"Louisiana "La-yers" Peeps"

[1MrsMagoo]

I got a gift on Sunday from a wonderful guy I've been talking to online. He came to the Covington swap from Plauncheville, and gave me a trio of LF White Laced Red Cornish that are all about 10 months old: So, still have a good bit of growing and filling out to do. They already weigh quite a bit: I need to get them officially weighed today I hope. I can tell that the rooster is heavier than my current dark Cornish Roos that weigh around 9 pound just by picking him up. These are really nice birds and I am blessed to be their new chicken mama.

Here are a few shots of them.

 

[mzstre]

Congrats on the pea eggs!!!!!!!!! e

You have incubated eggs before right?

I've incubated lots of chicken eggs, but never peafowl.

 

[kuntrygirl]

Congrats on the pea eggs!!!!!!!!! e

You have incubated eggs before right?

I've incubated lots of chicken eggs, but never peafowl.

You will have no problems at all then.

Come and join the pea connoisseurs on this thread where we are talking about pea laying, incubating, hatching, etc.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/735197/peafowl-for-2013

 

[kuntrygirl]

I got a gift on Sunday from a wonderful guy I've been talking to online. He came to the Covington swap from Plauncheville, and gave me a trio of LF White Laced Red Cornish that are all about 10 months old: So, still have a good bit of growing and filling out to do. They already weigh quite a bit: I need to get them officially weighed today I hope. I can tell that the rooster is heavier than my current dark Cornish Roos that weigh around 9 pound just by picking him up. These are really nice birds and I am blessed to be their new chicken mama. Here are a few shots of them.

Nice looking birds.

 

[PrimroseMom1]

What a beautiful foal! You will be surrounded by babies lol. I sure hope you have been getting extra sleep.

X2. Beautiful foal, probably won't cry at night for a milk meal. LOL

 

[PSJ]

Good morning everyone! I just can't get over my fluffy butt fever this year. I want some BLRW's sooooo bad!

 

[kuntrygirl]

Good morning everyone! I just can't get over my fluffy butt fever this year. I want some BLRW's sooooo bad!

I think I will throw some chicken eggs in the incubator for the fun of it. I always need layers if they are hens and if I hatch out roosters, then that will be rooster gumbo. Win Win either way.

 

[catdaddyfro]

I think I will throw some chicken eggs in the incubator for the fun of it. I always need layers if they are hens and if I hatch out roosters, then that will be rooster gumbo. Win Win either way.

Just got thru setting some myself and will finish filling it with 17 more today the temptation of it all has done'n gone an' plum overwhelmed me, LOL

Jeff

 

[chickenbelle]

I have some heritage reds, easter eggers, wheaten ameraucanas, silkies, and basque eggs hatching in the next week. Yesterday I hatched a beautiful little chick from a cross--my emu looking gold laced wyandotte over my lavender orp girls--this chick is a dark lavender and has the rose comb like the wyandottes.

Perhaps I can work some crosses from this generation back to the wyandottes to get lavender wyandottes going. It is a beautiful little chick. Three more in the incubator due to hatch later this week, too.

I have to get all these chicks hatched soon so I'll have room to add in the turkey eggs next week.

*sigh* Then I PROMISE I am going to leave the incubators empty until I get those Pea eggs. Well, okay,...I may add a chick or two while I'm waiting...

 

[kuntrygirl]

I think I will throw some chicken eggs in the incubator for the fun of it. I always need layers if they are hens and if I hatch out roosters, then that will be rooster gumbo. Win Win either way.

Just got thru setting some myself and will finish filling it with 17 more today the temptation of it all has done'n gone an' plum overwhelmed me, LOL

Jeff

Too funny!

What did you set so far?

My goose eggs went on lock down last night but I don't think any will hatch. This will be my 1st time trying to hatch goose eggs. Incubating goose eggs is like fighting with the devil. It ain't pretty. It is nothing like chicken eggs (cooling, misting, weighing, cooling, misting, weighing) . I had 11 goose eggs in the bator but only 4 were fertile. Out of those 4, dumb dumb stupid me cracked one egg when I didn't set it right and tried to put the top back on and it cracked the egg. Another one is too small, so I don't think it will hatch. So that only leaves 2 eggs to possibly hatch and those were eggs that were put in a couple days after I set the 1st eggs. Oh well. It is what it is.

While waiting on the peas to start laying, I guess I will fill up the incubator with chicken eggs (for practice) and hope that the peas give me at least 21 days before they start laying.

If all goes well, I hope to get some roosters for the freezer.