I will try and fill in for Patsy...aka mom...she is out of town for work and doesn't get on much during her trip...She had over 20 more hatch I know!! And I was there when Mr.Ken told her how to tell them apart when first hatched and said that after a few weeks they all look alike for a while until the Roo's start getting those fancy feathers in! I know she will be happy to hear they are doing so well!!
I have tried catching up on the thread today. You guys/gals have been so busy that it has been hard to do. I am amazed with all the new comer--Welcome!
We have been very busy this last week working on our never ending porch--I need to post pictures--wish it was a structure for chickens we were putting all this effort in, but it will be nice to have a porch this summer. I thought it would never get done and there is still some to do, such as the metal roofing, rails, and step, but the biggest part is done and I can stand on my porch and watch it rain--and not get wet!
Besides that, the one peacock is still alive--but I am force feeding him twice to 3 time a day. Depending on my schedule for the day and my daughter. I really do not think it will go well for him but I must at least try. We have a pretty good system and he seems to look forward to my showing up to feed him. I still have no idea what has put him in this state. If he dies I might try to figure it out by a postmortem exam. At least I could determine if it is Blackhead, worms, or Cocci. I feel it must be one of those 3 but we have wormed him and treated him for cocci. His dropping do not look like blackhead but then I am not an expert....
On another note-- Mary, I am really enjoying your creamed honey! I admit I am eating it more than DH but that is his loss. Now I want bees! DH and his father use to raise them and his father still has some bee boxes stored somewhere so maybe at some point we will get some.
Well, I candled my Australorp eggs today--out of 40 eggs 5 candled clear and 1 had a blood ring. Not too bad for eggs from Iowa. I am excited to see what the hatch will bring. They are due to hatch on Friday.
Amy, my first batch of Marans eggs are due to hatch on Saturday! I did not bother candling them as my light just does not work well with dark eggs. So we will see Saturday, Sunday, or Monday what we get. I need to get another tub set up in the brooder shed for these guys and the Australorps. Pretty exciting! I have one tub in there now with EE's in it and a few OEGB's.
Patsy, did I miss what happened with the second hatch of Dorkings? I did not see anything but I am not sure when they were due. So far my babies are doing very well and eating up a storm--which I like to see. I can still not tell if the one is a male or not. They are all still looking about the same.
So people were talking about the eggs in their incubators how about the chicks in their brooders--did I miss that somewhere?
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