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[rancher hicks]

Hi I'm Mallory! I'm about 25 minutes south from Syracuse, and I need to add some broody hens to my flock.. I want some chicks this spring and apparently my hens aren't particularly broody breeds. So I'm looking to buy some cochins or silkies (I already have a silkie rooster.) If anyone has any suggestions, they'd be much appreciated!

Well I would think your Cochins would go broody for you. Silkies of course will since they aren't good for much else. Forgot to say

I candled Frenchy's eggs and they all seem clear, poor thing. I didn't have enough room in my pockets so I left them for the night. (I sometimes find eggs when I close up and I did, 5.) 4 were Dels and one in the Opr / CR coop.

Now I don't know who is laying it but twice now I've cracked open eggs from the Orp/CR coop and found blood in it. I know it's not a "started" egg cuz eggs aren't in the coop long enough and no one is sitting. I've got to hold the eggs back from there until I can find out who it is. Once I do I'll have to decide what to do with her. I think it's a CR hen since I didn't get any eggs with blood until they started laying.

I was right about the eggs starting to hatch as one has a pip. I think it's a Del egg. I marked the others. Tomorrow is day 20. That I'm sure of.

I've resigned myself that the SDWD thread is dead so I've unsubscribed. There was a Delaware club but that died too. Don't know that I will but until I can find me. A Delaware group that won't play games behind me. I'll be what I am, solitary Delaware man. (to the tune of Solitary Man by Neil Diamond)

ta, ta for now,

Rancher

 

[Pyxis]

Hey Rancher, remember when you asked about Ebay eggs? Just got mine. Right on time. They were packed well, but sadly the post office was a bit rough with them. Three were cracked open, and one was hairline cracked down one side. I've patched that one up, and I'm curious if it will develop. But the seller did send extras, so I have 22 perfect eggs and one pretty iffy one.

 

[vmdanielsen]

"Dark Feathers" And "The Egg of Night" ?

How about "Little Coop on the Pairie" and "Roonanza"? Of course if they have TVLand channel down there they might be watching "The Partridge Family" LOL Or "The Broody Bunch"

The Broody Bunch!!!????

My favorite!!!

 

[vmdanielsen]

Rancher, I have 4 BR, Stewie and the three Gabbys. Stewie is the oldest, and of the eggs that I have been getting, I think only one BR is laying. I bet it's Stewie. The Gabbys were chicks last Spring or early Summer. Maybe the young ones are taking a while to get going. Maybe next year they will be earlier to start, like Stewie. Stewie is back to pecking my leg when I wear blue jeans, never does it when I wear black pants. I think my SS hen lays the lightest creamy colored egg. Today, after Fawn was apprehended, I found a creamy colored egg in a nest box. All the other eggs like it have been in strange places. Poor thing, her hatch mates were both roos, so she had to learn about eggs all by herself, the older hens don't seem to be too helpful. The sussex eggs are infrequent, or maybe they are Fawn's favorites.

Vm, don't you ferment feed too? Perhaps the lentils could go into that. I'd like to learn about that sometime. Probably after I master this type of sprouting. Used to sprout for the family years ago, so this didn't seem too much of a stretch.

I think I heard that filling an eggshell with mustard was a way to break a chicken of egg eating. ???

Yes, I ferment and sprout.(but only when I don't shower for weeks

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Hi I'm Mallory! I'm about 25 minutes south from Syracuse, and I need to add some broody hens to my flock.. I want some chicks this spring and apparently my hens aren't particularly broody breeds. So I'm looking to buy some cochins or silkies (I already have a silkie rooster.) If anyone has any suggestions, they'd be much appreciated!

Welcome!!

Rancher...time to post pictures of your (foil)hats!!!

 

[Adoravachick]

How about Isis ?

I like Isis! I forgot that I actually have 2 blue pullets....so I am thinking Iribella for Isabel's baby and Isis for the second blue pullet. Thanks!

 

[Pyxis]

Well, incubator is a go! Time for some fuzzy butts, I guess. Anyone want some buff orpington chicks around March 1st? I may well have extras.

 

[cracrzy4chicks]

I like Isis! I forgot that I actually have 2 blue pullets....so I am thinking Iribella for Isabel's baby and Isis for the second blue pullet. Thanks!

You're welcome !!

 

[pharmchickrnmom]

Thanks Rancher for making my dh's day with your comments about silkies. He shares your same opinion about them. Too bad cause I am going to be hatching out more! Sorry to hear you are on your own about dels. Perhaps someone will pick it up with you. TOB seems pretty enthusiastic about it. Now about those brs....I know mine were pretty slow to start laying. Once they started they laid nice eggs. Each molt saw them slow down and stop and then begin again. The br in the terrorist coop didnt start laying till after all my rir and sexlinks were laying. In the hens coop, I think only Mean Marge is laying right now and they will be 3 this april. Br lay nice eggs but they do tend to go off and on about laying. Not really sure why. Takes them longer to start laying as well. Of course, this is just my experience with the birds I have (they are hatchery stock).

Ginny--where can I find out about fermenting? I would like to try it.

Dh made it home before me and had to pull the sexlink out of the terrorist group again as they had pecked her back raw again. Not sure why. I doctored it up and put her back in the cage downstairs. I noticed her picking at the roos feathers before I left for work this morning. I wonder if thats why all their feathers look clipped. I checked the boys and there are no signs of any parasites but their feathers look like they have been clipped, giving them a raggedy appearance. None of the girls look like that. I checked them out too. They are on a 21 percent feed so protein isnt an issue. Any thoughts from any of you? I will try to take pics and post them, if the boys cooperate.

Anyone have any good patterns for saddles or know where I can get one for rir girls? The favs are getting pretty thin on their backs from the boys so I need to make some for them.

Supposed to get a foot or two of snow tomorrow depending on which way this storm tracks. Good think I bought some greens to keep the cheeps busy in their coops. Of course this will mean lots of shoveling for dh and I. Might even get some whiteouts and blizzard conditions if we get the winds. Hoping not to of course. Please be safe everyone.

 

[rancher hicks]

Hey Rancher, remember when you asked about Ebay eggs? Just got mine. Right on time. They were packed well, but sadly the post office was a bit rough with them. Three were cracked open, and one was hairline cracked down one side. I've patched that one up, and I'm curious if it will develop. But the seller did send extras, so I have 22 perfect eggs and one pretty iffy one.

I once had a cracked EE egg. I took a white candle and ran it back and forth to seal the egg. It hatched just fine. It was broody hatched too.

I am surprised you got cracked and broken eggs, but I suppose it does happen.

I've decided not to order eggs. I have to many chickens now and to many eggs too.

 

[Tough Old Bird]

Speaking of silkies...I have been trying to talk one of my hens, Julia, into going broody. She's been thinking about it, but she still hasn't quite committed to the job. So, Julia has been laying, but I haven't been collecting her eggs from the box. I've been catching her sitting on them for the last couple of days. I marked the eggs by date and put them back in the box, she keeps pushing one of them out. Is she trying to tell me something? My show hens are laying now, they always seem to lay when I have eggs in the incubator, this time the timing was perfect and I set their eggs last night. I still have a few more eggs I'd like to set, especially from my dark splash hen. I think I need to go and have another talk with Julia about hatching and raising babies.

My show hen Isabel's chick is 4 months old now and looks like a pullet, looks just like mom, only prettier! She is in need of a name. My blue ladies all begin with the letter I. Isabel, Ingrid, Iris, Irina.
Any thoughts on a name?

Well, you can go with the modern and beautiful name of "India"...or go really old-fashioned with Irene or Imogene! Or simply "Ivy" ...

I can't wait to name our new hens in the spring. My son gets to name most, but I will try to keep a couple for myself.

TOB