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[chickiebaby1]

Need advice on a good set and forget incubator. Any suggestions would be very helpful. Planning to make the investment soon. Thanks

 

[ellymayRans]

Well finally the second chick hatched and is again marked blue and came out yellow And NonNN!

Maybe it's a splash.

 

[ellymayRans]

Gosh these buy it now and 24 hour auction threads are killing me! Lol. I just bought some Mille Fluer Cochin eggs!

 

[wheezy50]

Gosh these buy it now and 24 hour auction threads are killing me! Lol. I just bought some Mille Fluer Cochin eggs!

Nice!!! Which one of the threads were they on?? I watch the one of the Auction threads ("Crazy 24 hr auction" i think it's called) and didn't see them. Good luck with the hatch!!! I've been wanting Mille Fluer cochins for some time.

 

[ellymayRans]

Nice!!!  Which one of the threads were they on??  I watch the one of the Auction threads ("Crazy 24 hr auction" i think it's called) and didn't see them.  Good luck with the hatch!!! I've been wanting Mille Fluer cochins for some time.

Yeah, wasnt planning on them but I love that pattern and have the Mille Fluer D'uccle but they are so tiny. I love my banty Cochins and they are small but not that small so thought Hey I would like those! ! LOL!

For Sale: Just In Time Hatching Egg AUCTION and BIN Thread

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

[COLOR=8B4513]@pipdzipdnreadytogo
[/COLOR]   [COLOR=8B4513]Re my two larger black cochins with some of their poufy tail feathers missing ~ I saw Tweedy pick a feather of one of them again today because she was in Tweedy's way of a food bowl, but then I saw each of them peck each other's poufs! They are very competitive, but that seems weird that they pull out a feather instead of pecking on the head. Must be pouf-envy.[/COLOR]

You never know. My Easter-eggers usually eat each other's beards as well. Beard envy? These birds are crazy sometimes!

From my understanding, the nn gene is dominate. If they carry the gene they will express it visiually. However they can have a single copy or double copy of the gene. You can tell the difference by the bow tie on the neck. If the neck is completely bare then that chick is homozygous for nn (carrying two copies of the gene). If they have the bowtie, then they are heterozygous for nn (only carrying one copy of the gene). So if you breed bow tie to bow tie, approx 50% of chicks will be bow tied, 25% will be completely bare necked, and 25% will be normal. Breed bare necked to bare neck and 100% of chicks will be bare necked. Bare necked to normal chicken, 100% will be bow tied. Bow tied to normal chicken; 50% now tied and 50% normal. Bare neck to bowtie, another 50%/50% split of bow tied and bared neck.

The naked neck genetics, if anyone was wondering, are partially dominant like blue feather color is. So if you know the layout of black / blue / splash genetics, just replace it with naked neck genetics: black and feathered necks are wild type (edit: and homozygous as well), blue and bowtie NN are heterozygous, and splash and full NN are homozygous for their respective genes.

Nice!!!  Which one of the threads were they on??  I watch the one of the Auction threads ("Crazy 24 hr auction" i think it's called) and didn't see them.  Good luck with the hatch!!! I've been wanting Mille Fluer cochins for some time.

Yeah, wasnt planning on them but I love that pattern and have the Mille Fluer D'uccle but they are so tiny. I love my banty Cochins and they are small but not that small so thought Hey I would like those! ! LOL!

For Sale: Just In Time Hatching Egg AUCTION and BIN Thread

I can see getting into a lot of trouble with those threads...

 

[birdman55]

Need advice on a good set and forget incubator. Any suggestions would be very helpful. Planning to make the investment soon. Thanks

set it and forget it...fully digital..one or two hour increments for the auto tray....
incubator

hatcher

incubator

hatcher...

will run about 1550...delivered in three packages...pretty fast shipping...made the order on the 20th...just got here today...and is easy to install and hook up...and stabilizes relatively fast...

 

[flyladyrocks]

Do you know what other breeds she raises?

Sorry, crazy week so I've gotten behind! - Editing to say, I started with the list I got from her last year and edited as I talked to her, so a chance I missed something but this is what I wrote down:


Buckeyes


Silkies -
blue, paint, buff, sizzle

Guineas
Bantam Cochins
- black, white, mottles, frizzle, working on red project



Blue Laced Red Wyandottes



Mille Fleur d'Uccles


Sultans
Mottled Houdans


Large Fowl Polish
-LF- crele and white crested black & BANTAM white, champagne, white crested black, frizzle

Appenzeller Spitzhaubens
-
maybe by end of season
Spanish clown face
Turkens

Silver Pheonix - no longer has, friend has them and lives close to her if anyone is interested

Sweet Grass Turkeys
Pheasants

 

[ellymayRans]

set it and forget it...fully digital..one or two hour increments for the auto tray.... incubator hatcher incubator hatcher... will run about 1550...delivered in three packages...pretty fast shipping...made the order on the 20th...just got here today...and is easy to install and hook up...and stabilizes relatively fast...

Envious! Just beautiful!

 

[flyladyrocks]

In my experience the chicks are more likely to contract cocci than most other breeds, even in a clean brooder. I wonder if there is some heredity involved since there is a lot of inbreeding because of the relatively few number of breeders. We tend to replenish our flocks from each other, and so....

Most breeders I know (including me!) don't sell Polish chicks, only adult or well started birds because they are more delicate than many of the other breeds. That being said, I have a LF white cock that I bought several years ago as a 6-month old. Also have a splash LF who survived eye worms; she's blind, but perks right along. I just have to be careful about changing anything in the pen.
I also have a bantam WCB hen who was 2 or 3 years old when I bought her in 2011, and she has started laying for the year--none of the others have.

I do sell 3-4 months (if they're going to die as chicks, it's generally sooner than that.) chicks to people that I know, because then they can contact me if there is a problem. They do need to be kept separate from other breeds, although I have had no problem with silkies and Polish together. I think they both have trouble seeing and so respect one another!

My LF Polish are in outside pens with sheds or dog houses and are pretty winter hardy with the exception of dragging their crests through the water. They get hair cuts if that happens. The bantams are caged in sheds by breeding pairs or trios.

Quarantining is a must, as with any new arrivals. I once had a buyer who said that the 12-week LF pair that I had sold him died within a couple of weeks. I asked about quarantining, and he said, "Yes, they were in their own cage and none of the other chickens in the room had a problem."

I thought he knew better!

Polish are definitely a high-maintenance breed. They are highly susceptible to crest mites, although I have not had that problem with the LF, only the bantams. I treat them with Frontline spray--small dabs at the base of the neck, near the vent, and under the wings. I also wash the crests with Adams flea, tick, and lice shampoo. Washing isn't something that has to be done frequently, only if the mites appear.

So why do we keep them? They are a lovely, friendly breed, and a real joy to have around.