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Quote: That's my boy!!!

 

[scflock]

What's the last thing you saw?

Please, please name him Mr. Flock! Then I can

you by proxy

 

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I'm sorry, Amy, are you ok?

 

[RubyNala97]

Love the pic!! They are called chamois over here in the UK. I've hatched a couple of these this year but sold them on so not sure what they are like now. Here they are just before they left.

Thank you for posting that pic of the young girls!! They look like that picture even as babies! This is not good...because I've been thinking about getting some like that all day and I think you just sealed the deal with that picture!! LOL! Off to google breeders! Oh and goodluck with the rest of the hatch!

  Good luck!

  Good luck!

No digital display or thermostat? Heating element that runs around the top lid? Your temps are about what mine stay. The nice thing with checking air cells is you can pinpoint what eggs might be trouble (loosing more moisture due to porousity/shell quality.)  Another big thing I have found with mine is even though it has the fan, I still have cooler/warmer spots in the bator. I try to rotate my eggs, especially if certain ones look less/more developed.


Love it!
Definetly Phyllis!! lol

I just love the weird looking ones!

Yay!! Good luck!



Not something on my list of "things to see"  lol

I don't know about the bulbous head, but according to the development chart on the average, chicks start to absorb the yolk at day 19, so it's probably why it looked smaller. He was actually doing things when he should.



Me too.

Sleep? During hatch???  




e Congrats!!! Love them!!


Well, my 15 are now in their new coop and I even have my "special needs" roo out there. Hoping  that he can stay out there at least during the good weather.  I was sitting in the coop watching them and I was scrutizing the Spitzhauben, (I had aimed to keep 4 spitz girls and 2 boys and I am thinking now I ended up with 2 girls and 4 boys     so it looks like I might be shipping 3 out,) anyhow I wasn't paying attention to my ee roo, the pretty gray one who was dancing beside me...apparently he was watching my eye as I was watching his friends and he nailed me right in the eyeball!! And daggone it hurts!!!  I'm usually very watchful when they are around my face, but I wasn't paying attention and now I am paying for it. 
Anyhow they look real happy in there. Tomorrow I plan on getting my run up. Now I just have the littles and almost have my house back! 12 weeks inside is way too long, so glad to have them out!

Oh no! What happened, he peaked you right in the eye??!!! Ouch!!!

 

[FridayYet]

Well, since this is an alternate Marans thread.... LOL

Here's my colorful girl at 10 weeks. She's really developing the heavy boat shaped body, but has sparse leg feathering and some mossy feathers. She shines both purple and green in the sun. She actually bawked yesterday, where her Orloff friends are still peeping like babies.







Since she's my only surviving Marans right now, so I'm really hoping for dark eggs. If one of the chicks behind her is a Wheaten Ameraucana Roo, I could make Olive Eggers - but that's a while off.

 

[FridayYet]

Ouch Amy - that has to hurt! I just was reading a thread here on BYC about people who have been pecked in the eye by chickens. They can really do some damage!

Hope you are OK.

 

[WalnutHill]

Well I tried. I think "I" did it ok, but nothing really seemed to happen. Like doing inverted chin-ups hanging upside down from your ankles? She pulled up, no problem. I wasn't real sure how close her shanks should be together. She doesn't weigh anything! Well I did weigh her - 22.3 grams! Big one huh? Another weighs 23.6 grams, and the biggest, most active one weighs 31.4 grams.

I felt all around both leg bones on both sides and they feel the same, I can't tell where the problem is. I massaged some and it doesn't seem to bother her. She does seem to be using it as a stabilizer now, while she still stands on one foot and hops mostly on the one foot. I put another band aid on for now, may try it again later. I let her rest between, but tried it like 5 times.

Sounds like two things, one you did just fine, and two it may not be all too serious.

I like to keep a low block on the floor in the coop, the chicks and poults LOVE to hop on top of things. And since no one likes to be left out, your straggler may get some quality physical therapy in the process. Just make it a square piece of 1x6 or 2x4 so they don't crash too hard jumping willy-nilly.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

That's my boy!!!

What's the last thing you saw?

Please, please name him Mr. Flock! Then I can

you by proxy

I didn't see anything!! Never saw it coming. I saw him beside me then wham! Beak in the eye!! And he nailed it hard. I was waiting for blood....lol

I'm sorry, Amy, are you ok?

No.

It hurts!!!

Thank you for posting that pic of the young girls!! They look like that picture even as babies! This is not good...because I've been thinking about getting some like that all day and I think you just sealed the deal with that picture!! LOL! Off to google breeders! Oh and goodluck with the rest of the hatch!
Oh no! What happened, he peaked you right in the eye??!!! Ouch!!!

Oh ya, jumped up and nailed me probably smack in the pupil...lol That'll teach me to sit on the coop floor and not pay attention to who's watching me watch them.....lol

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Ouch Amy - that has to hurt! I just was reading a thread here on BYC about people who have been pecked in the eye by chickens. They can really do some damage!

Hope you are OK.

Thanks.

I'm fine, but it seriously does hurt like hades...lol But I still have 20/20 vision, so it's all good. My wake up call for the day...lol

 

[sideWing]

Well, my 15 are now in their new coop and I even have my "special needs" roo out there. Hoping that he can stay out there at least during the good weather. I was sitting in the coop watching them and I was scrutizing the Spitzhauben, (I had aimed to keep 4 spitz girls and 2 boys and I am thinking now I ended up with 2 girls and 4 boys

so it looks like I might be shipping 3 out,) anyhow I wasn't paying attention to my ee roo, the pretty gray one who was dancing beside me...apparently he was watching my eye as I was watching his friends and he nailed me right in the eyeball!! And daggone it hurts!!! I'm usually very watchful when they are around my face, but I wasn't paying attention and now I am paying for it.
Anyhow they look real happy in there. Tomorrow I plan on getting my run up. Now I just have the littles and almost have my house back! 12 weeks inside is way too long, so glad to have them out!

My boy lost a couple eyelashes to a gold sexlink and that was a good reminder for us. Hurt him a little but luckily did not get his eye. I hope you're OK.

What's the last thing you saw?

Please, please name him Mr. Flock! Then I can

you by proxy

That's pretty funny.