LGBTQ+ Poultry Keepers

[fluffycrow]

Oh no, not nightmares! My first hatch was pretty stressful, this was before BYC so I was winging it all by myself. I made some mistakes but 3 out of 6 eggs did hatch! I watched the first baby zip out, I was beside myself with joy and excitement, out popped a chick! I think I had a grin from ear to ear for the next 3 days! Oh and start listening closely, sometime around lock down, some of them will Peep at you in the eggs! I sing to my eggs. Talk to them, they can hear you! Makes a close bond between you and them!

That's good for a first hatch, isn't it!? I'm very worried over here, since I don't know if I'm killing the embryos. Most of the time I check the humidity it's around 60%. The incubator says this is well within the accepted range. Talking to them inside the egg is ADORABLE. I first saw a chick called Albert on YouTube doing it years ago. I don't want to sound bad when I say this though, but u don't really want them to develop a close bond with me. First and foremost I want them to develop a close bond with other chickens, and nature. If some of them get relatively close to me while also having what I mentioned above, then I'd be more than happy to give them some snuggles. But their life will be spent on the property, finding cool dustbath spots under old olive trees and newer orange trees, giving warning calls at the first sight of a predator, so I'm OK with them not being close to me. I've already got my baby chickens

 

[fluffycrow]

That's adorable ! Such good parents

 

[TwoCrows]

That's good for a first hatch, isn't it!? I'm very worried over here, since I don't know if I'm killing the embryos. Most of the time I check the humidity it's around 60%. The incubator says this is well within the accepted range. Talking to them inside the egg is ADORABLE. I first saw a chick called Albert on YouTube doing it years ago. I don't want to sound bad when I say this though, but u don't really want them to develop a close bond with me. First and foremost I want them to develop a close bond with other chickens, and nature. If some of them get relatively close to me while also having what I mentioned above, then I'd be more than happy to give them some snuggles. But their life will be spent on the property, finding cool dustbath spots under old olive trees and newer orange trees, giving warning calls at the first sight of a predator, so I'm OK with them not being close to me. I've already got my baby chickens

Your first batch is always scary, and until you are confident in your judgments and your incubator, it's all a gamble. Over time you will learn what to do and not to do, more about your incubator and whether your settings are right, etc... After a few hatches you will be more confident and less stressed.

I get that, you shouldn't baby your chickens like I do, my birds are such "mommies babies" they can't survive without me.

 

[fluffycrow]

Your first batch is always scary, and until you are confident in your judgments and your incubator, it's all a gamble. Over time you will learn what to do and not to do, more about your incubator and whether your settings are right, etc... After a few hatches you will be more confident and less stressed.

I get that, you shouldn't baby your chickens like I do, my birds are such "mommies babies" they can't survive without me.

Currently my only baby chicken is the biggest bird on the property, Big Red. He's a total baby, if he wants scritches he wants scritches, if he wants up, he wants up. I'm raising the serama in the same way though. The landraces it's another reason as to why I'm not baby-ing them. They are free rangers at heart, so they need to be predator wary. Most importantly though, I go to great lengths to are sure one doesn't get stolen. If they're wary of people, it's much more difficult to get caught, plus they'll be much more in tune with their other chicken friends, which means they'll run away long before a human can get to them

 

[TwoCrows]

Currently my only baby chicken is the biggest bird on the property, Big Red. He's a total baby, if he wants scritches he wants scritches, if he wants up, he wants up. I'm raising the serama in the same way though. The landraces it's another reason as to why I'm not baby-ing them. They are free rangers at heart, so they need to be predator wary. Most importantly though, I go to great lengths to are sure one doesn't get stolen. If they're wary of people, it's much more difficult to get caught, plus they'll be much more in tune with their other chicken friends, which means they'll run away long before a human can get to them

You are a wonderful chicken keeper, ❤ I totally understand now. You are doing everything right!

 

[fluffycrow]

Currently my only baby chicken is the biggest bird on the property, Big Red. He's a total baby, if he wants scritches he wants scritches, if he wants up, he wants up. I'm raising the serama in the same way though. The landraces it's another reason as to why I'm not baby-ing them. They are free rangers at heart, so they need to be predator wary. Most importantly though, I go to great lengths to are sure one doesn't get stolen. If they're wary of people, it's much more difficult to get caught, plus they'll be much more in tune with their other chicken friends, which means they'll run away long before a human can get to them

Auto correct is making stupid mistakes and I'm getting annoyed. How correct "be sure" to "are sure"?

 

[fluffycrow]

Auto correct is making stupid mistakes and I'm getting annoyed. How correct "be sure" to "are sure"?

Help it's getting worse! Now it didn't even type a whole phrase. I wrote "how do you correct" and it only wrote two out of those four words

 

[TwoCrows]

Help it's getting worse! Now it didn't even type a whole phrase. I wrote "how do you correct" and it only wrote two out of those four words

Dang technology.

 

[fluffycrow]

You are a wonderful chicken keeper, ❤ I totally understand now. You are doing everything right!

Thank you so much for your kind words! I try

 

[fluffycrow]

Dang technology.

And just now I pressed the wrong emoji. Oh well, it had a lot of hearts so its not noticeable