Hector's World: Adventures and Mayhem at Mountain View Poultry (or Sequel to The Evolution of Atlas

[speckledhen]

Omigosh! Maddie's baby is almost zipped out already! Took her about an hour from first pip! And Jane's egg next to her is pipped, too. Strong babies!

 

[speckledhen]

First one already out. Big strong chick.

 

[getaclue]

Awwwww, they're cute. It's good that they're strong. I hope they are top-of-the-line. Hector is a handsome dude, so I'm expecting some really good chicks.

 

[speckledhen]

Two of Jane's and another of Maddie's are pipped now, plus one Brahma egg.

 

[1muttsfan]

 

[speckledhen]

At least three Brahma eggs and three BR eggs pipped in addition to the little one I took to the brooder. She/he was an early bird!

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I'm looking forward to seeing those big Brahma chicks grow. I'm glad you have a few of them hatching too.

 

[speckledhen]

I'm looking forward to seeing those big Brahma chicks grow. I'm glad you have a few of them hatching too.

I wish I could, but I don't plan to keep them. I have one person who wants six of the Brahmas and a repeat customer has been waiting for me to hatch from my non-dwarf gene BR line, so she will most likely take all those of Hector's that hatch.
Tom just said he was thinking what if these chicks lived to be 10 years old like most of our birds do; he'd be 77 years old. I think he is sort of wanting to have way less to deal with in the near future. I don't know how much I can, either.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I wish I could, but I don't plan to keep them. I have one person who wants six of the Brahmas and a repeat customer has been waiting for me to hatch from my non-dwarf gene BR line, so she will most likely take all those of Hector's that hatch.
Tom just said he was thinking what if these chicks lived to be 10 years old like most of our birds do; he'd be 77 years old. I think he is sort of wanting to have way less to deal with in the near future. I don't know how much I can, either.

I gotta slow down here too. It's been fun, but now it's getting more difficult to care for things. The hard part is resisting adding more going forward, at least until my numbers fall sufficiently enough. I can be happy with a smaller flock, I gotta keep telling myself.

I'm glad you have buyers already. Will they go as soon as possible?

 

[speckledhen]

I'm glad you have buyers already. Will they go as soon as possible?

Yes, I keep them a couple of days to be sure they are all eating and drinking fine, then they buy them the first week at one price and if they don't, the price goes up by $1 each per week. I know Rebecca, who has a few of my Brahmas, will come get the BRs as soon as she can get here. The other woman lives an hour away as well in another direction, but I don't know her that well.

I have 5 Brahmas pipped, one of Jane's is about to get out of the shell and three more BRs are pipped, I think.