Kiki's Horse Eggs 2 HAVE HATCHED!! 1 left to hatch

[Cyprus]

We have three one-year-old hens, including Pepper, the broody mama with chicks. We have one chick inside, who is the sole survivor of a clutch that was abandoned after about a week of setting. We took the "orphaned" eggs to my Bio-teacher sister, who incubated them for the last two weeks. We saved one out of seven (Nankins don't 'bator well!) We call that baby "Evie," because she was the first and only, and because we desperately hope she's a "she." She's about a week old.

Then we have "The Boys." Out of our first straight-run batch of chicks, of course the boys won, 6-4. We lost one to a hawk (of course it was a pullet, right?) So that left us with six one-year-old roosters, three hens and four (and hopefully counting) peeps.

You don't know anyone interested in a friendly young Nankin roo, do you? We have four that really need new homes. None are perfect, but all are close. I refuse to cull any because they all have sound backgrounds and the genetic pool is too small to lose even one bird! If it helps any, they're all so friendly that they'll wear a leash to go visiting classrooms. How's that for cool?!

(Maryland)

I would 100% (Emphasis on 100%) take your Nankin rooster if I lived closer.
I want to get into that breed.

 

[WVduckchick]

So, are we taking guesses on what they'll be, yet? Fillies or colts, right?
This is so exciting. It's a good day for hatching! My first Nankin hen just hatched her first clutch - three, so far, and hopefully and hopefully not done, yet. I wish I could watch them hatch, but incubators just don't seem to work well for Nankins. I'm glad I get to follow along with yours! Thanks for being so awesome about keeping us all posted!

I'd love to hatch some Nankins! Continued good luck to momma hen!!

I don’t think you’re getting much done in the next 24 hours.
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Kiki, a little power outage isn't going to hurt anything. I am much less stressed over that stuff after watching broodies do their thing!

 

[Cyprus]

I don't even know what a Nankin is!

Ouch.

 

[Kiki]

Ouch.

Are they midgets?
Google is telling me "China"

 

[Kiki]

Ok...I found the right Nankin.

Midgets.

 

[MROO]

I don't even know what a Nankin is!

Unless you've seen the little red chickens at Colonial Williamsbrg, VA, then the best way to describe them, other than to say that they are critically endangered (less than 1,000 breeding-aged birds, worldwide) is to send you to The Livestock Conservancy website: www.livestockconservancy.org
The Conservancy tracks threatened and endangered domestic livestock breeds - and it's a great site to wander around (translated ... a great place to lose hours as you find out just how many endangered breeds there are and how many you thought would always be around ... but won't unless we help.) I was shocked to find that Guernsey cattle and Clydesdale horses are on the list. There are ducks and geese and pigs and sheep and all sorts of critters to explore. And all of them need a boost or they won't be around much longer.
Okay, I'll get down off my soapbox, now. I love my Nannies - and my Guernseys. I wish I could take on some more rare breeds, but there just isn't enough time or space ... or money ... so I'll just keep telling everybody else about them and hope for the best!

 

[Cyprus]

@MROO Do you ship hatching eggs or chicks?

 

[Kiki]

Unless you've seen the little red chickens at Colonial Williamsbrg, VA, then the best way to describe them, other than to say that they are critically endangered (less than 1,000 breeding-aged birds, worldwide) is to send you to The Livestock Conservancy website: www.livestockconservancy.org
The Conservancy tracks threatened and endangered domestic livestock breeds - and it's a great site to wander around (translated ... a great place to lose hours as you find out just how many endangered breeds there are and how many you thought would always be around ... but won't unless we help.) I was shocked to find that Guernsey cattle and Clydesdale horses are on the list. There are ducks and geese and pigs and sheep and all sorts of critters to explore. And all of them need a boost or they won't be around much longer.
Okay, I'll get down off my soapbox, now. I love my Nannies - and my Guernseys. I wish I could take on some more rare breeds, but there just isn't enough time or space ... or money ... so I'll just keep telling everybody else about them and hope for the best!
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Don't you ever get off that soapbox.
This is fabulous!
I will be reading this site asap. Thank you.

 

[MROO]

How many eggs left under the broody that still need to hatch?

Six - but not all of them were viable, I'm sure. I candled at about 10 days, but I'd never done it before, so I didn't trust myself enough to remove any. Pepper "borrowed" a few eggs from her sisters before I moved her to an enclosed broody kennel, so there may be a few late hatchers. We have the incubator fired up, just in case she abandons the nest before all the eggs are ready. We'll candle again when she leaves the nest, then incubate any that look like they might still be alive. I'm not really expecting any, but it's best to be prepared - and Evie proved that we it's possible to finish off partially set eggs. I'll keep my fingers crossed!

 

[Kiki]

@MROO Do you ship hatching eggs or chicks?

I was just wondering the same thing.

@MROO how did you get your first Nanny?