Well, after all the trouble this year with tornados, lots of stuff destroyed, just a really rough spring, I finally got caught up enough to do a head count and take some pictures of our Orloffs. So far we've hatched out 187, and after a little culling and the ones we lost in the storms we currently have 114 Spangled Orloff chicks counting the ones that hatched out today. I plan on hatching at the very least 400 this year to cull back to the best 20 or so for next years breeders.
A picture from today of one of the pullet's nest boxes with a dollar bill for scale;
These hatched out today (With an oddball BB Red);
and these are a week old;
These are from two weeks up to around four weeks old;
and just one of many in the grow out coop;
It's a labor of love. Over 100 eggs still in the incubator with more hatching every Friday.
A picture from today of one of the pullet's nest boxes with a dollar bill for scale;
These hatched out today (With an oddball BB Red);
and these are a week old;
These are from two weeks up to around four weeks old;
and just one of many in the grow out coop;
It's a labor of love. Over 100 eggs still in the incubator with more hatching every Friday.
