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[old*cowboy]

Been busy here today too. Beings wife is home, had her help me move the big brooder into the building I cleaned last week. Got it set up and chicks moved from tank to brooder, and got it set up for chicks from Carl tuesday.
After a few days in the stock tank it took the chicks a couple hours to get comfortable in their new home. After moved the brooder turned the egg layers out into my moms back yard for some fresh greens. I have been cleaning around here for as long as I have been moved back. I am now getting it to the point that the chickens will have several patches of good green vegitation. They had a blast.

 

[old*cowboy]

And happy hens lay happy eggs

 

[Cjarvis]

Mitzi,
I just candled the SF eggs, 11 of the 12 are developing good at this point. 1 was infertile.

 

[Cjarvis]

here is a snap shot Guy, I counted 11 Blue LF.


And the KO....

 

[jcatblum]

Inquiring minds want to know--- what type of candled do you use Jarvis--- or anyone else.

I use a DeWalt flashlight with a DIY tapered end DH
Are to use to sit the eggs on. Been thinking of buying a real candler if there is one that is worth the money. The DeWalt works-- but even though we own 4 DeWalt flashlights someone always takes mine! If I bought a candler I doubt anyone would take it & forget where they used it last.

 

[Cjarvis]

Inquiring minds want to know--- what type of candled do you use Jarvis--- or anyone else.
I use a DeWalt flashlight with a DIY tapered end DH
Are to use to sit the eggs on. Been thinking of buying a real candler if there is one that is worth the money. The DeWalt works-- but even though we own 4 DeWalt flashlights someone always takes mine! If I bought a candler I doubt anyone would take it & forget where they used it last.

I use a Halogen Candler, sold under Brinsea as an Egg-lume. It works wonderfully.

 

[old*cowboy]

here is a snap shot Guy, I counted 11 Blue LF.


And the KO....

Way to cool. Some of the blues are part of the NN project, some should be LF Asil. Love me some blue chickens

 

[Ksane]

Wow! I really might get at least 1 baby! Thank you for letting me know I'm really kind of surprised that out of 15 eggs counting the 3 I have here, 14 were fertile & at least at this point, are growing. That's pretty good odds for shipped eggs.





You don't need all those tools, I have a good tractor with a front laoder and soft soil.. Can't stand to watch a woman work too hard.
lol! We could probably talk Jim into doing the digging if we ask nice. After all-he's the one making us do this to him.

 

[fairwindminishetland]

Wow! I really might get at least 1 baby! Thank you for letting me know I'm really kind of surprised that out of 15 eggs counting the 3 I have here, 14 were fertile & at least at this point, are growing. That's pretty good odds for shipped eggs.




lol! We could probably talk Jim into doing the digging if we ask nice. After all-he's the one making us do this to him.

I had 12 shipped eggs in the incubator and then hatcher, and all but one devloped...only two have hatched? Any ideas what could cause the poor hatching?

 

[Guinea and Chicken raiser]

you made me snicker. sort of laugh. well, haven't lost any to a gater, haven't seen any gator here in LA-de-state. I'm fixing to move to SouthEastern Oklahoma.... It's still windy there.. Maybe not as bad as Western. I been to Altus.. real windy there....

They seem to get used to it. Bet they would rather deal w/ the wind even the Western OK wind then the gators!!!!!