June Hatch-A-Long

[kelseyk]

USPS just showed up with my "2 places at once" eggs! Extremely well packed! 2 out of 15 broke, but one of those is patchable. Air cells all look good too!

 

[kelseyk]

Pics of the puppy you’re keeping? Is it male or female?

Male red heeler puppy - 10 weeks old today.

 

[chickiebaby1]

Chicks only live 3 days inside my house and that’s it. Then they go to the brooder in the shed with everyone else and no heat... GASP I know... They don’t need heat when my shed is 85+ and they have siblings to warm them up.

I’ve lost 0 chicks from my own hatching. I’ve lost about 8 from TSC. That tells me a lot about these hatcheries that’s why I don’t buy chicks from anyone anymore unless TSC cuts me a deal I can’t refuse.

Almost all of the chicks I have right now are from my own eggs or my neighbors, I do have 9 Lavender Orpingtons that I got from Rural KIng that did great. I have only lost maybe 4 chicks this year and I've hatched well over a hundred. I'm waiting on a shipment from Hoover hatchery right now (faverolles and Spitzhaubens and a couple sapphire splash) so I can see just how healthy they will be. It'll be a good experiment. Just to see how well they travel. It's taking 2 days to get here, but seeing as it's not super cold I'm not to worried. I just hope they all make it.

 

[FortCluck]

Male red heeler puppy - 10 weeks old today.
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I want to get a bloodhound so bad. I want it for predators. My neighbors have a coonhound that’s has kept us predator free for 5 years. We had 1 possum but it was trying to get in my house by scratch through the door

The puppy is so cute!

 

[FortCluck]

Almost all of the chicks I have right now are from my own eggs or my neighbors, I do have 9 Lavender Orpingtons that I got from Rural KIng that did great. I have only lost maybe 4 chicks this year and I've hatched well over a hundred. I'm waiting on a shipment from Hoover hatchery right now (faverolles and Spitzhaubens and a couple sapphire splash) so I can see just how healthy they will be. It'll be a good experiment. Just to see how well they travel. It's taking 2 days to get here, but seeing as it's not super cold I'm not to worried. I just hope they all make it.

I have hatched 300+ in the past 9 months and the only loses I’ve ever had are from TSC. They just randomly die for no apparent reason. I’ve had to do a few mercy kills, but that’s beyond my control. Think we have only done 4 of those and that includes quail, turkeys, and chickens.

 

[kelseyk]

I want to get a bloodhound so bad. I want it for predators. My neighbors have a coonhound that’s has kept us predator free for 5 years. We had 1 possum but it was trying to get in my house by scratch through the door

The puppy is so cute!

He reminds us so much of our first dog we had that just passed last year. We still have to figure out a name for him. My kids are not agreeing on a name. My daughter wants to name him Pirate or Captain or after a pirate while my son wants to name him Tater or Sparky.

 

[FortCluck]

He reminds us so much of our first dog we had that just passed last year. We still have to figure out a name for him. My kids are not agreeing on a name. My daughter wants to name him Pirate or Captain or after a pirate while my son wants to name him Tater or Sparky.

I like Captain, but I also like Tater.

Davey (after Davey Jones)... Johnny (after Johnny Depp he was a pirate)... Ol Red (after Blake Sheltons song about a red tick like your pup) play the song for the kids the night like it lol...

 

[jolenesdad]

Update:

Fowl Pox is progressing through. a few new cases, but, most of the original cases are already improving. One bird went from nothing to white bumps, to scabs, and now almost healed, in about 1 week. I felt like the last time I had it run through it was a little longer than that, so, I'm feeling good about their immune systems right now. Fingers crossed. Mama Broody has improved her own case DRASTICALLY, but I think part of her issue was getting pecked in the box by a more dominant layer while she was sitting.

The babies and mama are all out with everyone now and doing great. She is a lower-pecking order hen, but she has picked battles well and everyone is leaving her alone completely. She lets her clutch mate she was raised with check out the chicks. Cute.

 

[Willow2253]

He reminds us so much of our first dog we had that just passed last year. We still have to figure out a name for him. My kids are not agreeing on a name. My daughter wants to name him Pirate or Captain or after a pirate while my son wants to name him Tater or Sparky.

Perhaps a compromise? Captain Tater

 

[gimmie birdies]

Fort cluck- My eggs due this weekend are BCM/ legbar mixes too!