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I have a small clutch in the incubator that are on day 11 that are doing good. I'm dying to have another little incubator to use as a hatcher. I broke down the other day and added a bunch more eggs to the incubator because I don't want them to sit too long! 3 days and some are already showing life which is awesome! Because some of those are from my little red Cochin pullets. Very very glad to see that this afternoon. And we gave some additional ones to a hen that was acting broody. She hatched for me earlier in spring and I've actually been considering selling her because she is such a loud mouth. Haha!!! Seriously though! She is like the person that never shuts up and is always talking way too loud indoors. But when she hung out in the nest box that saved her bacon :lol: Today is her day 1. We made sure to set her where she is not in a nest box though because of this heat. Some days I wonder if this project will get any legs this year at all. If nothing else I am certainly practicing patience and we are enjoying the juvie little fluff balls. <3
 
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This little guy had really been fun watching him grow. Sweet and cute as can be! Mottled Bantam.
 
topdog24 said:
Shoot Cody, i am a member of 30 FB groups and one of my own, (elcamino corridor everything poultry and livestock) several of our members are members from this group.
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Where you been ole boy???
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Been think'in about ya. Tell us about what you've been up to and your birds. How is that Dominecker project coming along. Have you been able to get them going?

My Sis has too many irons in the fire. Three kids, a job and a husband. Plus horses, goats, chickens and dogs to take care of.
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LemonMeringue said:
We would love to hear about your flock and we always like pictures!
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Oh, Im a newbie, so its not big at all right now. I started by getting three cream legbar chicks from a swap in Walker. We took a big bookshelf, potty pads for dogs, a feeder, waterer, heatlamp, and lots of research, and made ourselves a makeshift brooder. At the time we got the chicks, it was a straight run, and we didnt know you could sex them just by looking at them, but we ended up getting lucky with two hens and a roo.

Or, we thought we had luck.

We noticed after a couple of days, that one of the chicks seemed... sick..

These chicks were three days old, and we had no idea what condition they were in when we got them, but that female ended up dying that night.

Now, by the time they were about a month and a half old, we had finished out 8x11ft coop, we had designed it for four birds, but we only had two, so we figured it would do.

Now spring was setting in and it was getting warmer, around 40 degrees, and we pit them in their coop. About two months later, I went to check on them one morning, and we found the hen dead. Not a mark on her. (We were very inexperienced) So we had one chicken left, a rooster.

(Our goal since the beginning was to gather and breed cream legbars, keep in mind)

We went to a couple more swaps, but never saw the people with the cream legbars again.
(They gave us a card! But since im so clumsy it was lost. So we had no way to contact them.)
At this point, our rooster seems to be... very sad. Every day i would go out there and he's in the corner sitting down, or on the perch.

So i decided to get two chicks from our local feed store.

Americanas.
We planned to have them for a little while, then give them to my aunts chicken farm.

This idea gave us another idea.

Then another, until she actually offered us a hen from her farm!

All of her hens were fully grown and producing eggs, but she had over 90, and we were pretty close.

That week I came home with a beautiful Golden Laced Wyandotte, who actually lay an egg the afternoon we got home! (I was shocked)

Her and my rooster didnt have any disagreements.

He finally showed individual personality.

Now the chicks were a month old, and one seemed to be strutting around, a little taller than the other, and was different than her.
Both of these chicks were supposed to be female, as they were from a feed store.

I guess they were mistaken.

Now I was stuck with two roosters, in a 8x11 space, and two hens.

Now, my cream legbar roo took a fancy to my Wyandotte hen, whilst my americana roo liked my americana hen better.

Now came the day to put the Americana chicks in the coop with the other chickens. My americanas were still quite young, and i was hoping that my older roo would have mercy.

They were all alive in the morning (phew)

My chickens all got along, until my Americana grew about the size of my Cream Legbar. They never had any serious aggression to eachother.

As I was going in the coop one day to get the eggs, my Cream Legbar, whom i had hand-raised, given treats, petted, and held every day, jumped on my face and scratched me!

I was dumbfounded. He had never shown aggression to anybody! Luckily, i was able to bat him away and got the eggs.

This happened on many other occasions, including when my americana hen layed her first egg! A small blue gem that i screamed over.

Then one day, I was in florida and my dad was taking care of the chickens. I got a call from him telling me that we had to get rid of the roosters, as it was disturbing our neighbor. ( We live in a rural area, but her house is across our little gravel road)

So now we have our Golden Laced Wyandotte, who we named Athena, and our Americana hen, who we named Chipmuck. (Barely a flock if you ask me, but Im happy with them :D )
 
Would anyone happen to have a list of swaps in the central/southern area? I'm trying to figure out which are on which weekends
 
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Oh, Im a newbie, so its not big at all right now. I started by getting three cream legbar chicks from a swap in Walker. We took a big bookshelf, potty pads for dogs, a feeder, waterer, heatlamp, and lots of research, and made ourselves a makeshift brooder. At the time we got the chicks, it was a straight run, and we didnt know you could sex them just by looking at them, but we ended up getting lucky with two hens and a roo.

Or, we thought we had luck.

We noticed after a couple of days, that one of the chicks seemed... sick..

These chicks were three days old, and we had no idea what condition they were in when we got them, but that female ended up dying that night.

Now, by the time they were about a month and a half old, we had finished out 8x11ft coop, we had designed it for four birds, but we only had two, so we figured it would do.

Now spring was setting in and it was getting warmer, around 40 degrees, and we pit them in their coop. About two months later, I went to check on them one morning, and we found the hen dead. Not a mark on her. (We were very inexperienced) So we had one chicken left, a rooster.

(Our goal since the beginning was to gather and breed cream legbars, keep in mind)

We went to a couple more swaps, but never saw the people with the cream legbars again.
(They gave us a card! But since im so clumsy it was lost. So we had no way to contact them.)
At this point, our rooster seems to be... very sad. Every day i would go out there and he's in the corner sitting down, or on the perch.

So i decided to get two chicks from our local feed store.

Americanas.
We planned to have them for a little while, then give them to my aunts chicken farm.

This idea gave us another idea.

Then another, until she actually offered us a hen from her farm!

All of her hens were fully grown and producing eggs, but she had over 90, and we were pretty close.

That week I came home with a beautiful Golden Laced Wyandotte, who actually lay an egg the afternoon we got home! (I was shocked)

Her and my rooster didnt have any disagreements.

He finally showed individual personality.

Now the chicks were a month old, and one seemed to be strutting around, a little taller than the other, and was different than her.
Both of these chicks were supposed to be female, as they were from a feed store.

I guess they were mistaken.

Now I was stuck with two roosters, in a 8x11 space, and two hens.

Now, my cream legbar roo took a fancy to my Wyandotte hen, whilst my americana roo liked my americana hen better.

Now came the day to put the Americana chicks in the coop with the other chickens. My americanas were still quite young, and i was hoping that my older roo would have mercy.

They were all alive in the morning (phew)

My chickens all got along, until my Americana grew about the size of my Cream Legbar. They never had any serious aggression to eachother.

As I was going in the coop one day to get the eggs, my Cream Legbar, whom i had hand-raised, given treats, petted, and held every day, jumped on my face and scratched me!

I was dumbfounded. He had never shown aggression to anybody! Luckily, i was able to bat him away and got the eggs.

This happened on many other occasions, including when my americana hen layed her first egg! A small blue gem that i screamed over.

Then one day, I was in florida and my dad was taking care of the chickens. I got a call from him telling me that we had to get rid of the roosters, as it was disturbing our neighbor. ( We live in a rural area, but her house is across our little gravel road)

So now we have our Golden Laced Wyandotte, who we named Athena, and our Americana hen, who we named Chipmuck. (Barely a flock if you ask me, but Im happy with them :D )
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Sorry you had a ruff start. Stick around ask questions we're here to help. I have Crested Cream legbars they are great chickens but when just starting I would stick with less expencive birds. I'm in Slidell what part of south La. are you from? There is a swap tomorrow at Covington fair grounds from 10 to 1 or 2. Pam
 

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