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dheltzel said:
Your egg supply will be much better by keeping the 2 CCL pullets. They are among my best layers.

Anyone interested in Cochin bantam chicks later in the spring/summer? I would like to experiment with black sexlink cochins and maybe autosexing (Crele) cochins. I plan to buy some chicks through Agway and could add some extras if there is interest.
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A couple Crele cochins might be nice to have around. Hubby loves cochins. He prefers standard LF, but bantams are too adorable :)
 
Last week I hatched 1 pair of Bielefelders, this week I have a trio out already, and a few more pipped.
2016 I had such a hard time even getting fertile eggs, but this year they have been doing better than the Welbars and even the Legbars (on a "per pullet" basis).
 
That's great news! I love Bielefelders. Do you have the same breeding birds? Maybe the Roo finally learned to do his job. I love cochin, but DH think they are not useful. He is against Silkies and Cochins, but my son and I love them as great pets. We can always sneak some in and he wouldn't know.
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It's such a beautiful day out today! It's miss 50's here with the sun shining. Kids are outside playing and having a good time, the flock is everywhere, enjoying the day and chasing the thawed bugs around.

Ana's eggs are peeping under her. I checked them earlier when she was off the nest for breakfast and 3 of 4 are internally pipped and making noise :) Guess we'll see what we have tomorrow. I think that if any are pure, I MAY kidnap (or chicknap) them to raise inside and make sure nothing happens to them. I need more silkies!

And speaking of silkies, I should have some lavender bearded silkie hatching eggs coming this week :)
 
Auroradream26 said:
It's such a beautiful day out today! It's miss 50's here with the sun shining. Kids are outside playing and having a good time, the flock is everywhere, enjoying the day and chasing the thawed bugs around.

Ana's eggs are peeping under her. I checked them earlier when she was off the nest for breakfast and 3 of 4 are internally pipped and making noise
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Guess we'll see what we have tomorrow. I think that if any are pure, I MAY kidnap (or chicknap) them to raise inside and make sure nothing happens to them. I need more silkies!

And speaking of silkies, I should have some lavender bearded silkie hatching eggs coming this week
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I got a little of this, and a little of that done. I am much closer to having a coop for the ducks. I also think (I honestly don't know) I found my strawberry plant. If I did, shame on me for not making sure the flock couldn't uncover it. I will certainly need to cover back up.
 
It appears that my two CLs and my one EE are back in the egg business!! 3 blue eggs today!! My Other EE has been laying more of a sage green egg so I know these were not hers!!

Back up to 8 or 9 eggs a day from the 14 girls! No supplemental light. I honestly think that they weren't drinking enough water. I've been giving them a fresh waterer everyday for the last several weeks (its plastic and freezes) in addition to the water on the heater. With the run mostly finished we were able to move the water heater out of the coop. I'm thinking they will drink out of it better now that there is no chance of them pooping in it
 
Ana has a baby! When I tucked her in, I blocked the nest box to make sure nobody fell out overnight and that she didn't leave in the morning. I noticed the baby by feeling for eggs under her and I found an empty shell. The baby is a little black cutie. It doesn't look pure though. I'll have to watch as it grows to see who daddy was :)
 

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