight after this overly long week.

Not a problem. I was just wondering what the difference is between the colors.

 

[puglady]

I have to say, I'm extremely lucky. While G is helpful, he's not TOO helpful. He actually helped me get a waiting list for my MF D'Uccles, if that little hen decides to ever lay! He helps clean the coop, feed/water, waters everyone before going to work in the morning (that's the best part, I hate waking up to demanding birdlettes), and on weekends, he even does the breakfast for the boys so I can sleep in, lol.

You're very lucky Bettacreek. Mines ok with me having them but doesn't help with daily chores at all. He will snow blow a path to the coops in the winter but thats just about it.

 

[Bettacreek]

Awww! I just babies
I currently have 16 hatched and a few more still deciding if they are going to or not, no pips, but the rest came from a hen from a friend (the one I got the eggs from that I sent to you) that got dragged off her nest and never seen again, so I don't know exactly when she started setting that nest, and may be running a couple days later or so, I did candle a couple and their was movement and the aircells looked like they were close to hatch, so we will see. A couple that have hatched looks like they may be chocolate, I am not sure, but they are adorable. Just wondering if you can get chocolate out of a mixed flock of bronze, narries, and royals :/

Mine were hatching out like chocolates. I think mixed with white gives them that shade, because Hoover was like that (royal palm/bronze) and the babies are all like that (BBB/royal palm tom over a BBW). The white of the bb is obviously different from the RP white.

 

[mzstre]

They should have been labeled Calico, They look very much like mille, but more random in pattern than what I have seen the mille pattern.

sorry for the miss label, tired tonight after this overly long week.

I have a calico hen named Confetti!