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[Kassaundra]

I'm so sorry Coral.

 

[NanaKat]

Coral, I'm so sorry to hear about your loss. While I won't be breeding naked chickens, I have followed stories and pictures of your and Kassaundra's birds with interest.

 

[lonnyandrinda]

So sorry Coral!!

 

[Ironsights]

I've had possums do this as well. We shot one last night that was digging in our trash.

what do they call an armadillo in the big city?

Possum on the half shell!

 

[ashtree]

Best Welsummers on my side of the state come from Lisa LeRay in Tahlequah.  She's not on here I don't think, or at least not much, but she's on Facebook in the Oklahoma poultry groups.  Shoot me a PM if you want her number.

Awesome! Thank you so much. I'll PM you when I'm on the computer. I can't seem to get mobile BYC PMs to work correctly half the time. All user error

And to answer my own question YES apparently a possum will eat only the back end of a chick. I found the possum scurrying through our yard tonight but I sadly wasn't prepared so he got away.

 

[Kassaundra]

Well this latest hatch was an abysmal failure. I gave the 4 hens 40 eggs, they stole another 20ish between them. I had 3 chicks internal pip and 1 that was ready but didn't internally pip all shrink wrapped, I hatched out all 4, 3 died one was still alive at dark. By far the majority of the rest were not fertile, so I believe I have a rooster problem. Shakespears days are numbered.

 

[lonnyandrinda]

Well this latest hatch was an abysmal failure. I gave the 4 hens 40 eggs, they stole another 20ish between them. I had 3 chicks internal pip and 1 that was ready but didn't internally pip all shrink wrapped, I hatched out all 4, 3 died one was still alive at dark. By far the majority of the rest were not fertile, so I believe I have a rooster problem. Shakespears days are numbered.

Awe poor old guy.

 

[Kassaundra]

Awe poor old guy.

He's not even very old just 2 years I believe.

 

[NanaKat]

Well this latest hatch was an abysmal failure. I gave the 4 hens 40 eggs, they stole another 20ish between them. I had 3 chicks internal pip and 1 that was ready but didn't internally pip all shrink wrapped, I hatched out all 4, 3 died one was still alive at dark. By far the majority of the rest were not fertile, so I believe I have a rooster problem. Shakespears days are numbered.

I have found that temperatures over 90 will affect the fertility of the rooster. As temperatures rise, I don't collect eggs to hatch when I first see a decrease during candling. When temps get cooler, fertility returns. Might try a late broody hatch if one goes broody on you. She will raise them instead of you having to do a winter brooder box.....unless of course any are nekkid!

 

[Poco Pollo]

I'm so sorry Coral.

Coral, I'm so sorry to hear about your loss. While I won't be breeding naked chickens, I have followed stories and pictures of your and Kassaundra's birds with interest.

So sorry Coral!!

Thank you, everyone. I miss that nekid little guy. He was among the friendliest chickens I've hatched. He'd hop up into my lap when I sat in the grass (probably to get warm), and he'd fall asleep if I tucked him into my sweatshirt and carried him around the yard.