Jan./Feb. 2014 hatch a long

[chixmix]

The chicken Gods love me tonight............. 6 out..........
Not one Silkie though. I purchased from the same breeder before and had a nice hatch.
Really think it was the holiday rush that got these eggs.
Anyway, Got a BO..................

Did not realize I had put an egg in from these.......
I have a huge BO rooster from Hjinks ( sp)
Purchased 4 BO hens from a local...not SQ.but nice farm bred.............
Been anxious to hatch some and see how they turn out.......

When I am ready to sell, BO's fly out the door..never have enough of them
When the chicks dried, the Blue Orp turned out to be Splash........
Pic's tomorrow

That's how my Black Orps split to Lavender are, I wish I had 20 more hens a laying hahaha.

 

[DeannaA]

Max and I watched American Idol.

Max taking his seat getting ready for the show.


Max enjoys watching the singing butour favorite part...


Harry

My Max story of the day. Max and I decided to watch American Idol. I usually hate these show because they are so mean to each other. I read they are trying to make it more friendly and Harry Connick Jr. was going to be a judge. I love Harry. Have for years and years. Well, Max seemed to be enjoying it as much as I was. So I decided to leave a message on Harry's Facebook page, figuring it would be lost in the hundreds if not thousands of comments left for him. Not so. Harry 'Liked' my comment about keep Max, my turkey, on the edge of his seat. I had to check if they 'Liked' everyone's comments. Nope only about 4 or 5 out of oodles. Max is going to be hard to live with for a few days. Harry knows who Max is.

 

[chickydee64]

My Max story of the day. Max and I decided to watch American Idol. I usually hate these show because they are so mean to each other. I read they are trying to make it more friendly and Harry Connick Jr. was going to be a judge. I love Harry. Have for years and years. Well, Max seemed to be enjoying it as much as I was. So I decided to leave a message on Harry's Facebook page, figuring it would be lost in the hundreds if not thousands of comments left for him. Not so. Harry 'Liked' my comment about keep Max, my turkey, on the edge of his seat. I had to check if they 'Liked' everyone's comments. Nope only about 4 or 5 out of oodles. Max is going to be hard to live with for a few days. Harry knows who Max is.

OMG Deanna,
I just love you and Max................Our Max, a friend of Harry Connick.............

 

[Cynthia12]

Wow, can't believe that next Wed. is lock down for my EE's. I have more on the way. Should be here tomorrow..or Sat.

 

[DeannaA]

OMG Deanna,
I just love you and Max................Our Max, a friend of Harry Connick.............

When Max tells the story they are best buds.

 

[rayray983]

Hard to believe but Sunday will be my lock down for me

 

[klj491]

So all 24 eggs she gave me today were fresh after all, they ended up getting 7 today, one from each girl. When I got home I realized that one of the eggs was cracked. I patched it with wax but it was still weeping so I went ahead and made myself an omelet. No big seal really, since I'll have 31 eggs in the incubator total. The lady seemed really interested in the whole idea of incubation and even mentioned that if my hatch goes well she may have me hatch for her and sell chicks. I guess she got her ladies within the last year as adults and had hatched about 40 ducklings under broody ducks this past spring but has never tried the incubator. I told her if all went well I would love to go into business with her so to speak. She was talking about getting some giant Peking ladies and a Muscovy drake to put over them in a different area than her egg laying flock in order to create a sort of "broiler duck" of sorts. I told her I'd send her pictures when the babies hatch. I'm happy with the interaction on the whole. Now to wait for my eggs that are coming in tomorrow.

 

[joelharris]

My Cream Crested Legbar cockerel hatched on the 13th December 2013 (1 month and 4 days old) started trying to crow yesterday. It's amazing how fast CCLs grow they are fully feathered and about twice the size of their hatchmates.

 

[Didymus]

As I read all your posts, about hatching eggs, and the cute little chicks, I so want to do it. But I am a first time owner of 4 hens, who a spoiled with treats, and totally funny and wonderful. I would love to hatch them my self, but I need to do a whole lot more learning. to do. So far, i have been so lucky. My sweeties have had no illness. (If you don't count a broken toe and a limp that somehow went away by it self. BYC has been so helpful. We decided not to heat lamp them, due to a lot of opinions regarding humidity etc. My sweeties have laid eggs just as if it were warm. ( Our coldest has been 16 below). They do not like walking in the snow. We put down some tarps to keep at least some area of grass. When I call them, they try to step in the brown spots, and kind of hop over the snow. Fun to watch. We also have a rescued Sheltie, and 3 cats, a Maine Coon, a street cat and another rescue who has a bum let. They all get along just great, and sometimes chase each other. We grow lots of vegetables, and find that they stay out of the tomatoes, squash etc. with a small fence. (a roll out one). The real stuff, like kale, peppers, lettuce etc. we had to fence off.

We have lots of roses, and they eat them, but doesn't seem to have a big effect.

But I am looking into doing more with some new chicks. We have been so lucky that I am sort of scared about hatching, or even getting new little chicks when the time comes. I have so much to learn, and so appreciate all the info provided. Not that i get or understand all the "chicken talk". But thanks to everyone with all your great stories and advise.

We are still pretty depressed real estate wise here in Western Co. After living in LA for 30 years, I love it and of course it helps that I grew up here. But without chickens. My grandfather had them, but they were kind of mean to us kids, and pecked at us when we went with him to gather. He always culled, guess it is now, but then it was just chopping their heads off. Hand them by the shed, and then my Mom would pluck, and cook them. I don't remember being traumatized by this as a child, but could never do that to my sweeties. I can't even kill a bird or a mouse. (insects not included). I guess I would rather have a processing place do that for me.

However, I have learned a lot from the professionals and hope to learn more and be a really good "chicken person".

 

[otis7]

Day 22 and still nothing, no wiggles no cheeps.