NY chicken lover!!!!

[SunnysideupstateNY]

I think it's about a half hour from me. I'm ok with buying hatchery eggs for this year, but would prefer local to avoid all of the shipping hazards, kwim.
Do you have other breeds?

I can't remember who all offered me what now, lol! Somebody gave me a number for a non BYCer who had buffs and I think SS, there was somebody else in Syracuse with Australorps. But the non BYCer never called me back and Syracuse is a far trip for just the Australorps.

Anyways, we are in Pittsburgh until late Wed for my husband's sialendoscopy and I probably won't be back on BYC until we get back. I pledge to bring warm weather with me when we return!

ETA: I forgot to add that we are in Penn Yan, about 30 min south of Geneva. Both Rochester and Syracuse are a bit of a hike, but if I can get two of the breeds in one trip, it would be worth it!

I love Penn Yan, I went to Keuka for undergrad. I'm about 45 minutes away now and try to make a point of going for wing night at Lloyds every once in a while.

 

[pharmchickrnmom]

Morning all. Lots of egg sounds coming from the terrorist coop this morning. They are laying well and orders are coming in from my egg customers. I do have to save some eggs for starting another hatch this week. I am expecting my second set of rir eggs tomorrow. Hopefully the post office calls early. The chicks are doing well and are so funny to watch. The sexlink roos alway run up to peck my hand when I reach in. They will probably be frozen or canned when the time comes. Ordered some leg bands for the chicks so I can keep records on my heritage rir birds. Since I will have two different lines, I will need to keep track of who I am breeding with whom. I may use zip ties when they get much older as I can use different colors to signify different things. Its a learning process. My aim is to breed true or as close to true. Still have no interest in showing.

Lynzi--I am wrestling with the same issue in my bator right now and am not sure what is going on. I have to candle the eggs my broody silkie is sitting on to see if there is any difference as the eggs are all the same age. By the way, the broody silkie is one of the pullets you are getting. I think. Have to look at her again.

Rancher--you crack me up. You need a sign or something to sell all those eggs! I hope you find homes for your hens. Mine will be finding freezer camp and glass jars when the newbies start laying.

Gramma---people might start jumping off bridges if that is the forecast!

Pyxis--good luck with that. I always end up with more of it on me than on the birds. Still working on your batch of littles.

Off to sling java today. Long days this week but gotta take the hours when I can. Later all.

 

[Sweetpea3829]

I love Penn Yan, I went to Keuka for undergrad. I'm about 45 minutes away now and try to make a point of going for wing night at Lloyds every once in a while. 

We moved here two years ago from Rhode Island, looking for more affordable homes. We love it here! Such a beautiful place to live and my kids are having the kind of Tom Sawyer childhood I always wanted for them. Complete with trees to climb and everything, lol!

 

[Lynzi777]

Lynzi--I am wrestling with the same issue in my bator right now and am not sure what is going on. I have to candle the eggs my broody silkie is sitting on to see if there is any difference as the eggs are all the same age. By the way, the broody silkie is one of the pullets you are getting. I think. Have to look at her again.

Oooooh yay, another broody! LOL I just finally got the frizzle from ke5hde up and off her nestbox! I didn't think I'd ever break her of her broodiness! Which ever silkie goes broody for me this summer is getting eggs! Especially if I can't get a 7 for 7 hatch rate. I knew I should have removed that egg turner and threw more eggs in there, turning them by hand. Owell.

When you guys have broodys and they are currently in the coop with others, do you leave them in there and let them hatch in the coop or do you remove them and place them away from everyone else? Last summer I ended up moving Stella when she was sitting on eggs. I'm wondering if I only have 3 birds in a coop/pen if I should let that broody be in there. Will she protect the chicks from the others or no?

 

[marquisella]

Quote: You never know what a hen will do. And sometimes the chicks just get too far away from their mama & anther hen might peck at it, etc. I always keep them away, but then, I rarely let hens hatch chicks anyhow.

 

[Lynzi777]

Updated pic of the Polish/Silkie cross chicks:



I'm really liking these chicks, even though they are not what I was expecting from the eggs I got. I have a feeling they're going to be really soft like the Smooth Sizzles I have.

 

[AQHAchick22]

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I've done it both ways but personally I would segregate the hen if I let a broody hatch again. I think it depends a lot on where the hen is in the pecking order. I let an Americauna hen hatch some eggs last summer and her chicks were killed by the other hens pretty quickly. I should have known better and taken her and the chicks out since she was low on the pecking order but stupid me didn't. However I let the white silkie you gave me hatch out some chicks and she was an excellent mother and was able to protect them from the rest of the hens. It really depends on the hen...

 

[Lynzi777]

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Guess I'll have to see who I have in that coop when that time comes. I do have that brooder box I made which is plenty big for a silkie/bantam size hen. So maybe I'll just let her sit like I did with Stella and move her the last week before they hatch.

 

[Lynzi777]

Finally got a good picture of "Nervous Nancy" while I was outside trying to get some better pics for my website. She is definitely going to be bigger than her momma!



Really happy with the way she feathered out, she seems to be calming down a bit too which I like. She now struts along at the same pace as Gru and Stella, isn't as frantic anymore. It's like she's finally matured from Chick to Hen!

This is my little sizzle boy:

 

[SunnysideupstateNY]

Finally got a good picture of "Nervous Nancy" while I was outside trying to get some better pics for my website. She is definitely going to be bigger than her momma!



Really happy with the way she feathered out, she seems to be calming down a bit too which I like. She now struts along at the same pace as Gru and Stella, isn't as frantic anymore. It's like she's finally matured from Chick to Hen!

Oh wow she is pretty! Blue Orpington?