Hello and thanks

[lynnmhari]

Welcome to our FUNomenal Community!
Best Wishes & Be Well!

thank you

 

[lynnmhari]

Hello welcome to BYC! Two dozen to 50, that escalated quickly! Love the different breeds you have, I love Ayam Cemani if you have pictures of your flock, it would be cool to see. Do you keep them separate by breeds or all together free-range?

 

[lynnmhari]

Some of the chickens ,Darcy and his ladies a silver Spangled Hamburg ,they have a bigger run now ,this was when they first arrived and werent used to being outside in the open,the egg photos are an egg I found left in the nest after a broody left with the chicks ,it had a tiny chip so my daughter and I both took turns holding it to keep it warm until it hatched and we keep it close to keep it warm ,but now it goes outside in a little run a fair bit ,we cant use either an incubator or a brooder as we use a generator for our power, (we cant even use an electric kettle so it couldnt run a heater ).

 

[TwoCrows]

Some of the chickens ,Darcy and his ladies a silver Spangled Hamburg ,they have a bigger run now ,this was when they first arrived and werent used to being outside in the open

Beautiful!

 

[DobieLover]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
You have an amazing flock! They are gorgeous.

 

[lynnmhari]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
You have an amazing flock! They are gorgeous.

thank you ,these are our current house chicks ,they are rejects from their mums because they hatched later than the rest of their hatch mates

 

[lynnmhari]

Hi and welcome to BYC! What an amazing flock! You must get lots of beautiful eggs!

Hi ,thank you we arent getting as many at the moment but the hens are hatching chicks from them so thats perfect anyway

 

[DobieLover]

thank you ,these are our current house chicks ,they are rejects from their mums because they hatched later than the rest of their hatch mates

I had a late hatcher this year too. Her hatch mates were all out on April 30. She needed help getting out and hatched on May 1. May Day... I named her MaeDay and tucked her under her mother the night she hatched. The first day was bumpy but she soon gained strength and caught up to her hatch mates. It helped that it started snowing and the mother refused to leave the maternity ward with them for over 2 weeks.

 

[InterestingChickens]

Welcome to Backyard Chickens! Sounds like you have a lot of different breeds!

 

[lynnmhari]

I had a late hatcher this year too. Her hatch mates were all out on April 30. She needed help getting out and hatched on May 1. May Day... I named her MaeDay and tucked her under her mother the night she hatched. The first day was bumpy but she soon gained strength and caught up to her hatch mates. It helped that it started snowing and the mother refused to leave the maternity ward with them for over 2 weeks.

thats lovely ,I am glad the mother took the chick back ,the mother hen attacked Pip the biggest chick ,I went to let her out of the coop in the morning and she got up and noticed Pip had hatched out in the corner of the nest ,she started pecking at it and shoved it out I managed to rescue it and its fine now but poor Pip was frightened of chickens for the first few weeks we have only just got it comfortable being in the little rabbit run we bought for them so they can be in the garden but safe .