Mahonri's 2nd Annual BYC EASTER HATCH. Post pics of your chicks!

[RareBreedFancier]

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Beautiful! Leeroy is a big boy!

Thank you!

He's my great big fuzzy snuggle bug.

The other two sleep on the bed, Leeroy sleeps on me! Just a wee bit spoilt.

 

[Mahonri]

You know you want too, resistance is futile

 

[RareBreedFancier]

Tehehe, I aim to enable more hatchaholics.

 

[BHep]

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Did you notice I shared my newly found knowledge of how to post a link and we are spreading the word.

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A big thank you from me!!

 

[dsqard]

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That is what I am wondering as well. I got him last year as a 3 year old and I am wondering if his age is affecting his fertility as well. I really hate the idea of having to get rid of him though because he is such a nice roo. Always gentle with the girls, calls them over for treats and watches over them while they are free ranging. He only crows first thing in the morning and it is inside the coop so even that is not all that loud. Really nice blue wheaten AM too. Well if his fertility is down because of age, I might have to hold on to the black son I hatched out on the NYD hatch and see how he matures or hold on to a roo from the Easter hatch from Crystal Creek.

 

[karimw]

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Beautiful! Leeroy is a big boy!

Thank you!

He's my great big fuzzy snuggle bug.

The other two sleep on the bed, Leeroy sleeps on me! Just a wee bit spoilt.

Mine are all like that. I have to stop at 3 in the house 'cause there isn't room for anyone else on me when we watch TV!

 

[jenjscott]

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That is what I am wondering as well. I got him last year as a 3 year old and I am wondering if his age is affecting his fertility as well. I really hate the idea of having to get rid of him though because he is such a nice roo. Always gentle with the girls, calls them over for treats and watches over them while they are free ranging. He only crows first thing in the morning and it is inside the coop so even that is not all that loud. Really nice blue wheaten AM too. Well if his fertility is down because of age, I might have to hold on to the black son I hatched out on the NYD hatch and see how he matures or hold on to a roo from the Easter hatch from Crystal Creek.

At three to four years, he might no be able to cover quite as many hens as a youngster, but should still be able to service a dozen. How many hens does he have?

 

[dsqard]

jenjscott, he has only seven hens to "keep happy".

Would cold temperatures effect fertility? I know he has been breeding with the hens because I catch him doing it especially when they are free ranging (which they are not able to do very often right now).

 

[Mahonri]

I just wish I could get my hens to lay!

It's ridiculous the feed I've wasted.. then, I have THREE go broody! One I put seven eggs under.. today is two weeks, I walk into the coop and she's on a different nest with golf balls and her eggs are cold!

I put two of the broodies into a different pen (and now they've made the hens in that pen stop laying)...they aren't broody now but I'm afraid to put them back in the big coop.

I got one itty bitty EE pullet egg today. That's it!

 

[RareBreedFancier]

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Thank you!

He's my great big fuzzy snuggle bug.

The other two sleep on the bed, Leeroy sleeps on me! Just a wee bit spoilt.

Mine are all like that. I have to stop at 3 in the house 'cause there isn't room for anyone else on me when we watch TV!

I know the feeling! I can always tell if they think it's too cold, they all pile up on me! I end up lying on the couch so there is room for them all.
Leeroy won't get under a blanket, I think it must mess up his fluff but the other two do. DH will ask 'Did you get the blanket because your cold or because the cats are?
"Bit of both."