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[Soon2BChixMom]

Updated pics of my muscovy ducklings. They moved to a new brooder, I will add cardboard around the pool once they get a bit older.

 

[Faraday40]

Here's my continuing hatch: (These chicks hatched yesterday afternoon thru this morning. )

7th - My Buff Colombian Orp x Silver laced orp roo
I believe that combo should have lacing.

8th

9th

10th

11th

12th

13th This was supposed to be a gold laced orp. Oops. My friend must have picked up an egg from his blk/lav split orp instead of the GLO. (Only roo there is a laced orp, so we'll see how this one feathers out.)

14th

We have 7 more drying in the incubator and more pipped eggs. The next brooder move / photo session will include seramas & OEG & silkies.

 

[faerydust16]

Do you use leg bands on your chickens so you can tell them apart?

 

[Faraday40]

Do you use leg bands on your chickens so you can tell them apart?

Yes. I mark all the eggs in the incubator, so I can know the parents. Then I keep records of hatch time, color, etc. The leg bands are added to my notes, so that when someone buys a chick I can share the genetics of the parents as well as the exact day/time of hatch. It's helpful when I have lavs because the blacks (blk/lav splits) carry the lav gene & be used to improve lav feather quality.

The lacing genetics are new to me, so I really want to track the chicks from my laced orps.

 

[faerydust16]

Yes. I mark all the eggs in the incubator, so I can know the parents. Then I keep records of hatch time, color, etc. The leg bands are added to my notes, so that when someone buys a chick I can share the genetics of the parents as well as the exact day/time of hatch. It's helpful when I have lavs because the blacks (blk/lav splits) carry the lav gene & be used to improve lav feather quality.

The lacing genetics are new to me, so I really want to track the chicks from my laced orps.

Where do you find the bands ?

 

[Indyshent]

Caught a rat yesterday, and Ursa caught it as I was trying to get it out of the trap. Found out she'll kill them... but slowly.

The "Chocolate Bourbon" girl is now named "Maple Syrup" to go with Pancake and Sweetie, I guess. Jake Jake and Henny Penny don't have names that go with anyone else's, but if these eggs under Penny hatch, poults might wind up named for breakfast foods, turkey products or dragons, like turkeys from years past. Penny's clutch is due soon, so we'll see what hatches. The other three hens haven't even started laying for the year.

I'm supposed to meet someone in Brownsburg tomorrow for a handful of bantams. Seller is from the Geneva area but has to drive to Brownsburg for work lately (2 hour one-way. I cry thinking of it). Looking forward to meeting this intrepid seller and some marvelous little birds.

 

[Leahs Mom]

Look! Spring! Right out my back door!

 

[Faraday40]

Where do you find the bands ?

They're just "Rainbow Loom" rubber bands. Cheap & since the fad has all but passed, they're more useful to me than my kids. I just double them up (triple for the 1st 1-2 days if needed.)

Other people use colored zip ties, and they do actually sell poultry leg bands in all sizes. I just found rubber bands are easier to put on/take off, plentiful, & on hand.

 

[faerydust16]

Look! Spring! Right out my back door! View attachment 1310843 View attachment 1310845

SPRING GIMMIE.

 

[Faraday40]

Caught a rat yesterday, and Ursa caught it as I was trying to get it out of the trap. Found out she'll kill them... but slowly.

The "Chocolate Bourbon" girl is now named "Maple Syrup" to go with Pancake and Sweetie, I guess. Jake Jake and Henny Penny don't have names that go with anyone else's, but if these eggs under Penny hatch, poults might wind up named for breakfast foods, turkey products or dragons, like turkeys from years past. Penny's clutch is due soon, so we'll see what hatches. The other three hens haven't even started laying for the year.

I'm supposed to meet someone in Brownsburg tomorrow for a handful of bantams. Seller is from the Geneva area but has to drive to Brownsburg for work lately (2 hour one-way. I cry thinking of it). Looking forward to meeting this intrepid seller and some marvelous little birds.

Good for Ursa. (but also ICK!)