IT HAPPENED!!!

[junior67]

It's been a busy(crazy!) time for me. You're so sweet for noticing

How is everything with you? Are Marshmallow and Rosie acting more like they want to lay yet? It's almost to that time of year where they want to get egg business up and running!

Phew glad you are ok!!!!

All good here besides struggling to find some of the breeds I want. . They aren't doing much of anything yet. Their comb and wattles are red. Itzy has danced for them but they just run away. Lol hopefully soon!!!!

Fajitas comb has gotten a bit bigger and her wattles have grown and gotten pink. Ditzys are still tiny and barely pink still.

 

[junior67]

Cutest. I hope she lays dinosaur eggs for you, too!!!



A.B.S.O.L.U.T.E.L.Y

....Im a bad influence.

Lol I am so tempted but then so scared they will be crowded.....

 

[junior67]

yeah they all ended up dying sadly.

I am soooo sorry!!!!

 

[MochaLatte]

Itzy has danced for them but they just run away

This made me laugh hahahahaha

Lol I am so tempted but then so scared they will be crowded.....

Well... how much sq/ft do you have in coop? And run is 208 you said?

All good here besides struggling to find some of the breeds I want

Boooo... do you have a proper list now of what you're looking for this year/choices? Which breeds are you having a problem finding?

 

[junior67]

This made me laugh hahahahaha


Well... how much sq/ft do you have in coop? And run is 208 you said?


Boooo... do you have a proper list now of what you're looking for this year/choices? Which breeds are you having a problem finding?

My coop is 64 sq ft so if I have 18 they will have 3.55 sq ft each so not much under the 4 recommended. Yes my run is 208 sq ft and depending on time and $ I may expand it a bit after my husband gets his shed. haahaa.

from my local feed store my list (so far) is:
1- Buff Brahma
1- olive egger
1- Blue Rock
2- EE

Then hopefully hatch the cochins.

Then the others that I want are cream legbar, black copper Marans, and Sicilian Buttercup. a store about 30 min from me will have those in the same week (Mon-Fri) as my local store (they get theirs Fri or Sat) BUT this store does it first come first serve and the popular (rare) breeds are gone with in minutes. Last year people were lining up 2 hrs before they opened to get in line for chicks!!!!!! They said this year they were doing it different and think announcing on their FB page when they come in (so guess that day?) but if I am working I can't get over there until later so again the ones I want will most likely be gone. The do NOT take pre-orders at all. Oh and their min is 6 for there.

Found another place about 40 min from me that has them and does pre-orders but they don't have them till May 3 (only week for Sicilian Buttercups) and think 1 more week in May. So my others will already be a few weeks old by then. Ordering those online is hard. Sicilian Buttercup are sold out everywhere. Other places the shipping for a small order is is crazy like $30-$55. One place for 4 chicks with chicks and shipping it was almost $80 which was more than I wanted to spend...

 

[Ilovemychicks08]

My coop is 64 sq ft so if I have 18 they will have 3.55 sq ft each so not much under the 4 recommended. Yes my run is 208 sq ft and depending on time and $ I may expand it a bit after my husband gets his shed. haahaa.

from my local feed store my list (so far) is:
1- Buff Brahma
1- olive egger
1- Blue Rock
2- EE

Then hopefully hatch the cochins.

Then the others that I want are cream legbar, black copper Marans, and Sicilian Buttercup. a store about 30 min from me will have those in the same week (Mon-Fri) as my local store (they get theirs Fri or Sat) BUT this store does it first come first serve and the popular (rare) breeds are gone with in minutes. Last year people were lining up 2 hrs before they opened to get in line for chicks!!!!!! They said this year they were doing it different and think announcing on their FB page when they come in (so guess that day?) but if I am working I can't get over there until later so again the ones I want will most likely be gone. The do NOT take pre-orders at all. Oh and their min is 6 for there.

Found another place about 40 min from me that has them and does pre-orders but they don't have them till May 3 (only week for Sicilian Buttercups) and think 1 more week in May. So my others will already be a few weeks old by then. Ordering those online is hard. Sicilian Buttercup are sold out everywhere. Other places the shipping for a small order is is crazy like $30-$55. One place for 4 chicks with chicks and shipping it was almost $80 which was more than I wanted to spend...

I know the shipping is expensive. I was going to order from Meyers hatchery but it said shipping would be $50.

 

[junior67]

I know the shipping is expensive. I was going to order from Meyers hatchery but it said shipping would be $50.

Yes it is crazy. If I was getting a bunch it wouldn't be bad Since shipping is cheaper but I can't spend $80 for 4 chicks

 

[Ilovemychicks08]

Yes it is crazy. If I was getting a bunch it wouldn't be bad Since shipping is cheaper but I can't spend $80 for 4 chicks

I cant spend that money either.

 

[Vickischics]

Today, at 18 weeks and 4 days... our lovely girl, Zoingo, laid her first egg!!! (She is either a Production Blue or Blue Rock, we don't really know).

This is the first egg of our flock, but several others look to be getting close! Zoingo has been squatting for about 2 weeks and pelvic separation has been there for about a week.

Here is the lovely girl having a dust bath and our first little egg! (The white eggs are fake ceramic ones)

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CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Very Egg- citing!!!

 

[junior67]

These are the order forms from my local feed store. Shaded ones aren't available that week. I want to order for April 15/16 so hopefully most start laying before winter. Lol