Peachick Show 2023

[BirdsBeesTrees]

It's getting close to laying season 2023 for the Peahens!
If you have some Peachicks that you hatched or bought this is the place to show them off!

Here's a picture of a couple of mine from last year to start us off. I don't have any Peachicks from this year just yet.

 

[KsKingBee]

I like your enthusiasm but I won't have any chicks until May. However, Mary Mackowski has already hatched some. Maybe @casportpony knows how to tag her.

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

Started getting some eggs the end of April.
Hopefully some will hatch out by the end of May.

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

First baby Peachick hatched this morning! Pictures coming soon! A little Pied one!

 

[KsKingBee]

We have 12 in the brooder from the first two weeks of hatching, more hatched last night. Here is a Spalding Black Shoulder chick that hatched with a LOT of color. Normally it takes a couple of weeks to get to this much color.

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

We have 12 in the brooder from the first two weeks of hatching, more hatched last night. Here is a Spalding Black Shoulder chick that hatched with a LOT of color. Normally it takes a couple of weeks to get to this much color.View attachment 3525498View attachment 3525500

Wow that's beautiful! Are you keeping it or selling?

 

[casportpony]

It's getting close to laying season 2023 for the Peahens!
If you have some Peachicks that you hatched or bought this is the place to show them off!

Here's a picture of a couple of mine from last year to start us off. I don't have any Peachicks from this year just yet.

We're off to a very slow start this year - First eggs went in the incubator on 5/25. The second batch are going in today.

 

[KsKingBee]

Wow that's beautiful! Are you keeping it or selling?

That is out of my Red Buff pen so I will wait until this fall to see hoe they color out. I normally save my best hens and swap out the older hens with less color. Here is a keeper from last year and a couple of hens in the background.

 

[KsKingBee]

We're off to a very slow start this year - First eggs went in the incubator on 5/25. The second batch are going in today.

Very slow and very late here also. Last year we had 108 chicks on this date and this year only 28. On this date last year we had set 1200 eggs and this year only 1116. However, we have nearly 50 more hens in production than last year so yeah, much slower. We set 275 eggs yesterday, have five Brinsea 380 full and not sure what we will do next week. Hatcher space is going to be a problem real soon.

 

[casportpony]

That is out of my Red Buff pen

What's a red buff?