June Hatch-A-Long

[ShrekDawg]

It’ll be the 3rd. Some may be earlier too

Okay thank you!!! I wasn’t sure cause technically day 18 wouldn’t start until after 4am right? Which is why I thought maybe the 4th but they’ll probably be early haha

 

[MROO]

What’s a nankin?

The Nankin Bantam is an ancient breed of true bantam - no large fowl counterpart - that's closely related to wild jungle fowl. They are tiny, colorful and absolutely LOADED with personality. They're also critically endangered. They were used so extensively in the creation of almost every bantam sized LF cousin in the world, today that the original stock was almost lost. Their saviors were the pre-incubator gamekeepers of England and France, whose job it was to maintain his Lordship's quail and pheasant populations. Nannies are very broody and small enough to hatch 30 quail at a time, keeping his Lordship's fields and forests full of pretty things to shoot for the dinner table. If you've ever been to Historic Williamsburg, they're the little red chickens that run all over the farm. Those are single comb Nankins. Most of mine are RC;s.
If you're really into bantams, let me warn you ahead of time ... you're gonna want one!

https://livestockconservancy.org/index.php/heritage/internal/nankin

Some pics of my Nannies:

Yosemite Sam -
My BIS rooster and my personal baby!




Sammy again - He thinks he's part parrot,
rides on my shoulder and walks on a leash!



Mama Pepper & her first clutch:


Baby Evie at 4 days old:


Simpleton, a great little roo, but hell on shoelaces!

 

[FortCluck]

The Nankin Bantam is an ancient breed of true bantam - no large fowl counterpart - that's closely related to wild jungle fowl. They are tiny, colorful and absolutely LOADED with personality. They're also critically endangered. They were used so extensively in the creation of almost every bantam sized LF cousin in the world, today that the original stock was almost lost. Their saviors were the pre-incubator gamekeepers of England and France, whose job it was to maintain his Lordship's quail and pheasant populations. Nannies are very broody and small enough to hatch 30 quail at a time, keeping his Lordship's fields and forests full of pretty things to shoot for the dinner table. If you've ever been to Historic Williamsburg, they're the little red chickens that run all over the farm. Those are single comb Nankins. Most of mine are RC;s.
If you're really into bantams, let me warn you ahead of time ... you're gonna want one!

https://livestockconservancy.org/index.php/heritage/internal/nankin

Some pics of my Nannies:

Yosemite Sam -
My BIS rooster and my personal baby!
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Sammy again - He thinks he's part parrot,
rides on my shoulder and walks on a leash!
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Mama Pepper & her first clutch:
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Baby Evie at 4 days old:
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Simpleton, a great little roo, but hell on shoelaces!
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I have a few bantam breeds. I’m not sure if I really like them yet. I only have 15. Most I haven’t had long since they are still chicks. I’m going to be selling some soon.

 

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

So, when I checked on Naruto this afternoon, I saw that one of the eggs we placed under her last night had broken. One of our F1 Oliver eggers, Buckbeak, has been laying them in shelled eggs, so I should have known not to use her eggs. I had candles and picked her two least porous eggs, but still too weak. So, I cleaned up the nest and replaced four dirty eggs with new clean eggs. That means that 8 eggs will be 18 hours ahead of the remaining 4 eggs! Hoping that there are no more breaks, and that the time difference isn’t enough to stagger the hatch too much.

 

[GhislaineDel]

I am joining in as I set a dozen local farmyard mix chickens in our incubator this evening. I think their hatch date will be June 7th which would be hilarious to me because that's my brother's birthday! My kids are so excited they've already named two of them if they are yellow; Dandelion and Buttercup.

Those Nankin Bantams are gorgeous!

 

[FortCluck]

I have to wait a few weeks until these ducks hatch to start adding my eggs. Hopefully I can get some nice crosses with no Squatch because I want colorful chicks,

 

[SharW75]

Joining in...We had a successful hatch in May, and figured we'd do it one more time. Ordered some bantam cochin eggs, and will probably throw a few more of our own in as well. Our eggs had a 100% hatch rate last time!

 

[Knighstar679]

I am looking at starting this week 6 lavender a americanna chickens, and 6 Death layers if they get here in one piece. Then I think I will set up a few more of my current Black East Indie eggs to continue getting information on my vitamin b complex spray experiment I just want to make sure I have room for the chicken eggs that are coming.

I still can’t believe I decided to get chickens for myself I think my sanity is a bit in question. I have never been a chicken fan. But I went with breeds that are smaller in combs.

 

[FortCluck]

I am looking at starting this week 6 lavender a americanna chickens, and 6 Death layers if they get here in one piece. Then I think I will set up a few more of my current Black East Indie eggs to continue getting information on my vitamin b complex spray experiment I just want to make sure I have room for the chicken eggs that are coming.

I still can’t believe I decided to get chickens for myself I think my sanity is a bit in question. I have never been a chicken fan. But I went with breeds that are smaller in combs.

Ahhhh welcome to the chicken club... now I need to get you onto quail

 

[BertyRoux]

Did a quick candle last night, day 6(ish? I think) just to see if things were rolling along properly... Didn't see any clears so on that. Only one that looks questionably porous, but there's good activity in all so far.