Nevadans?

[vegaschick]

Peep_Show: Sooo.....How did your hatch go? How many Marans? How many SF? Have you heard whether you'll get to keep any? How long until you can sex them? I know...I'm sure you're wondering what's with the 20 questions but really there's only 5.

Let me know when I should set up a brooder! I'm so excited!

 

[sherylreno]

Since we have newbies on here and Tyler is probably getting bored by now I thought I would post the link to our Nevada Chicken page on facebook for everyone to meet up there as well.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/122332831203598/

Tyler is a great guy and he has banned himself from byc for a bit. He'll be back though we don't know when.

 

[SunnyDawn]

WOO HOO on the eggs guys!!! Does that mean I can quit buying store bought eggs soon?

Dee I wanna see a pic of the rowboat chick!

Vegaschick I'm so jealous! I am wanting babies so badly right now!!!

 

[Peep_Show]

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There you are VegasChick!

I'll try to answer in somewhat order.

The hatch went well... 32 shipped eggs to start, 20 into lockdown and 18 hatched. And my chick at 12:35 a.m. 1-1-12 won the 3rd Annual New Years Day Hatch Contest!

The final tally was 10 Salmon Faverolles and 7 Wheaten Marans and 1 TJ's Leghorn (I guess...who knows?)

Looks like I have to move before I'm allowed to have legal chickens. The City was good with it as are my neighbors and the Prez of the HOA, but I have one booger in the community who has sworn vengeance upon Yours Truly and is throwing a hissy fit with the HOA Board about my proposed coop. He will make my life miz and I have no doubt he'd file complaint after complaint after complaint until he gets his way or dies. (As the Code Enforcement officer said when I had a pow-wow up at City Hall, "We don't go around busting chickens. And most complaints on chickens are not about the chickens but because your neighbor doesn't like you.") So looks like I'll not be keeping any (at this time) which is kind of a bummer . But, on the other hand, I snicker at the fact that he'd probably stroke if he knew just how many chick(en)s have resided in the neighborhood already...and the number grows. hehehehehe

The chicks will be very easy to sex once they start losing their fuzz. The girls are white/buff and the boys sprout black feathers. The TJ's chick should be easy to tell, too, as the Leghorn boychix tend to start strutting their 'tude stuff and sprouting combs at a very early age, about the same time as the others will be sexable. Most likely at age 2-3 weeks.

Anytime you want 'em. PM me as to what works for you.

 

[Peep_Show]

Dang! Chick photography is harder than it looks! This one doesn't do the feather length on Rowboat chick (Scully?) justice, but keep in mind in this photo the chick is just 2-3 days old. It's real apparent when the chick runs in the other direction, but that doesn't make for a good photo.

(edited to add another photo)

 

[SunnyDawn]

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Hahahaha!!! I love it! Cute name too!

 

[Peep_Show]

I added a second pic at the same time you posted..

 

[SunnyDawn]

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Haha, yea I saw it. The second I posted it did a weird blip, then another pic appeared! I thought once I had the page up it wasn't supposed to update but it must have just loaded slowly enough for the new pic to squeeze itself in.

He's, I mean she's a cutie!!! Don't know why it looks like a boy to me already.

 

[HighNDryFarm]

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I was gone yesterday so I collected eggs tonight....24!!!! 2 from the Polish pen! They even used a third laying box and I found some shell so they broke one, so that means all 7 EE, 2 Sexlinks, 1 RIR, 1 Australorp & 1 Polish are laying!

So I was trying to figure out why they're laying like its spring.....and then I remembered that its because it feels like spring, it's so warm!

what color are your polish eggs? I have four possible bantam layers. The polish, the two cochins, and my showgirl. I get a pointy white egg and a round light brown one. My polish and the two cochins are squatting for me so im ruling out the showgirl...

Polish lay a white egg, so one of your Polish are laying. Your Polish are bantum? Although I have to say, I don't know what color the Showgirls lay so if it's white it could be her too, but Polish for sure lay white eggs.

 

[SunnyDawn]

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what color are your polish eggs? I have four possible bantam layers. The polish, the two cochins, and my showgirl. I get a pointy white egg and a round light brown one. My polish and the two cochins are squatting for me so im ruling out the showgirl...

Polish lay a white egg, so one of your Polish are laying. Your Polish are bantum? Although I have to say, I don't know what color the Showgirls lay so if it's white it could be her too, but Polish for sure lay white eggs.

Since cochins lay a brown egg I'd say the mystery is solved.