WELL.... I got my first ever chicken egg yesterday quite by acedent... my son and I were at a farm, and she gave him a green egg to eat, but he's all "We can't just let it DIE.... we have to HATCH IT!" and so we went home and researched, and set up an incubator....
now today I went back and got 12 more.... so I have 13 set...
: You gals are killin me with all the amazing breeds! I need the tamtrum icon! or the pull hair one. Got to get my hands on some of my wish list eggs!!!
He gets bedding for free from work, lets them out in the morning (and waters them, today we had frozen water buckets, so he had to bring them in to run hot water in them) and he adores the turkeys (though he won't admit it). When thanksgiving rolled around, we had five turkeys, when I got them, only one was supposed to stay, the rest were meat birds, anyways, he says "you know, we can just buy some turkey at the store, you don't have to butcher any of them". They're all still here and a permanent part of the family, lol. I can't even watch them kill a turkey on tv, it bothers me!
Where did you get your OE eggs? They are so pretty!!I set my eggs last night after getting home from work, will there be a contest for the last egg to hatch?? LOL...
I set 48 eggs... Some EE, OE, Marans, Delaware, bantam cochins and mystery eggs... hopefully the bantams do ok in there.. we'll see!! 17 are from my hens, and the rest were shipped, so some are not being turned, yet...
I love reading stories like this...*sigh*I still have a few eggs that I need to get my fingers on. Olive eggers, maybe some brown leghorns, would like some white showgirls, more sebbie eggs and some call duck eggs. My poor Big G. When he said that I could raise birds here, I did forewarn him that he would have more chickens running around than he expected, and to only agree if he was fully aware of that fact. He agreed, and actually helps take care of them.
So, our list of birds went from leghorns and some layer hens, Ameraucanas, cornish cross, turkeys and ducks to that same list, as well as silkies, seramas, quail, OEGB and now the geese eggs that will hopefully hatch and give me a pair. We even have more roosters than I had planned, though one is going to have to go. He's slightly more aggressive towards the hens, and even the turkeys beat the crap out of him for going after "their" hens (two little black hens range with them, so they protect them as if they were turkeys as well, lol).
We have one turkey and did not expect to enjoy having her as much as we do. She has so much more personality that most of the chickens. She does sometimes step on a chicken's foot and is unaware that the thing is squawking for a reason. I'm thinking we will get more in the SpringI still have a few eggs that I need to get my fingers on. Olive eggers, maybe some brown leghorns, would like some white showgirls, more sebbie eggs and some call duck eggs. My poor Big G. When he said that I could raise birds here, I did forewarn him that he would have more chickens running around than he expected, and to only agree if he was fully aware of that fact. He agreed, and actually helps take care of them.
So, our list of birds went from leghorns and some layer hens, Ameraucanas, cornish cross, turkeys and ducks to that same list, as well as silkies, seramas, quail, OEGB and now the geese eggs that will hopefully hatch and give me a pair. We even have more roosters than I had planned, though one is going to have to go. He's slightly more aggressive towards the hens, and even the turkeys beat the crap out of him for going after "their" hens (two little black hens range with them, so they protect them as if they were turkeys as well, lol).
My brother picked his kids up yesterday after I watched them in the morning and he exclaimed "wow, are they ever UGLY!" and all I could say was "I think they're the most beautiful birds we have here!" If you've never raised them, it's easy to only see the ugly heads, but once you get into them and fall in love, you realize that they are actually beautiful and those ugly protrusions on their heads are actually kind of cute. When I cuddle my big tom, his "neck testicles" and "head penis" are my favorite parts to touch, so soft and warm and not at all ugly. 
