March 2017! Hatch with us!

[WVduckchick]

I haven't tried to sell chicks yet. I did sell 7 straight run silkie and showgirl 2 month olds for $90. I was pretty proud of that. I sold some easter eggers that were about a year old too with no problem. But now I have some 4 month old easter eggers and I have inquiries, but no takers yet. Now that I just have the cream legbars as my egg layers, we'll see how their offspring sells. I can imagine that it's hard to compete with the cheap chicks at Tractor Supply.

Also, were one of those chicks a frizzle cochin or was it a frizzle something else? I want a frizzle cochin so bad, but they are nowhere to be found around here.

I could send you some eggs! I still have a frizzle girl, although I moved her last week from my best male over to a pen with a young mille cockerel. I'm not sure if he is mating her yet, but now that I've identified her eggs, I could move her back, or I'm sure her eggs are still fertile from the mottled boy. And they are both blue! I already hatched a splash frizzle, but I sold it. Frizzles do sell better.

I HAVE A SUPRISED visit from an egg!!
The eggs that I rescued from the cold this morning that I didn't think had a snowballs chance in hatching one just hatched I was sitting here after checking the eggs about 5 minutes before I herd a chirping and thought the ones in the living room are awful loud but looked up into the incubator and saw this little thing looking at me! I a astounded and amazed that one hatched them eggs were ice cold!!! It's doing great I'll make sure it stays in the heat for a while but I might just have one or two !!! That makes my day!!!!!!!

so cute! Congrats. They are amazing huh!

 

[lilwildrabbit]

I could send you some eggs! I still have a frizzle girl, although I moved her last week from my best male over to a pen with a young mille cockerel. I'm not sure if he is mating her yet, but now that I've identified her eggs, I could move her back, or I'm sure her eggs are still fertile from the mottled boy. And they are both blue! I already hatched a splash frizzle, but I sold it. Frizzles do sell better.
so cute! Congrats. They are amazing huh!

Have been worried about any chance of sub longs for my little preashous one but I just counted 3 pips and one zip I'm crossing my fingers and toes and anything else I can, said a few prayers and pace the floor worse than I did my first hatch already went through a set of batteries, and stepped on a set of glasses. IM FREAKING OUT!!!!

 

[orrpeople]

Tomorrow and Friday , I expect to see some more babies! My batch of Silverudd's Blues and Swedish Flower Hens, as well as my local batch of Cream Legbars are due to hatch!! And, I just got word that a batch of 55 Flowery Hen eggs will be coming my way at the end of the month!!! And then, the madness must stop.

 

[yeye5]

I have a potential EMERGENCY that may already be a done disaster.

Last night the temperatures drop to winter levels. I covered the nest with hen and 2 chicks first with a piece of heavy cardboard and then wrapped a blanket around and over the whole nest.
In the very early a.m. I usually do a walk-about, especially when I have chicks or predators, both of which I've had recently.
At daybreak I peeked into the coop but due to the extreme cold I didn't open the covering on the nest. I Thought I heard 2 peepers peeping--which is what we're supposed to have.
For lack of a better way to describe the sound I thought--and which may have been--2 chicks it sounded like 2 quick peeps or one chick saying etey, petey".
Forward to present. I walk dogs, feed chickens, open coops and peek into the nest where there is one chicks peeping. I removed everything from the nest, no chick. I checked/removed everything in the nest to the side, nothing. I checked the ground floor hoping that if it fell a pullet would be sitting on it. I move everyone over to check all areas. No chick.

I fear the worst but won't stop if there's something I can do.
PLEASE please somebody tell me there's a magic wand, trick of the trade or technique to make this not what I fear it is.

I had planned to cozy in with the doggies, read posts from where I left off last night. I even made notes of some questions I planned (still plan) to ask--later.

What can I/should I do? Is there any chance of finding that little menace alive?

I am also puzzling out whether to take the one chick indoors bcs tonight is going to be colder. Of course we can go thru anything, but I have to say I can not loose this last beautiful peep.
I am desperate.

 

[generaldsherman]

I haven't tried to sell chicks yet. I did sell 7 straight run silkie and showgirl 2 month olds for $90. I was pretty proud of that. I sold some easter eggers that were about a year old too with no problem. But now I have some 4 month old easter eggers and I have inquiries, but no takers yet. Now that I just have the cream legbars as my egg layers, we'll see how their offspring sells. I can imagine that it's hard to compete with the cheap chicks at Tractor Supply.

Also, were one of those chicks a frizzle cochin or was it a frizzle something else? I want a frizzle cochin so bad, but they are nowhere to be found around here.

OO! Showgirls? Ever sell eggs? If so PM me!

 

[yeye5]

Day 21 on wednesday and nothing. Im so nervous! Candling was so confusing for me. I was pretty sure they were fertile at lockdown. I feel so jittery lol

Hi there

I, well everyone here, has had that nervous, oh no, what if this or that...it's why we all seem a little bit crazy to our non-chicken friends, lol. Then before you know it, you have peeps. I too am struggling with candling. I let me broody select out any eggs she knows aren't viable. She's never been wrong yet. But I get that you must be using a broody-bator. How many eggs are set? Are the shells really dark? or just not sure how to interpret what you're seeing?
I hope and pray you get to see that first pip become a zip.
For me (and I know logically it is a process) but for me, that moment where an egg becomes a real chicken blows my mind every time!
Sit tight...which you're probably already doing. There will be lots of folks on here that will come by soon and share.

 

[yeye5]

Seems to go in spurts. Now with the feed stores stocked with $3 hatchery chicks, nobody cares that my pure bred, healthy, gorgeous birds are worth way more than I even ask for them! Well I'm not giving them away.
I run my still air hatcher closer to 102, but I bet you are still ok! Have they started yet?
Coopers! Those are the ones around here, more than redtails. I was mistaken on my earlier post. I meant to say they didn't look like the coopers around here. We do have redtails, but I see more coopers. In fact, I witnessed a cooper on top of the evidence pile of my favorite cuckoo bantam cochin. I walked within 10 feet of the baztard before it took off.

That happened here (Northeast FL) this summer. One of my most sweet and dear pullets.

 

[Jessimom]

I have a potential EMERGENCY that may already be a done disaster.

Last night the temperatures drop to winter levels. I covered the nest with hen and 2 chicks first with a piece of heavy cardboard and then wrapped a blanket around and over the whole nest.
In the very early a.m. I usually do a walk-about, especially when I have chicks or predators, both of which I've had recently.
At daybreak I peeked into the coop but due to the extreme cold I didn't open the covering on the nest. I Thought I heard 2 peepers peeping--which is what we're supposed to have.
For lack of a better way to describe the sound I thought--and which may have been--2 chicks it sounded like 2 quick peeps or one chick saying etey, petey".
Forward to present. I walk dogs, feed chickens, open coops and peek into the nest where there is one chicks peeping. I removed everything from the nest, no chick. I checked/removed everything in the nest to the side, nothing. I checked the ground floor hoping that if it fell a pullet would be sitting on it. I move everyone over to check all areas. No chick.

I fear the worst but won't stop if there's something I can do.
PLEASE please somebody tell me there's a magic wand, trick of the trade or technique to make this not what I fear it is.

I had planned to cozy in with the doggies, read posts from where I left off last night. I even made notes of some questions I planned (still plan) to ask--later.

What can I/should I do? Is there any chance of finding that little menace alive?

I am also puzzling out whether to take the one chick indoors bcs tonight is going to be colder. Of course we can go thru anything, but I have to say I can not loose this last beautiful peep.
I am desperate.

I'm sorry you are stressing! I don't have an answer for you, sorry! I would think waiting to see if it turns up as it warms up. What are your temps going to be today?

 

[yeye5]

Have been worried about any chance of sub longs for my little preashous one but I just counted 3 pips and one zip I'm crossing my fingers and toes and anything else I can, said a few prayers and pace the floor worse than I did my first hatch already went through a set of batteries, and stepped on a set of glasses. IM FREAKING OUT!!!!

But it's a happy freak out, so freak away!

 

[WVduckchick]

I have a potential EMERGENCY that may already be a done disaster.

Last night the temperatures drop to winter levels. I covered the nest with hen and 2 chicks first with a piece of heavy cardboard and then wrapped a blanket around and over the whole nest.
In the very early a.m. I usually do a walk-about, especially when I have chicks or predators, both of which I've had recently.
At daybreak I peeked into the coop but due to the extreme cold I didn't open the covering on the nest. I Thought I heard 2 peepers peeping--which is what we're supposed to have.
For lack of a better way to describe the sound I thought--and which may have been--2 chicks it sounded like 2 quick peeps or one chick saying etey, petey".
Forward to present. I walk dogs, feed chickens, open coops and peek into the nest where there is one chicks peeping. I removed everything from the nest, no chick. I checked/removed everything in the nest to the side, nothing. I checked the ground floor hoping that if it fell a pullet would be sitting on it. I move everyone over to check all areas. No chick.

I fear the worst but won't stop if there's something I can do.
PLEASE please somebody tell me there's a magic wand, trick of the trade or technique to make this not what I fear it is.

I had planned to cozy in with the doggies, read posts from where I left off last night. I even made notes of some questions I planned (still plan) to ask--later.

What can I/should I do? Is there any chance of finding that little menace alive?

I am also puzzling out whether to take the one chick indoors bcs tonight is going to be colder. Of course we can go thru anything, but I have to say I can not loose this last beautiful peep.
I am desperate.

Did you look inside momma's feathers? They snuggle in sometimes and are very hard to see! I hope you find them!

That happened here (Northeast FL) this summer. One of my most sweet and dear pullets.

I think they target our favorites first!