June Hatch-A-Long

[SnapdragonQ]

I ordered them through rural king! Finally got my call in the afternoon! Just picked up my babies!View attachment 2191618View attachment 2191623
5 silver spangled spitzhaunen
4 sapphire splash
1 sapphire gem

8 salmon faverolle

Yay!!
I know which one is the Sapphire Gem! I love mine...they are the biggest puppy dog goof ball chickens I've ever had. Does the Rural King order go through Hoover like the TSC orders do?
This last batch I ordered direct from Hoover.

 

[kelseyk]

Check out deer run farm.

Will do! Thanks!

 

[kelseyk]

I like the spiz breed though, and would have more.

I hope my Spitz's start to calm down a bit. They all have been very flighty so far - oldest is 1 silver spitz cockerel that is 8 weeks and then have 9 golden spitz that are around 4 weeks.

 

[chickiebaby1]

Yay!!
I know which one is the Sapphire Gem! I love mine...they are the biggest puppy dog goof ball chickens I've ever had. Does the Rural King order go through Hoover like the TSC orders do?
This last batch I ordered direct from Hoover.

Yes they go through Hoover

 

[gimmie birdies]

I have a sapphire gem also, her name is Sapphire.

 

[SnapdragonQ]

Anyone want to have a go at a mystery?

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/mystery-chipmunk.1386284/

 

[CindyinSD]

I’m getting nervous about these broodies. The bantam Brahma eggs and white Cochin eggs should be hatching this weekend. No idea what eggs they even have under them the ones they don’t hatch and leave, I’ll put in the somewhat empty bator.

My Partridge Cochin broody came out of her cabin this morning with five cute fluff balls from five eggs I gave her. DH is re-thinking the prohibition against selling chicks (b/c of the Covid). He doesn't yet know about the six Lt Brahma pullets I ordered from the feed store since I think most of those I hatched are males, or about the two other broodies in the main coop...

 

[Willow2253]

First candle tonight, 17 out of 18 are growing!

 

[Knighstar679]

I need some help/ advice. I just checked my eggs in the incubator like I do every time I am heading into a hatch. Well what looked like a non-pipped egg turned out to be a pipped egg but backwards. That in itself wouldn’t be so bad except the whole external pip was covered in this yellowish crust. It appeared to be covering the bulk of the beak.

this is the majority of the piece I pulled off.
The chick inside is taking shallow breaths that
are super hard to tell they are even happening.


This is the opening I created in clearing the crush and crud away from the beak.

I think this chick is also malpositioned as I can see the wing when I candle in the egg. As well as the membrane is pulled away from the shell inside on over half the egg, and of course this chick seems to have jabbed through outside of it.

how worried should I be about what I am seeing? I don’t plan on messing with it till morning that way it gets another 8 to 9hours of resting now that it can for sure get air. Any advice for me?

In all the eggs I have hatched I have never had anything like this, but granted they have mainly been duck eggs.

 

[Chicka_deee]

can i join? and are broody mamas allowed?
a week ago my hen went broody and her eggs are 1 week old today. I candled them and they all look great!
this is her first time and I gave her 3 eggs to start with this year.
she is a silver laced Wyandotte and is 1 year old.

it’s crazy because I have 2 Wyandottes in my flock (one silver and one black) and they have both gone broody!
i also have a BO but she hasn’t gone broody (really feisty on the nest)

I’ll post some pictures tomorrow or the next day!