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[Crafty chick]

Animallover~ that sounds so cool. I bet you will want to join us in hatching! Then you will get attached to the fuzzballs...AHHH chicken math.

 

[Crafty chick]

So cute brad, are there a couple slow to get their bearings? Or are they just hatched?

 

[animallover2202]

Animallover~ that sounds so cool. I bet you will want to join us in hatching! Then you will get attached to the fuzzballs...AHHH chicken math.

im going to try not and get attached lol now all i need is a bator

 

[CluckAcres]

ok this did help my dad wants to breed our chickens now cuz i told him that we can get 15-60$ cant wait tell i get my breeding pair of cochins im getting a frizzle rooster and a smooth hen there both going to be black bantams ahh excited

Just make sure if your breeding to sell to keep them true breed. They will sell alot better and for more. Mutt chicken eggs are harder to sell because you dont know what you really could be getting.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

So I'm starting to lose hope on the first batch. Today is day 22 and no new activity from the eggs. I still have 11 unmatched eggs in that bator. Ill probably let it go another day or two and then the float test. I think my main incubator is fine. I saw many chicks moving around when I candled right before placing them in the hatching incubator. Maybe the issue is with the hatching incubator? The two araucana and Campine are doing fine though. When I woke up this morning, the Campine had stuck his head through the shell and that was it. I ended p helping him and his feathers ended up stuck to him (sticky chick?). So after I got home and noticed this, I pulled him out and gave him a sponge bath. Heis looking better but still needs another bath.

On a good note, I have 3-4 birchen Marans in the other bator already pipping! Hoping this hatch is better than the first!

I also stopped into Orschlens today (as well as TSC and BigR but didn't buy any chicks there) and picked up 5 chicks! 3 were out of their Fry Pan Straight run bin and 2 were from the rainbow layer pullet bin. Ill be posting pictures soon. The layers I have no idea what they are. They are a white/yellow chick with a bluish "vest" on. The fry pan chicks while not 100% I believe one is an Easter egger (probably a male). I really like their colors though lol.

Sounds exciting! I love the guessing game, and I like mixing breeds too. I do have some pure breed also, but I get a lot of give ups off craigslist etc. that go into the community pen after quarantine..
On the baby pics, i think you have some wyandotte! I will post a few of my babies, sure look like GLW to me.

 

[CluckAcres]

Here are the chicks!

From left to right: Campine, fry pan chick, araucana, fry pan chick (EE?), and rainbow layer.

Front to back: fry pan, Campine, fry pan

Front: rainbow layer, back left: fry pan (EE), back right: Araucana

lovely chicks. yep i notice the campine right away, looks just like mine. lol

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

I got moldy feed at orchelien in corydon indiana. Hubby had been feeding them cause I was working, today after supper I grabbed the feed pail and went to scoop some feed and it had large corn cob sized and smaller chunks of hard moldy feed. I screamed and ran out to the coop and dumped their feed out into a bucket and sure enough the large chunks were in the feeder....
i need help knowing what to look for..signs the girls are ill or how long I have to keep a eye out..when will I know the danger is past.

I'm hoping my fellow Hoosiers can help me find the info I have been searching here my i can't figure out the search engine here. The threads that pop up don't match my search quest.

Im so upset and appreciate any help advice or knowledge you can pass on to me on this subject.

If you don't notice anything within a week i think you are safe.

I would do the ACV in the water for sure, it will help keep the good bacteria working killing the bad stuff.

 

[bradselig]

Meyer hatchery called me yesterday about my order scheduled ship Monday. They wanted to inform me that majority of their Blue aced red wyandottes have hatched as splash and wanted to know if I still wanted them to ship, reorder, or cancel. I opted to keep it as I like the splash laced as well. I was surprised by the call and appreciated their honesty!

 

[bradselig]

Also, i didn't even follow my own advice. I didn't quarantine the chicks from the store. I guess I was to excited when I got home and didn't even think about it!

 

[Crafty chick]

Brad, Iwonder if they would have culled them if you didn't take them.