Incubators Anonymous

[Penny Hen]

Oh oops... well you know i mostly think marans

My CCLs are laying and have been for a couple of months
now. Compared to the leghorns, orpingtons and marans i have been a bit disappointed in the number of eggs
but they are still getting up to speed. Also the eggs are pretty small. the orpingtons have surprised me wiht the number
of eggs they produce, almost one per day..

I believe I read a post (may have been Donna's) that the CCL eggs start smallish but get really nice sized when they get the rest of their growth in.

 

[DMRippy]

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I have seen it 2 ways with the CCL's. I have had a couple that laid extra large eggs RIGHT OFF and some that lay pullet size eggs. I think over all the CCL's will lay a good size eggs. They are pretty good layers too.

 

[ladycat]

What are CCL's?

 

[chickensnbees]

What are [COLOR=333333]CCL's?[/COLOR]

Crested Cream Legbars

 

[Arielle]

That's what I would end up doing if I made one, a cooler bator. Though keeping my brinsea packed to the max (literally, I have two eggs that are sitting on top of the others that I made a little sling type thing for) is about all I can handle at the moment.

 

[ki4got]

has anyone here ever given turkey poults to a broody hen? good results?

 

[ladycat]

My mother used to do it all the time when I was a kid. It always worked for her.

 

[Runawaylobster]

has anyone here ever given turkey poults to a broody hen? good results?

ive never raised turkeys but i remember reading that there is a disease that they may get when mixed
with hens. i think i read it in storeys guide? i'd love to hear more about it if anyone knows..

 

[ki4got]

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I don't think I'm too worried about my birds carrying whatever that is... they free range with the wild turkeys (when the turkeys are in town) and the turkey population is strong as ever (30+ last time I saw the whole flock).

but this particular broody didn't take the gobblers so they'll stay with the brooder babies and integrate into the flock that way instead.

speaking of broodies tho...

I put a bunch of babies outside last week, with a heat lamp if they got cool, but a few were getting cold anyways. so on a whim, I tossed my buff orp who's been broody forever in the pen with them.

now, understand, these babies ranged from 4 to 12 weeks old, bantam and LF both mixed together (bantam cochin, 1 blrw, 1 silkie and a bunch of various aged sfh) about 20 chicks all together.

this is what I got...

the older chicks hang out on the floor of the house, above the nest Buffy's in.



this is the layout of the pen they're in, just for comparison...

 

[gladahmae]

Ugh. I am going to get myself into trouble this summer. I just moved 61 chicks (CX) outside because they were stinking up the basement too much, have 6 chicks in the brooder, and 40 developing in the incubator, due to hatch in 9 days. I have NO WHERE TO PUT MORE CHICKS but for some reason I've been setting all of my silkie eggs aside when I collect eggs every day.

What is this sickness????

Oh, and one of my silkies is broody. MUST NOT BUY EGGS. DH will likely strangle me if I do. Must put eggs from incubator under silkie.

But there are still 5 more breeds at least that I *need* !!