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[casportpony]

Quote: She was hungry, so she hopped down when she saw a bucket of food.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

I love their shape color ect but I can't stand their calls, I can't stand that.

They are loud!

-Kathy

 

[Akrnaf2]

I love their shape color ect but I can't stand their calls, I can't stand that.

They are loud!

-Kathy

In a LITTLE understatement!

 

[casportpony]

Quote: In a LITTLE understatement!

 

[Akrnaf2]

I love their shape color ect but I can't stand their calls, I can't stand that.

They are loud! -Kathy

In a LITTLE understatement!

I know them from close! I have done my Master research in large zoological center, and boy, they got on my nerves!

 

[CyndiD]

Has anyone see a cockrel starting to crow at 4 weeks old? this is a first time for me!!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I put my 5th batch of eggs from my chickens in my incubator over the weekend. It has an automatic turner and the humidity is between 55 and 60%. I have never gotten a live chick from my incubator. I had a little cheapy one that I couldn't keep the humidity correct and then bought a nice big one with the turner installed. Last batch I put 8 eggs in but only 5 had a dot in them on day 4. I kept them in there until they were 3 days overdue. Then I cracked them all open and 3 were nothing, 1 was a teeny little chick that had started and failed to grow and 1 was big and filled the shell and may have pipped out on it's own if I had known to float check him. I just learned about that here a few days ago. So now I have about 12 eggs in the incubator starting over. Let's see how they do now that I know a little more. Thanks for all the info though on humidity & temp levels.

The #1 suspect I would have is your thermometer. They're notoriously inaccurate and a 2° difference from optimal temp is enough to doom the entire batch. 2° off is all that thermometers are supposed to be as an accuracy range.

Here in my purple pied with her OEGB Mama (please excuse the filthy duck water in the background)
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-Kathy

How would one keep duck water clean?

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The cockerels don't drive me crazy though. I enjoy listening to them.

I wish I could hear mine from inside the house - and they're not that far away.

Ok if you say so...

They're only annoying when there are 10 or more.

They are loud!

-Kathy

Good thing I didn't start with them in this city.

How are they with nighttime predators?

I know them from close! I have done my Master research in large zoological center, and boy, they got on my nerves!

That's rough.
I thought I wanted some but it would have to wait till I have a larger property in the tropics.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Has anyone see a cockrel starting to crow at 4 weeks old? this is a first time for me!!

My Jaerhons were crowing at 5 weeks. They are very early maturing.

 

[casportpony]

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They are noisy if they hear or see them.

-Kathy

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Newly hatched peachicks





-Kathy

I love them!!!
I want that pied baby

so cute!

That one will be India Blue Pied! Perhaps like this one from:
http://www.texaspeafowl.com/images/blpi.JPG



-Kathy

Here in my purple pied with her OEGB Mama (please excuse the filthy duck water in the background)


-Kathy

so cute! lol

They are noisy if they hear or see them.

-Kathy

i want more noisy birds

thats why i got calls, now i want a goose