March Hatch A Long... anyone with me??

[blefky]

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Don't forget to calibrate your hygrometer for accurate readings. Good luck with your hatch!

 

[FarmerVal]

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Don't forget to calibrate your hygrometer for accurate readings. Good luck with your hatch!

I collaborated both of them and they were both still way off in the numbers...

 

[bordergurl]

Yesterday was a beautiful day- the sun was shining, the snow was gone, it was 10c when I left for work. My barred rock roo was taking a dust bath and when I called to him he shook his feathers free of the dust looking magnificent for the first time this winter. The girls were happily wandering around the yard, scratching in the soil, pecking at hidden treasures. Fast forward the day to my return home from work. I saw a barred rock roo tail feather in the drive. I immediately knew that wasn't good! My son pulled in and ran in the house to let our two dogs out. Although we have a hunting breed, we have trained our dogs to leave our chickens and ducks alone. Everything else is fair game. Our dogs immediately ran behind a building, following I found a hen in the throes of an agonizing death. My son kindly put it out of it's misery. The dogs tracked and found 5 other bodies for me. I still hadn't found my rooster so I walked over to the neighbours to see if they had noticed a ruckus. They told me there was a stray dog sitting on another neighbours porch and I went over there. Sure enough there was the culprit with my roo's body. That home owner came out of the house and told me the stray had been hanging around her garage for a couple of days. I asked her to call the humane society and have it picked up immediately. So I'm down to 4 hens, 1 silkie frizzle roo and a very empty coop.

The lost girls were 8 months old and had laid religiously for me all winter. The roo was 11 months old and was quite the character. When predatory birds flew overhead he always hurled himself in the air after them!

I love dogs and I understand their nature, but I am very sad at the loss.

So, I have 8 eggs laid by the girls yesterday, and will definitely be setting them today or tomorrow to honour their loss.

 

[Stormview]

Hi All! I Have Set Eggs In The Hoverbator On The 16th Of Feb They Are Due To Hatch Onthe 9th Of March... 59 Eggs Set..mixture Of Pure Breds.. Including Large Silver Laced Wyndottes, Large Blue Leghorns And Blue Australorps...

 

[kfchickenlady]

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AWWWW....so sorry about your babies,

i lost my favorite hen yesterday, she escaped without notice when I put everyone away, she was out all night under the coop, probably too much stress for her...I have many others, but of course it would be her...

Good luck with your hatch, and I hope the dog gets picked up!

 

[g&h farm]

bordergurl so sorry for your loss. My husband and I once took in 2 strays only to come home one night and find the female had dug a huge hole under our coop and had one of our buffs in her mouth and the male had killed everything that managed to get out. In all we lost 2 goslings (never found the bodies) 2 buffs and a red. We learned a valuable lesson that day, wire in the bottom of your coop. Though I know this was not what happened in your case. Good luck with your hatch

 

[dsqard]

bordergul, I am so sorry to hear about the loss of your chickens

I hope all the eggs you set hatch.

 

[Tanichca]

4 sebright eggs in...

and then a friend will be hatching BLRW bantams in a few days...

might trade her a sebright or two. Wyandottes are SO pretty!

 

[KirkKoop]

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I LOVE seabrights! We lost ours last summer to a predator. It was the sweetest bird. She would sit in my lap at bonfires and cuddle into my jacket if it was chilly - I miss that little girl!

 

[dominiquePL]

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They're so boring, aren't they!

Now I know I will be good and not candle until day 10 because I don't know if I can get them to the same position.

Any reason is good. Every time I candle I'm so nervous - I nearly dropped an egg once, I mean I did drop it but somehow managed to catch it

bordergurl - I's so sorry. That's so sad

Good luck with your hatch!