Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

[SilkieSensation]

Ok, I think I know what pipping and zipping are, but I want to be sure. Could someone hand me the BYC dictionary?

Blarney covered this 1 pretty well.
CCL=crested cream legbar

The husband is interested in having me hatch a group of meat birds for him. Well, not me personally, but in the incubator. HAHA.

Anyway, who does the meat bird thing and what do you recommend we get? And if you have hatching eggs of that breed, let me know.

We are thinking into expanding into meat birds (chickens) and Muscovy's.

Heritage breeds that make good meat birds:
Dorkings
Brahmas
Cornish
Cornish x Rock

Wanted to share an interesting tidbit, while moving eggs from the incubator to the hatcher last week, we somehow missed 3 eggs that then sat out on the counter, outside of the incubator, no heat for THREE days before I noticed them. Was pretty bummed, but on a whim, marked them, and set them in the hatcher. ALL 3 hatched. The resilience of chicks amazes me.

I thought you were going to say they hatched on the counter and you found the chicks! Lol

Here are some pics from the eggs my friends classroom hatched. I think one is a rooster one is much much smaller than the other two. I always fall in love with the runt and then I find it dead. Hoping that isn't the case this time!! One has the pretty markings (lacing?) you mentioned.

Also, I took some close ups of our cochin. Any guesses on gender?

I want your white crested blue polish pullet!!! And your cochin is a little boy. Should be strutting & crowing soon.

 

[stake]

Good morning:

Anyone ever see this? My solo baby chick likes to ride on mama's back....

 

[wingstone]

Good morning:

Anyone ever see this? My solo baby chick likes to ride on mama's back....

Where's the picture?

We need to see what's going in to make an accurate judgement.

 

[dheltzel]

Where's the picture?

We need to see what's going in to make an accurate judgement.

I agree. I think maybe stake has been letting the kid watch too much TV. Even those nature documentaries can be bad in excess. Now the chick thinks it's a cygnet (baby swan).

 

[wingstone]

I know I can not count chicks before the hatch but those 16 Muscovy eggs that I put under the broodies on memorial day, everyone of them had good veining last night, that's a lot of Quacker's, or hisser's in this case.

May need to unload a few babies next month, my pen for the scovie's is not gonna hold that many.

 

[stake]

Where's the picture?

We need to see what's going in to make an accurate judgement.

its pretty funny....baby chick sometimes doesn't come when mama calls so mama goes back and baby hops on board....

 

[SilkieSensation]

Where's the picture? We need to see what's going in to make an accurate judgement.

its pretty funny....baby chick sometimes doesn't come when mama calls so mama goes back and baby hops on board....

Looks like a nice safe place to me...lol I've had a few do that. Only becomes a problem when they start to outgrow momma...lol

 

[wingstone]

Where's the picture? We need to see what's going in to make an accurate judgement.

its pretty funny....baby chick sometimes doesn't come when mama calls so mama goes back and baby hops on board....

Yep, the view is so much better from up here, I am waiting for Fisher Lady to chime in here, I hardly ever let broodies hatch, I hope this is common, since I have 7 broodies on eggs right now...wouldn't mind watching them walk around like that.

 

[wingstone]

Sorry Fisher Lady, auto correct insist that your name is 2 words, and I get tired of correcting the auto correct

 

[LisaYolkUm]

at what age does a chicken no longer taste good?

I mean................if you decide to process an older bird.............when is it too old to be a good meal...................just curious.........