She said/He said Who's right? Who's wrong? No one!

[BYC910]

Where do or would you keep extra roos if not with the flock. I have thought about keeping a backup, but don't know where I would keep it. In a barrel like Don I guess?

I liked snow birds barrels for show birds been thinking about doing that . it seemed like a good ideal . one bird one barrel . If their not with the hens they should grow faster to their full size.

 

[WalnutHill]

How many hens between them? I've never been able to keep 2 boys in the same pen

In the main henhouse there are 150ish hens and 2 roos. But before we got this batch of hens in February, we had whittled down the old flock to 25 hens with the 2 roos.

They will scuffle a bit but once they learn their places they will stop. It's hard work being a bully and not much fun getting beat up. All it takes is a threatening gesture from the big guy and the other strolls briskly away.

 

[FridayYet]

Hatch update

Waiting, waiting, waiting................................

 

[WVduckchick]

WV! How about an update?
Give me an excuse for a parade. Its already Wednesday night, and all I have done this week is post pics, ask advice, and read. I think scflock is dying, and this new guy is boring as crap

I had a horrible day at work. I hate it when work gets in the way of my BYC time!

SC, you are probably already gone for the evening, but you can bring the old SC back when you see this... not much new to add really.

4 of 4 silver duckwing OEGBs hatched - 100% that is!! Yes!
1 of 1 silver sebright (although I just found out its not pure... oops) 100%
5 of 6 black tail buff Japanese - which is excellent considering they carry a lethal gene - I think 83.33% is pretty darn good!
My parade ruiner is the golden sebrights. 8 of 13. I didn't mention this before, because I chose to lock it down anyway, but I cracked one egg when I took the rails out. I hoped it would make it and I left it in because it deserved a chance. But it died. My bad. I still have the 3 in the Brinsea, and one has internally pipped and is still alive, but I think it is shrinkwrapped. I made an air hole, but hubby says after he culled my slipped-tendon baby, he won't do it again. So I'm more inclined to let this one die in shell if it can't get out on its own. I set at 10pm, so I "plan" to give it till 10 tonight. I highly doubt it will make it.

So overall, I guess I'm shy of your parade percentage. I'm sorry. You can bring the old SC back and smack me for not meeting your quota! But I'm pretty happy about the hatch and the Brinsea anyway. (I still think the BTBJ's are parade worthy on their own!)

 

[FridayYet]

Well hooray for everything but the 5 golden sebrights that wouldn't come to the party!

Here's my kind of parade, just people running around like crazy. (At least they are in sync!)

 

[AmyLynn2374]

I had a horrible day at work. I hate it when work gets in the way of my BYC time!

SC, you are probably already gone for the evening, but you can bring the old SC back when you see this... not much new to add really.

4 of 4 silver duckwing OEGBs hatched - 100% that is!! Yes!
1 of 1 silver sebright (although I just found out its not pure... oops) 100%
5 of 6 black tail buff Japanese - which is excellent considering they carry a lethal gene - I think 83.33% is pretty darn good!
My parade ruiner is the golden sebrights. 8 of 13. I didn't mention this before, because I chose to lock it down anyway, but I cracked one egg when I took the rails out. I hoped it would make it and I left it in because it deserved a chance. But it died. My bad. I still have the 3 in the Brinsea, and one has internally pipped and is still alive, but I think it is shrinkwrapped. I made an air hole, but hubby says after he culled my slipped-tendon baby, he won't do it again. So I'm more inclined to let this one die in shell if it can't get out on its own. I set at 10pm, so I "plan" to give it till 10 tonight. I highly doubt it will make it.

So overall, I guess I'm shy of your parade percentage. I'm sorry. You can bring the old SC back and smack me for not meeting your quota! But I'm pretty happy about the hatch and the Brinsea anyway. (I still think the BTBJ's are parade worthy on their own!)

 

[BYC910]

I had a horrible day at work. I hate it when work gets in the way of my BYC time!

SC, you are probably already gone for the evening, but you can bring the old SC back when you see this... not much new to add really.

4 of 4 silver duckwing OEGBs hatched - 100% that is!! Yes!
1 of 1 silver sebright (although I just found out its not pure... oops) 100%
5 of 6 black tail buff Japanese - which is excellent considering they carry a lethal gene - I think 83.33% is pretty darn good!
My parade ruiner is the golden sebrights. 8 of 13. I didn't mention this before, because I chose to lock it down anyway, but I cracked one egg when I took the rails out. I hoped it would make it and I left it in because it deserved a chance. But it died. My bad. I still have the 3 in the Brinsea, and one has internally pipped and is still alive, but I think it is shrinkwrapped. I made an air hole, but hubby says after he culled my slipped-tendon baby, he won't do it again. So I'm more inclined to let this one die in shell if it can't get out on its own. I set at 10pm, so I "plan" to give it till 10 tonight. I highly doubt it will make it.

So overall, I guess I'm shy of your parade percentage. I'm sorry. You can bring the old SC back and smack me for not meeting your quota! But I'm pretty happy about the hatch and the Brinsea anyway. (I still think the BTBJ's are parade worthy on their own!)

still a lot better than what we've been hearing from your hatches

.so the blue slowly moves back into the hands. sorry you had a bad work day. culling is something you can't get away from in the chicken business . never gets any easier. don't work him to hard building all those coops

 

[kwhites634]

Better half was telling me about a conversation she had today at work when some guy found out we have chickens. The guy was telling her how their birds climb all over them and live in a heated coop (when they're not in the house), and how hard it was to take two of them to the vet to be put down. She couldn't believe what she was hearing!

My wife ain't real fluent in "chicken"

 

[WVduckchick]

Well hooray for everything but the 5 golden sebrights that wouldn't come to the party!

e e e e e

Here's my kind of parade, just people running around like crazy. (At least they are in sync!)

Thank you! That will work!

still a lot better than what we've  been hearing from your hatches .so the blue slowly moves back into the hands. sorry you had a bad work day. culling is something you can't get away from in the chicken business . never gets any easier. don't work him to hard building all those coops

So much for blue. I just pulled the air cell off. Its still chirping, but not really trying to get out....
And new big coop is on the agenda this weekend for the lavenders at camp, if the weather cooperates!

 

[Cynthia12]

You guys are talk a holics! Catching up was..somewhat fun though.