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[amwchickin]

Hey all! I have a surprise! The lone egg that thought was a double yolker (and the rest weren't fertile) actually hatched!! I had just let it go and figured I would see how far it got. Well last night I came home to this!!!! It is an EExSilkie cross. The EE was one I got from @SallyinIndiana and the Silkie was one from @bradselig


I sent video and pictures to my sister, who is a pre-school teacher. The kids want to see the chick, so I am going to take it in for show and tell and she is having a contest this week to name it!

 

[ellymayRans]

[COLOR=8B4513]That's cool about your peahen egg. What are you going to do with it? Do you have a broody? If not, your "neighbor" (in Martinsville) dennislambert does![/COLOR] [COLOR=8B4513]I will PM you about getting the two Cochin/Olive Eggers to you. Bonbon and the three "chick" are still together in the bantam coop at night. Bonbon protects her tiny baby, Screech. Bonbon is still clearly in charge and all of them still looked upon as their mother. The biggest chick/hen can be a bully to her sisters. The other night I saw the big one pecking her sister, so I opened the coop door and did my usual form of reprimanding: I looked her in the eye and point my finger at her and said "No!" Then, the big bully ran over and tried to hide under Bonbon who is the same size! The next night I looked in and didn't do anything, and the big bully ran over and hid behind Bonbon again! You'd think that I had terrorized her! I have found, though, that for all my chickens, the best way to reprimand them is to stare and point at them while saying, "No!" I guess it's similar to that feeling when a teacher points you out in class in front of everyone! haha[/COLOR] [COLOR=8B4513]I could make a transparent watermark for you in Photoshop, but I don't know how you'd add it if you don't have Photoshop. That is an excellent point about it used as a visual reminder. That's how I got started making the Indiana maps with counties in red-- a visual reminder is much easier than trying to remember where every town in Indiana is located! If you want to include the title of your farm on a photo, then your original example works just fine (we're back to square one! lol). It doesn't need to be a watermark (transparent) if you're using it for identification. You'd want it to be easily readable. Here's an example:[/COLOR]

Sounds good! I'm so going to incubate the Pea eggs! I don't have a broody that could fit more than 2 under her! Lol! Plus since separating the GCM for breeding it broke her broody spell. No way even 1 of these would fit under a silkie!! I haven't weighed it yet but I'm betting it's close to or more than 100 grams which my biggest Marans egg I got was 89 grams..I'm sure it's well over the 100 mark. I know I've read of folks using a broody for them though but like I said I just don't think they could cover more than 1 and I'm hoping for at least 7 ish..

 

[ellymayRans]

Oh and @Mother2Hens if you send the label to me I'm sure I saw an option to edit my pics with the option of choosing a file from my "gallery/downloads" Try it and I'll give it a go.

 

[chickiebaby1]

Well the darn banty bin got me again! Lol! I know...I'm feeling a little bit obsessed! Yes, this is a first for me! Really! I just am in love with the Cochins, silkies and d'uccles bantam breeds! Picked up the remaining 10 d'uccles they had! They all appear to be Millie Fleur pattern.

Don't laugh!

Not laughing!! Just shaking my head

That darn bin got me last week for 4 more of the millies.

I bought 2 in Feb and they are so cute I have gotten 4 porcelain and now 4 more millies. I think I might be needing a porcelain roo eventually, I think all 4 of mine are girls.

 

[chickiebaby1]

I didn't laugh...but I did chuckle

Only have three banties (they're expensive!): two silkies that look to be turning white on me (one of which has to be a roo), and one mille fleur d'uccle (really hoping for a girl, as cute as the boys are because the girls are good moms and quieter). Poor bitty D'uccle hasn't grown at all in almost three weeks, though its feathers are coming in really well. It's getting its vulture hocks and butt feathers in! It keeps getting plugged up, and I have to clean its bottom about every day because it just can't seem to poop right. , but the good news is that it's getting pretty well used to the butt-washing routine and usually falls asleep during said bath time/vent massage. It snuggled with me for quite awhile last night after drying off.

The silkies and D'uccle were the only ones of either type left at the bin when I got them. RK had a bunch of white bantums, but I had no idea what kind they were supposed to be and only had $3 and a dead turkey to exchange = straining to buy all three banties I recognized. Always wanted silkies, and D'uccles have such charming personalities. Even our roo last year put up with lots of unwanted attention from our youngest child and was never mean to anyone (though he did crow.. all night).

Is it normal for silkies to look buff at hatch and feather in white? I hadn't expected that but it seems to be the case with both of the bitties I have.

Silkies--amazingly enough--are less cuddly than the d'uccle. One of the silkies is at least three times bigger than the poor D'uccle. One has a lot more 'tude than the other and is already quite a chunk larger than the other--and getting a sizable comb at only 3wks old! Both seem to have the same feathering rate, but the smaller one doesn't carry itself as tall and--dare I say--aggressively. Bitty boy copped a serious affront when I touched him this morning, so I'm really hoping his attitude irons out when he gets to meet the other roos. I've got lots of big boys (and girls) now to help that ironing go very smoothly

So far the confirmed rooster count is: 1 Wellie, 2 EEs, 2 dark Brahmas, 1 Australorp, 1 partridge Rock, 1 silkie, and probably more that are hiding. 2 of 3 BO sexed pullets were roosters, but sadly both of them have died (one by dog, and the other when my youngest stepped on him Friday. Poor boy hasn't taken it well, so keep him in your prayers).

So far the hardest to sex category of LF appears to be 1) Brahmas 2) Wyandottes. Either I have a lot of roosters (screwed by Townline/RK again, in other words) or hens are just more masculine than I'd expected. Both genders get lots of pointy feathers, attitudes, and bright early combs, apparently.... or I have a bunch of roosters who were sexed/marketed as pullets.

I got 2 of the little white ones back in Feb and they have turned out to be Red Pyle Old English Game bantams. They are starting to get a real pretty red around their necks, especially the boy. I looked them up and they are going to be so beautiful. I have silkies and I had a few that hatched out grey, but feathered in white, I got a buff looking chick a TSC and it is now feathering out white. I don't know about genetics or what casuses them to do this. I got a blue partiage out of a black roo and a white hen..... go figure, when they hatch it's like a Christmas present, you never know what color your gona get. SO far I have gotten blue,black, white and blue partriage out of this pair.

 

[chickiebaby1]

So today was lockdown for my silky babies from @kabhyper1 , your about to be a grandma LOL. Or at least I hope you are. My silky Scarlett is still sitting. Tomorrow is day 21 for her. If I don't see anything should I take the eggs and put them in the bator with my others? Also, if I were to take the eggs, would she stay sitting? Last time she hatched eggs for me they all ended up dying within a week, but i think it was because her boyfriend did it. I have her separated from everyone right now and was going to keep it that way for awhile. Any tips, this is only my second time with a broody and I don't want to loose these special eggs from Kab.

 

[SallyinIndiana]

I have turkey poults hatching SOme hatched last night and there are still a few more to go. There are at least 5 hatched so far. I'm waiting on 2 more that have zipped and 1 that has pipped.
5 Heritage RIR are out too.
I'll count the other variety of chicks in a bit once they get settled in their new brooder.

 

[bradselig]

I got 2 of the little white ones back in Feb and they have turned out to be Red Pyle Old English Game bantams. They are starting to get a real pretty red around their necks, especially the boy. I looked them up and they are going to be so beautiful. I have silkies and I had a few that hatched out grey, but feathered in white, I got a buff looking chick a TSC and it is now feathering out white. I don't know about genetics or what casuses them to do this. I got a blue partiage out of a black roo and a white hen..... go figure, when they hatch it's like a Christmas present, you never know what color your gona get. SO far I have gotten  blue,black, white and blue partriage out of this pair.

I love the red Pyle as well. I'm hoping to get some red Pyle modern games.
For the "grey" and "buff" chicks feathering out white, it's due to them being a hold based white and a silver based white. White also hides many other color genes in silkies which is why when bred to another color , you are getting such a variety.

 

[bradselig]

I have turkey poults hatching  SOme hatched last night and there are still a few more to go.  There are at least 5 hatched so far.  I'm waiting on 2 more that have zipped and 1 that has pipped. 

5 Heritage RIR are out too. 

I'll count the other variety of chicks in a bit once they get settled in their new brooder.

I have bantam cochins and my lf mix hatching right now. Hopefully they are done when I get home tonight.

 

[ChicagoClucker]

Came across this article, Avian flu hits an Iowa farm, 5.3 million hens will be destroyed, so sad. http://www.bostonherald.com/news_op...nfirmed_at_iowa_farm_with_53_million_chickens