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[City-Chickee]

Hey City-Chickee, I'm just North of you in Ames.

If you ever swing through I can show you my little flock.

That would be cool! I'll let you know if we ever head up that way

 

[bekkanblue]

Just saying

and seeing what other Iowans have going on in coop these days! I've gotten addicted to the HALs so have a barnyard mix in one Mini (Easter HAL), some Pilgrim goose eggs in another (April HAL), slipped some Jaerhon and EE and Iowa Blue eggs under a seriously cranky Iowa Blue broody girl (April HAL), AND just set some Hedemora eggs in another Mini (April HAL) after a rough ride from PA. Have Pilgrim, Jaerhon, and Iowa Blue eggs coming out my ears, and the laying flock is being generous with the barnyard mix eggs too! I think I need to build an addition so I can have my kitchen back!

 

[City-Chickee]

What's a HAL?

 

[bekkanblue]

What's a HAL?

Hatch-a-longs. There are threads for different groups who are hatching in the same month, or before/by a certain holiday. Everyone helps each other then shows off their peeps to everyone else. Pretty fun! There are a bunch of contests with the Easter HAL, open to everyone not just folks who set eggs for a day-before-Easter hatch. Search for Easter HAL 2015 I think.

 

[City-Chickee]

Hatch-a-longs. There are threads for different groups who are hatching in the same month, or before/by a certain holiday. Everyone helps each other then shows off their peeps to everyone else. Pretty fun! There are a bunch of contests with the Easter HAL, open to everyone not just folks who set eggs for a day-before-Easter hatch. Search for Easter HAL 2015 I think.

Ahh okay, thank you! So many abbreviations to learn lol That sounds like fun

 

[countrygirl5]

I am not a part of the Easter HAL because I didn't have a brood at the time, and I LOVE hatching chicks by broody. But when I went out to get eggs the last few days one of my silkies has been sitting on them.

So I just closed up the area where she was setting last night and will hope for the best. Gonna be an interesting barnyard mix. I have lots of different breeds and 3 roosters right now. And I have NO idea how many eggs she has under there. Anywhere from 8-12. So exciting!!!

I wish I had room to expand, but will have to wait till we are able to move to our next property. If I could, I'd have a coop for my everyday layers and silkies, and at least 2 coops of exotic or rare breeds, just for fun and for selling or 4-H. A girl's gotta have dreams, right?

 

[ChickenGoesRuff]

Just moved my 4 older chicks into the big coop and run. When it started to storm, I realized I really am a chicken at heart. I sat down under the coop and huddled over my 4 chicks for over an hour. Gotta love the Iowa weather!

 

[City-Chickee]

Kinda nervious...thinking one of my chicks is going to be a rooster

 

[Gryphon]

Don't make the call one way or the other until you see an egg or hear a crow. I had two Light Brahma chicks, and one of them was more outgoing, got a red comb WAY earlier than the other, and was larger than the other. Both turned out to be hens, the other was just an outlier with development.

 

[chickeemama]

Anyone interested in chicks?
I have Blue Lace Red Wyandotte and Marraduna Basque fuzzy butt babies - $4 straight run
They are 1 wk old, a few 2 and 3 week old also. I am near Mason City, IA. PM if interested.
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