New Beginnings Hatch-A-Long

[GunnyBun]

The time has come… after years of loneliness, and no chickens, I have another chance for building a new flock! This moment has been longed for a very long time. I am so excited and grateful to be starting this journey again.

A little backstory for those that might not know. I had chickens for years and I was super invested in hatching and raising chickens. I was constantly turning a new batch of chicks out. Then times changed, I no longer had unlimited free time to care for them, and inflation caused feed prices to go up so bad we could no longer maintain our flock. So I sadly had to part with all of my lovely ladies and gentlemen.
It has now been 3 long years since I have had chickens, but now all of that is going to change.
My chicken bestie as I like to call her, surprised me yesterday with a dozen large fowl Cochin eggs to incubate!!! Talk about Easter Eggs!! I am going to start up the incubator tonight and let it run all night then I will set them probably early tomorrow morning. Some will be partridge color and some will be gold laced. Please follow me on this new chapter!!

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I love cochins. They are my favorite breed. Looking forward to following along.

 

[GunnyBun]

I love cochins. They are my favorite breed. Looking forward to following along.

I love Cochins as well! I had a dozen or more calico Cochin bantams and they were the sweetest most docile chickens I ever had!

this was my rooster we called him Featherduster

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I love Cochins as well! I had a dozen or more calico Cochin bantams and they were the sweetest most docile chickens I ever had!View attachment 4323641this was my rooster we called him Featherduster

He was gorgeous. I have a few bantam calico roosters. No frizzled though. I love the bantams the best, but still love the standards too. Got a few ordered for June. They are fun chickens. Can't wait to see what colors you hatch.

 

[GunnyBun]

He was gorgeous. I have a few bantam calico roosters. No frizzled though. I love the bantams the best, but still love the standards too. Got a few ordered for June. They are fun chickens. Can't wait to see what colors you hatch.

These are pics of the parents, my chicken bestie has great stock (in my opinion at least) she has always given me healthy hardy chicks.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

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These are pics of the parents, my chicken bestie has great stock (in my opinion at least) she has always given me healthy hardy chicks.

That rooster is gorgeous too.

 

[GunnyBun]

I am very excited to see what these babies will look like!!