They're both pullets, thank goodness. The one on the left its kind of a mishmash of every color. There's some gray, some weird browns, a bunch of tan, a tan patch on top of her head, and a little yellow. I think this picture is a bit better. (Is blue sort of like a gray?) She has a bit of a beard, too, I think.
Give me five weeks notice and I can put green eggs in the incubator (lemon peep rooster in with them) and I can havev two week olds! All I had are gone.Eric T-Run now and run fast, stay off of this sight! There are way tooooo many enablers here.Build bigger, you wont regret it. SilkieSensation-Do you have any 2-4 week EE's for sale?
Pretty sure I have some around those ages. Could be 10 or more if I remember right. Haven't counted in a few days.Eric T-Run now and run fast, stay off of this sight! There are way tooooo many enablers here.Build bigger, you wont regret it.
SilkieSensation-Do you have any 2-4 week EE's for sale?
Here's the thing about EE's: They can be ANY color & will always change from what they look like as chicks. The only thing you can really tell on these 2 is that 1 will have more buff/orange & the other will have more brown & black.I took some marginally better pictures of my "Ameraucanas". They're probably actually EE's and the feed store just gets them from a hatchery that falsely advertises, but do you guys have any idea what they're going to look like when they grow up? Turnip is mostly yellow, and looks sort of like she might be buff, but I've never had a buff chick and I don't really know. She's got some weird red and gray splotches on her back, if you can see them. Hortense is just a really fluffy chick (chipmunk?), and already bigger than Turnip if you can't tell.
That would be a good experiment.I was thinking about this today.. Has any one ever stuck a thermometer and hydrometer under a broody and let it capture and record the temp/ humidity over the 21+/- day period? Then make a incubator that matches that.Or is that what those REALLY expensive bators already do? lol OOHHH! I KNOW! we could come up with and egg shaped sensor that records temp, humidity AND movement!! make it wireless and go to an app on a phone or to you computer, or make it have a usb to download info!!! can we patent this and sell it?
DD was having a " i am going to say NO to everything mom asks me to do today" kind of day. She is in bed.
Sounds like molting. Still wouldn't hurt to worm & treat for mites just in case if she feels skinny. I use Ivermectin cattle pour on (.5 ML for a LF bird, .25ML for a banty of 1/2 grown LF, just a drop for a chick). It takes care of both. There are other natural remedies available for worms as well. Pumpkin seeds work well. Haven't found much else for the mites & such though.UPdate, I checked her out closer tonight, felt around the vent area, and it looks ok, not swollen, and i felt around a bit, she didn't feel hard around the vent area, soft. Then i looked around her wings and and such, no mites or flees... Only thing i could see is what looks like some possible new feathers coming in, so I guess she is molting, she hasn't lost a lot of feathers, but looks off for sure. The evening got away from me, I will snap some pictures of her in the morning
There is NO SUCH THING as a goat proof fence!!! Get used to it or give up on the goats...LOL
No such thing as a sheep proof fence either apparently.
Goats WILL escape. That's a given. They especially like flower beds, gardens & pretty bushes.That's terrible!! Here's another hug
Hmmm...Should I be re-thinking the whole goat thing?? I am not known for my patience.
We always had to end up staking ours out on dog chains. You have to move them frequently & untangle them until they figure out how to NOT tangle themselves completely up. But at least they stay where you put them that way.
Yup, pretty much sums it up.
I'm drowning in duck eggs myself & have 3 bators pretty much full of ducks right now & about 13 running around 2 brooders.
I'll have runners & pekins available soon too if you want some. I'm over below Wheeling but will be heading east for a delivery run as soon as I can coordinate with Missy & a couple others who want birds.
I was thinking the same thing about my broody goose. I found this..... But I'm afraid she'll just chew through the cord. http://incubatorwarehouse.com/eggometer.htmlI was thinking about this today.. Has any one ever stuck a thermometer and hydrometer under a broody and let it capture and record the temp/ humidity over the 21+/- day period? Then make a incubator that matches that.DD was having a " i am going to say NO to everything mom asks me to do today" kind of day. She is in bed.
