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[dheltzel]

Woke up this morning and found 3 chicks in the hatcher. Now how did they get there ?

They are the first Reese legbars I have ever hatched, and a 4th one has started to hatch.

 

[AnneInTheBurbs]

Thanks! And I did get a few more...the chicks are still mostly under Gracie, but did coax them out with the assist of scrambled eggs and dried meal worms.

So do she hatch more than three altogether? This made me think this morning about broody raised babies versus incubator hatched chicks. Has anyone found the broody raised chicks to be stronger or have better defenses? I would think the answer would be a pretty certain yes, but I don't have enough experience. I watched a TEDtalk where the Dr. was talking about how important bacteria and the gut micro biome is to health. She said that more progressive hospitals are starting to wipe C-section babies with their mother's vaginal secretions when they are born, to expose them to the natural bacteria they would have gotten. I wonder if there is I evidence for the same sort of "bacterial sharing" between a broody and her babies, even though she did not "bear" them, so to speak. Babbling over...

Woke up this morning and found 3 chicks in the hatcher. Now how did they get there ? They are the first Reese legbars I have ever hatched, and a 4th one has started to hatch. e

Congratulations! How many eggs are in the bator? Do I remember 9? Of course we expects pics very soon.... Also, this morning I found a shell-less rubbery egg. I am hoping it was from my girl who was sick and now seems to be recovered. Possibly it is her system getting back to normal? I can't think of any of my others that would be laying a shell-less egg right now. She is fully back to acting like herself! e. I don't really care if she never lays again, but I don't want her to suffer at all. Plus, she was an excellent broody. I am thinking now that she may have had a bacterial infection (Salpingitis ?) that resulted in a lash egg. Hopefully it won't happen again. *edited for spelling

 

[Chaos18]

Woke up this morning and found 3 chicks in the hatcher. Now how did they get there ? 

They are the first Reese legbars I have ever hatched, and a 4th one has started to hatch.  e

So if you hatched them are they still Reese Legbars or would the new ones be called Heltzel Legbars?

 

[fisherlady]

Woke up this morning and found 3 chicks in the hatcher. Now how did they get there ?

They are the first Reese legbars I have ever hatched, and a 4th one has started to hatch.

Congrats on the new additions!

So do she hatch more than three altogether?

This made me think this morning about broody raised babies versus incubator hatched chicks. Has anyone found the broody raised chicks to be stronger or have better defenses? I would think the answer would be a pretty certain yes, but I don't have enough experience. I watched a TEDtalk where the Dr. was talking about how important bacteria and the gut micro biome is to health. She said that more progressive hospitals are starting to wipe C-section babies with their mother's vaginal secretions when they are born, to expose them to the natural bacteria they would have gotten. I wonder if there is I evidence for the same sort of "bacterial sharing" between a broody and her babies, even though she did not "bear" them, so to speak. Babbling over...

Congratulations! How many eggs are in the bator? Do I remember 9? Of course we expects pics very soon....

Also, this morning I found a shell-less rubbery egg. I am hoping it was from my girl who was sick and now seems to be recovered. Possibly it is her system getting back to normal? I can't think of any of my others that would be laying a shell-less egg right now. She is fully back to acting like herself!

. I don't really care if she never lays again, but I don't want her to suffer at all. Plus, she was an excellent broody. I am thinking now that she may have had a bacterial infection (Salpingitis ?) that resulted in a lash egg. Hopefully it won't happen again.


*edited for spelling

Glad your girl is continuing her recovery!
I believe that broody raised chicks are generally a more hardy group. I'm not sure the exact reason but I attribute it to the fact that they are exposed to small amounts of many germs right from the start and their environment isn't as artificial as the brooders. How often do we hear folks on byc asking about multiple chicks being sick in a brooder with multiple hatches loosing multiple chicks? Brooders seem to be petri dishes for potential problems. I think part of it is because of the constant high temps people have been taught for years and years is 'needed' for 'delicate' chicks to survive. When you create an artificial environment you invite an artificial crowd of visitors (meaning pathogens which normally wouldn't be concentrated in one area).
Broody hens keep the chicks warm to sleep, and warm them up during the day as needed when out running around but those chicks are NOT at a constant tropical temp...in fact they are often out in downright cold temps doing their thing just fine. Having seen that with broodies even changed how we deal with our meat birds. They aren't put into a brooder with a high overall temp, they are put into a bit larger area with 'zones'. There is a warmer corner for resting but food and water are in distant corners with much, much cooler temps. They have to spend their time in more normal temps at least a good part of day. We had no 'brooder losses' doing this and we had 60 chicks in the set up last year.

 

[chiques chicks]

Had someone ask me the other day if I knew anyone that had blue egg layers for sale.

Thought I'd throw it out here since I now some of you raise them. I don't know the person who wants them, but @galgo98 is in contact with them. If you have some, you can contact her. I "think" they want a bunch. They sell eggs and have a demand for blue.

Thanks

 

[stake]

So if you hatched them are they still Reese Legbars or would the new ones be called Heltzel Legbars?

Chaos:

In the world of CCLs (in the US), there were x4 lines of birds imported from England....the first three had some breeding flaws so a 4th was added....a US line has been established from the first lines named Curtis Hales....the 4th line came from a breeder Jill Reese (won lots of show awards for her CCLs)....there is a great explanation of this in the Legbar thread....(I tried to google Curtis and was not able to locate him).....

 

[stake]

Hey all:

Suggestions needed....I have 10 birds at present with two roos...the slightly older roos is blind and really just hangs out....well, over the past week the younger roo has really taken control over the flock and now will not let the blind roo near the girls....they all still roost together....so

1)is this an acceptable situation?

2) I have a second coop/pen that I could put a couple of younger girl in with the blind roo and keep them penned.....this just might make the dominant roo ****** off....also the blind roo knows his way around the other pen and coop and I think learning a new situation would be very stressful....

Lastly, I intend to enlarge the flock in the spring and I think the added girls may make the situation more acceptable....

Your thoughts???

 

[chippysmom327]

Thanks



Very cute babies Fisher! Congrats!!! e

Than you....
I am very sorry to hear you lost your little girl. As special as our birds all are there are still a few that have that extra space in our hearts. I am glad you have so many pictures of her and were able to share her with us.

Thanks so much for the kind words fisher

 

[OneMountainAcres]

Woke up this morning and found 3 chicks in the hatcher. Now how did they get there ? 

They are the first Reese legbars I have ever hatched, and a 4th one has started to hatch.  e

Congratulations! That's awesome! I bet you're excited to see them grow out. Can you tell the cockerels and pullets yet?

Had someone ask me the other day if I knew anyone that had blue egg layers for sale.

Thought I'd throw it out here since I now some of you raise them. I don't know the person who wants them, but @galgo98 is in contact with them. If you have some, you can contact her. I "think" they want a bunch. They sell eggs and have a demand for blue.

Thanks

I have a ton of blue eggs right now but I can't guarantee who the father was to hatch them. Babies from them could be anything from pure ameraucana to dark olive eggers lol.

 

[Just Ducky10]

Hey, I'm trying to find a home for my paint silkie cockerel. He's about 8 weeks old and very friendly. He's good with children, like to sit on laps and be petted. He's friendly towards familiar dogs & cats, would make a great pet or friendly flock roo. He hasn't started crowing yet, but is an obvious roo. We've been trying to find him a home for 2 weeks, but nobody wants a roo. (I thought he had a home, but it turned out they didn't understand that cockerel ment male) I'm asking $7 for him.

PM me if you're interested. Here's a link to my BYC ad https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...adults-silkie-cockerel-duck-eggs-chicken-eggs