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[leslea]

All I want to say is, WHAT HAPPENED TO SPRING?!

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And yeah, what you can see if it from under Biddy-bird's butt.

Tilde has a knack for picking the popular box, it would seem.
Oh man, nightmare fuel! I'd definitely not let anyone else in the chick room!

Some people! What are you going to do with the chicks she possibly exposed to something?
I go by the 'look but don't touch' rule with introductions. I always keep my babies separated by fence for roughly 4 weeks, depending on how long it takes the big girls to start ignoring them. Never had problems with introductions using this method. And especially with Guineas, you'll want to introduce them gradually. Guineas tend not to receive newcomers well, not even newcomers of their own species in my experience. My Guinea fowl are about the same size as my LF hens, maybe a bit larger, so yes, the sizes should be similar once they're grown.

I love your story! So sweet! I thought about entering, myself, but what I wanted to enter with was too long and I didn't feel like editing it down. Oh, well. Good luck!

Edited to clarify

I guess y'all got snow?

Please don't send it south.

Thanks for reading my story! I hope it makes the top ten, at least. Editing it down was tough. I hit 500 words on the nose.

Thanks for sharing your experience with introducing new girls. I will have to think about it. I wonder if I kept the old girls in the coop and let them watch the new girls in the yard from the safety of their run, if that would be a good start? Like, I could time share the yard between the birds? Or do you think I would want to have them up closer together to make sure they were truly ignoring one another?

I like my guinea cock and I don't. He's the one I worry about the most, for sure.

 

[bradselig]

I guess y'all got snow?   Please don't send it south. 


Thanks for reading my story! I hope it makes the top ten, at least. Editing it down was tough. I hit 500 words on the nose. 


Thanks for sharing your experience with introducing new girls. I will have to think about it. I wonder if I kept the old girls in the coop and let them watch the new girls in the yard from the safety of their run, if that would be a good start? Like, I could time share the yard between the birds? Or do you think I would want to have them up closer together to make sure they were truly ignoring one another?


I like my guinea cock and I don't. He's the one I worry about the most, for sure.

Just a little.

 

[SallyinIndiana]

Quote: We have started meeting people at 1 of 2 public places near our house. We have set times for them to choose from to help minimize the inconvenience. As long as they don't show up late it works out well. No one entering my house. No one asking to use the bathroom and getting upset if I say no. Or worse someone complaining because one of my boys left a mess in the bathroom while I was out catching the chicken they wanted to buy.
But best of all no bio hazards to the remaining birds on my property.

Our wait time is 15 minutes. I have lost 1 sale because my Dh left after 15 minutes. But the person who was running over an hour late did not want to wait for us to drive back. We still had the birds boxed but it would have taken about 5-10 minutes for Dh to return.

 

[racinchickins]

108 eggs on the counter to be washed and sold

thats over the last 4 days, and not including goose, BR turkey, muscovy, LO and EE eggs I set today. Waiting for my MW turkey hens to start laying, the guinea, and also got my first 3 muscovy eggs today.

I'm surprised you aren't getting any MW eggs. All my MW hens that are sisters to yours are laying, one has even gone broody

. I have about 30 of their eggs in the incubator right now. For me, it's my Sweetgrass hens that aren't laying. They are squatting and breeding with the Tom, just no eggs.

Quote: Surprisingly, not as many as usual for spring! Margie spends about one month on, one month off with her brooding all year, but usually by now I'll have at least the Wyandottes and Sebrights considering it as well. They are getting older, so maybe they're just not interested anymore? Not that I'm complaining!

And yeah, what you can see if it from under Biddy-bird's butt.

Tilde has a knack for picking the popular box, it would seem.

I have a broody turkey, with some others trying it on for size. And today one of my mottled javas gave me a good pecking when I tried to get eggs out of her nest box.


But, since my cabinet incubator (which I said I would never fill) is almost full, I may let nature take its course if I can figure out how to separate the broodies from the rest of the flock.

 

[ellymayRans]

I'm surprised you aren't getting any MW eggs.  All my MW hens that are sisters to yours are laying, one has even gone broody  .  I have about 30 of their eggs in the incubator right now.  For me, it's my Sweetgrass hens that aren't laying.  They are squatting and breeding with the Tom, just no eggs.

I have a broody turkey, with some others trying it on for size.   And today one of my mottled javas gave me a good pecking when I tried to get eggs out of her nest box.


But, since my cabinet incubator (which I said I would never fill) is almost full, I may let nature take its course if I can figure out how to separate the broodies from the rest of the flock.

LOl!! So what have you "Not" filled it with?! I managed to cram the three left of shipped eggs into the brinsea. Thanks for the offer though! We took the kids on a long weekend and my other silkie wouldn't brood..I just ended up having the girl that was already sitting try to take them and then wasn't getting them all under her. She managed to fit 5 under her. Now my Eco 20 has 34 eggs in it!

 

[browncow15]

I'm surprised you aren't getting any MW eggs.  All my MW hens that are sisters to yours are laying, one has even gone broody  .  I have about 30 of their eggs in the incubator right now.  For me, it's my Sweetgrass hens that aren't laying.  They are squatting and breeding with the Tom, just no eggs.

I have a broody turkey, with some others trying it on for size.   And today one of my mottled javas gave me a good pecking when I tried to get eggs out of her nest box.


But, since my cabinet incubator (which I said I would never fill) is almost full, I may let nature take its course if I can figure out how to separate the broodies from the rest of the flock.

Hey Racin!
Did you get your Sweetgrass from Porters? They are really pretty!! I'm hoping we can add some turkeys next year.

Are you still hatching CCLs?

 

[racinchickins]

Quote: I have Sebastopol goose eggs I'm hatching for a customer (who will be selling some of the goslings if anyone is interested), Then MW and some mixed MW/Narrie mixed turkey eggs. As for chickens, it's American Bresse, CCL, and Mottled Javas. Oh, and some CCL/BCM olive eggers. As of right now, I only have room for one more tray of eggs, but I'm pretty much done setting my own except for the turkeys. I'm going to set every one I get because the poults sell so well.

 

[ellymayRans]

I'm going to be doing the "Wiggle" test with the Emu eggs this week! I swear I've seen 2 of the 4 move and one had rolled about 4 inches so I'm not sure if it was from the kids running by or if the egg moved and caused it to roll.. It's killing me! 4/11 approximately!! Not too much longer and hopefully I'll be posting those adorable babies entering into the world!

 

[racinchickins]

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Yes! and Yes. I'm excited about the CCLs this year. I ended up with some nice cream girls from last year, and I got a good GreenFire Farms Roo from Brad with nice white earlobes. Hoping for good things from them.

 

[browncow15]

Yes!  and Yes.  I'm excited about the CCLs this year.  I ended up with some nice cream girls from last year, and I got a good GreenFire Farms Roo from Brad with nice white earlobes.  Hoping for good things from them. 

Awesome! I "need" some more CCLs. The two I have give me really pretty eggs! I was reading on the OE thread about using them with a BCM roo to get sex linked OEs, I may try it to see what I get! Let me know when you've got some extra chicks!