June Hatch A Long

[Aunna]

I’m so sorry. :-(

Thank you. First broody is always a learning experience. I have plenty of banties who I had planned on being my broody-bators, but so far only Florentine has gone broody ‍.

 

[Kris5902]

I can see now why these guys had problems hatching. I think someone put geese in my duck eggs as a joke can you see the size of X number 2 (I should just call them thing one and thing 2 lol )

They are huge! I have named my largest Cornish cross “goose” she honks! Going to be a part of my meat breeding attempt if I can keep her healthy enough

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Thank you. First broody is always a learning experience. I have plenty of banties who I had planned on being my broody-bators, but so far only Florentine has gone broody ‍.

My first broody experience was difficult as well. Every broody hen I've had since has made me feel better though! I hope your next broody hen does a better job for you!

 

[jolenesdad]

They are huge! I have named my largest Cornish cross “goose” she honks! Going to be a part of my meat breeding attempt if I can keep her healthy enough

Okay I’ve been a little over obsessed recently about broilers and meat birds and four way terminal hybrids....ask @LilyD... anyway, a female Cornish cross will carry a recessive dwarf gene from the parent line, but a male Cornish cross will not.

One of the reasons it’s hard to breed back from modern broilers. To have luck, you should be using the boys, but they’re really too big to breed. Most people try and hold back a female and the program is difficult to work on with that dwarf gene.

 

[Tatuana]

I hope they get comfortable for you soon!

I gave up. I have a... wool? Sheep? blanket I use. I finally tossed them all under next to my side. I'm currently laying on my floor with seven little babies tucked against me. I'm terrified that if I move I'll squish one. They have an air hole to breath/escape if they get too hot. They settled right down after squishing themselves against me/the roof of the blanket. So peaceful for a minute! I've no idea why they're so testy.


to everyone else, I'm following along with you! My brain is scrambled so I'm not sure how to reply. I don't want to seem rude, so sorry if I do! I'm enjoying the saga of the ducks. (And that bloody arm looks scary! Reminds me of when I'm dealing with a feral cat)

 

[jolenesdad]

I gave up. I have a... wool? Sheep? blanket I use. I finally tossed them all under next to my side. I'm currently laying on my floor with seven little babies tucked against me. I'm terrified that if I move I'll squish one. They have an air hole to breath/escape if they get too hot. They settled right down after squishing themselves against me/the roof of the blanket. So peaceful for a minute! I've no idea why they're so testy.


to everyone else, I'm following along with you! My brain is scrambled so I'm not sure how to reply. I don't want to seem rude, so sorry if I do! I'm enjoying the saga of the ducks. (And that bloody arm looks scary! Reminds me of when I'm dealing with a feral cat)

Heeeeeeeehehehehehehehehehe.


I don’t mean to laugh.


But

 

[jolenesdad]

BLONDIE IS OUT!

@LilyD did you have to help this one further?

 

[Knighstar679]

Yay congratulations on all the babies!!! wish I could follow along on the feed but I got stuck working today. But getting to read everyone’ Sagas has been great.

 

[PirateGirl]

Iron Mallard!

 

[Kris5902]

Okay I’ve been a little over obsessed recently about broilers and meat birds and four way terminal hybrids....ask @LilyD... anyway, a female Cornish cross will carry a recessive dwarf gene from the parent line, but a male Cornish cross will not.

One of the reasons it’s hard to breed back from modern broilers. To have luck, you should be using the boys, but they’re really too big to breed. Most people try and hold back a female and the program is difficult to work on with that dwarf gene.

That might be what my runt CX is suffering from... I actually want to have a sustainable heritage meat flock, but I can’t afford the breeds I want for start up anymore so I’m going to experiment with some Red Rangers, my heaviest Layer Roosters, and whatever I can get for free/trade until I can. So upon realizing a fellow farmer had almost all CX pullets, and I’m pretty sure I’ve got mostly Ranger cockerels (I never attracted boys like this when I was single!) I decided to try my luck with them. They are a CX from a small local hatchery, and really haven’t been much different than the Rangers in feed conversion or growth rate. Of the 18 birds she received, 3 died fairly early on and the remaining ones showed a lot of variation in body conformation and growth. But that is for a different thread...

26 chicks, 3 pips, and I’m warming up my second incubator... I’d be staying inside my shell too with that reek! And it was so clean and not stinky before the chick I lost.