Put eggs in the bator 9-9-12 anyone want to hatch along????? :0)

[dandydoodle]

I don't have pics of the parents, they're all shipped eggs. I have a few pics of the ones in the brooder - I've only got 4 right now, they're about 5 & 6 weeks old. Actually I only have 3 SFH, 1 is a Golden Campine. He's our honorary SFH tho. The place I bought his eggs from sent me the wrong eggs, I was supposed to get SFH. He's the only egg that hatched out of his batch, when he was about 18 hours old we got evacuated from our house due to wildfires. I loaded Bear up and evacuated him with us. He's about the sweetest thing there is. We wound up with 75% of our land burnt, only the little corner of our land that our house & chicken coop are on were saved.

Here's some pics

This is bear a couple days old with his only friends.



These are my 3 SFH that hatched a week after Bear. He finally got some friends
this is 2 Face



This is BB - Crested SFH


This is Runt - also crested (you can't tell here) Runt had a rough start. But is now a spunky 5 week old BEAUTIFUL chick!




Here's Bear about - 3 weeks old - notice comb starting to come in



2 face about 2 weeks old


BB - 2 weeks old


No pic of Runt at this age, s/he was still inside getting stronger.

Here are the most recent pics of them
Runt - 4.5 weeks old



2 face 4.5 weeks old


Bear 5.5 weeks old


2 face again


BB 4.5 weeks old


BB again - s/he's the only one that would pose for me, all the others were running around frantic cause I just put them outside in they're little playpen


Sorry bout all the pics. I love my crazy birds.

I love all the pics but, the one with Bear with a bear is too cute.

 

[Kimbroe1981]

No that is fine I love looking at pics and hearing their story.

So Fun!!!!!!! How did you figure out Bear was a Golden Campine. Don't the Swedish Flower Hens all look different. If it was me I would probably still be thinking he is a SFH. LOL!!! You can definitely tell in his more recent pics he is a Golden Campine though. I will look at and enjoy any pics you want to post.

So sorry about the fire thank goodness your house and coop were saved. How much land do you have? What state are you in? We just bought 52 acres, I hope we don't have problems with brush fires. Goodness, how do they get started in the middle of the woods? That is scary stuff. I am glad everyone is okay though.

I started questioning what he was because as a baby he looked so different from any picture of SFH I'd seen. So I got ahold of the breeder where the eggs came from and she id'd him right away.

Here's a pic of his fuzz when he was little. He was leopard spotted. It was crazy.




We have 22 acres that's been vacant since the 70's. We bought it in December 2011 and moved out here in April. It was pretty over grown, but the fire took care of most of it. kinda a blessing in disguise i guess. Gotta look at the bright side of things!

 

[flcityslicker]

I set 7 "ameraucana" eggs, that someone gave me, on 9/9. I guess we will see what comes out
I candled them last night, and all 7 of them are showing some veining.
This is my second hatch. My last babies hatched on Labor Day.

 

[Kimbroe1981]

Free eggs are always great!! I have 2 ameracauna's they hatched July 4th weekend. I'm starting to think that one of them is a he if not both, ugh, I really wanted some colorful eggs!

 

[Chicken Tamer]

Thank u Dandydoodle!!!

 

[aoxa]

I'm down quite a few eggs. One of my silkies has not laid a single fertile egg since she went broody 15 weeks ago. I don't know if the roo is not making close enough contact - but I have seen them go at it. Not a single bantam Ameraucana egg was fertile

I put my spare roo in with the 4 girls a few times this week. Hopefully I will get something soon. I would like to hatch a few to start laying next spring. The girls will squat for me, but resist any attempts of the boys, and they are very polite. No forcing, just trying to impress them into a squat.

Well almost every single one of my EE eggs is fertile. Lots of silkies as well. Can't complain!

 

[Kimbroe1981]

An update on my broody hen. This morning when we left to go to the fair, we poked our heads in the coop to check on her and there were 2 little white heads poking out of her feathers. I'm not sure how many are there all together, but we have at least 2.

 

[aussie pete]

well so much for me joining in ! lol - eggs didnt get sent by supplier (blamed an employee),and when i turned incubator on to get ready for eggs it refused to get up to temp.so supplier is now sending new eggs & a new incubator is on the way .hopefully incubator will arrive mon/tues & new eggs will arrive wed

 

[aoxa]

I started questioning what he was because as a baby he looked so different from any picture of SFH I'd seen.  So I got ahold of the breeder where the eggs came from and she id'd him right away.  

Here's a pic of his fuzz when he was little.  He was leopard spotted.  It was crazy.




We have 22 acres that's been vacant since the 70's.  We bought it in December 2011 and moved out here in April. It was pretty over grown, but the fire took care of most of it.  kinda a blessing in disguise i guess.  Gotta look at the bright side of things!

You have some beautiful babies Kimbroe! I'd love to have some SFHs!

 

[wbarb19]

Beautiful little chick! I'm loving his colors.