South Carolina

[huckleberryfarm]

I'm hatching the normal stuff... silkies, ameraucanas and marans. But my incubator is looking a little empty right now thanks to a lack of eggs. Come on, girls!

 

[WestKnollAmy]

I haven't had any problems with th jumping pages in Firefox, but I have read on here that the forum does really well with Chrome. My pages loaded a little slower the first day or so, but I haven't really noticed it since then. Now that I have written that, they will probably start taking forever to load!

I use Firefox but the pages still jump all over the place. I tried IE since we have it but it was worse on there. It is a shame to have a fairly new hard drive and still not have good results on this new upgraded BYC.

 

[Lroach711]

I haven't been having any problems with the page jumping on the new BYC. Weird..I'm using IE too.


Ok, so this may be a really dumb question but I'm going to ask anyways. I have hens that have gone broody before, but I'm looking to find a REALLY broody hen. I know Silkies and Cochins are good broodies...but exactly how broody are they? For instance, if I bought hatching eggs and put them in a nest would one of those breeds just decide to go ahead and sit on them? Or would they already have to be acting broody? I'm trying to figure all this out before spring...When my call duck starts laying I'd like to try and hatch eggs from her but have heard calls don't typically get very broody. I have an incubator that does OK...but not very good. It's a really old LG and I'm not at the point where I want to buy a new incubator. ( I really really want to get a Brinsea incubator but need to save up) Any information/advice would be great. I know it's a very newbie question but I don't have too much experience with broodies

 

[CarolinaChickenKeeper]

Anyone have naked neck silkies?

 

[WestKnollAmy]

Alright, what do people have in their incubator? I have to live vicariously through all of you since mine are empty. I am so fighting to hold off until February before I put more in it. I have so many silkie eggs right now but just do not want any chicks unless a hen is caring for them--but I can still hear what everyone else is hatching!

Also, do we have anyone on here that raise rose comb RIRs? Or have in the past? Just wondering what they are like in personality.

Yeah, this person that said she would not hatch this winter still has eggs in the bator. Geez! I am so crazy. I am up to 2 brooders in the house and 5 brooders in the barn, all with lights.
I am glad you asked since that reminded me I had eggs to go from bator to hatcher today. I have Sizzles, bantam Cochins in blue base, one Marans and a few Mille Fleur Cochin.
However, I also have Iowa Blues due to go in the hatcher in a few days along with more Marans, Sizzles, some Frizzles, bantam Cochins.....then in another week I have another tray of about the same and 4 days after that I have some of the same but I have now added some Olive Eggers and EEs to the mix.
Yup, I really stuck to my guns about not hatching through this winter.

 

[ChickyChickyBaby]

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I always set silkie eggs. That is about the only thing I set on a regular basis, year round.

 

[ChickyChickyBaby]

Anyone have naked neck silkies?

Showgirls....nope , never have gotten into those.

 

[ChickyChickyBaby]

Mary...sometimes my boys don't do the deed until they are about 10+ months old. I never see Gil do the deed. Never have seen him do the dance...but his girls give fertile eggs!

 

[Southern Bee Lady]

Lauren Chickens don't usually get broody until they are ready. Their hormones have a mind of their own.

My PQ silkies lay a few eggs and get broody. One will set on an empty nest for weeks. Sometimes both of my hens were setting on the same nest of eggs. Right now they are laying occasionly but are not going broody. Guess it is the weather.
Buff Orps are supposed to be real broody. In 3 years, I have only had 1 go broody. I have had as many as 10 hens down to 5 now. My black javas usually were broody once or twice a year.

I am using Chrome again and it is definately better on BYC. Not sure why it crashed this morning.

 

[WestKnollAmy]

I haven't been having any problems with the page jumping on the new BYC. Weird..I'm using IE too.


Ok, so this may be a really dumb question but I'm going to ask anyways. I have hens that have gone broody before, but I'm looking to find a REALLY broody hen. I know Silkies and Cochins are good broodies...but exactly how broody are they? For instance, if I bought hatching eggs and put them in a nest would one of those breeds just decide to go ahead and sit on them? Or would they already have to be acting broody? I'm trying to figure all this out before spring...When my call duck starts laying I'd like to try and hatch eggs from her but have heard calls don't typically get very broody. I have an incubator that does OK...but not very good. It's a really old LG and I'm not at the point where I want to buy a new incubator. ( I really really want to get a Brinsea incubator but need to save up) Any information/advice would be great. I know it's a very newbie question but I don't have too much experience with broodies

Typically the hens have to feel broody before they will help you out but I swear, if I miss a day with my pet quality Silkies and leave eggs in the nest then the next day they are stuck like glue!
And of course, my nicest Cochin hens like to be broody instead of laying and they will hatch and raise them well for me. They go broody after about 5 eggs, if that many!
But I also have a gold laced Wyandotte that has gone broody 5 times in one year and last year I gave her duck eggs and she hatched and raised them.
And right now I have a Langshans/JG hen that has been on the nest for the past 4 weeks. I won't give her anything because those girls usually step on the chicks and kill them but she has been holding fast to the nest and gets quite angry when I throw her off.
My Muscovy ducks love to go broody and will lay about 10-15 eggs and want to sit. I have a girl now that is laying and I just broke her of being broody back in Nov. Rotten creature.
d'Anvers and d'Uccles like to go broody and will raise the young well but they are small and can't fit as many eggs. My PQ Serama loves to sit and raise but only goes broody about twice a year.
There's you some answers! Hope it helps. You know I like to write a book when I reply!