Michigan Hatchers! What'cha got cookin?

[naglady]

mindy and jlynnet good luck with your hatch, so eggciting.. come on chickies..


aart my age spread for integrating chicks were 2 wks and 6 wks.. i didnt want to ad the chicks to young just because they were small.. unless you have them aged closer together.. then its should be ok.. but i like to do it slow so they get used to each other. one of my 6 week old wanted to keep standing on the babies and peck them.. she was mean..

 

[aart]

aart my age spread for integrating chicks were 2 wks and 6 wks.. i didnt want to ad the chicks to young just because they were small.. unless you have them aged closer together.. then its should be ok.. but i like to do it slow so they get used to each other. one of my 6 week old wanted to keep standing on the babies and peck them.. she was mean..

Yeah, I'm a little nervous about adding in the day olds to what will be 4, 5 and 6 week olds.

Why I am going to divide the brooder with 1/2" hardware cloth, and probably put a creep door in it just big enough for the littlest and open that at after a week, play it by ear see how it goes.

 

[mindylee]

10 chicks!
30 more to go!
1 calico
9 blk and or blue mottleds!

 

[aart]

Quote: No sooner had I typed this when I heard chick death squalling from downstairs..... the 3&4 week old are trying to pluck the tail feathers from two of the 2 weeks olds....bleeding pin feathers, covered them with blukote, which they then try to preen giving them blue beaks which everyone tries to peck at...geeesh. they are viscous little raptors.

The older chicks gave no problems for a week, but three of the 2 week olds left the to live somewhere else on Sat......maybe now the numbers are more even - two olders and only 3 youngers.....the olders are reigning terror, might have to segregate them.

 

[mindylee]

14 hatched
All mottleds but 1
26 to go...

 

[jorey]

Eddie sure did his job good. Lol.

 

[mindylee]

Eddie sure did his job good. Lol.

Yep he sure did! Now I will have to pick which daughters I want to retain and sell the rest.
My 1st hatch in my brooder from 3 weeks ago has about a doz-14 eddie babies too! Lol!
My hubby is laughing about how potent he was and how he left with a bang!
Well they will cross well with my new calicos that im buying soon. Getting 2 doz calico hatchin eggs here real soon. Some frizzled, millie, and blue calicos!

 

[jorey]

I have 7 eddie babies here. Lol. Ended up with one I believe mille frizzle. Its so cute. I always thought they were ugly but now...it kinda looks like a porcupine right now. Lol. My daugjter asked me tonight what was wrong with it. Lol

 

[mindylee]

I got a millie frizzle too!
At 1st I didnt like them but they grew on me. ♡
I just put a add on cl to sell some mottleds... some have to go as there is way too many! Lol!

 

[jorey]

Lol. I hear ya. Since all this hatching is all I have everyone will stay till fall and then I'll see who stays for good.