Wow so much happening here in the past few days! I hope I can get caught up today
I just set another 11 shipped black/lavender split bantam Cochins last night in the Brinsea...
We ended up with 13 Marans total from my flock. The power outage eggs all hatched and the stuck zipper during the outage is also healthy and doing great
I got 10 blue coppers, 2 splashes and 1 black!
I caught most of them at snack time
I just received 7 self blue bantam Cochins in the mail today from Ideal. (I was curious to know their quality)... And I'm completely freaking out! I knew they sent extras for warmth but holy $&@!
They sent me 16 barred rock packing peanuts!!!!!
Quote: usually those are eggs that were accidentally missed and collected and already old, you will smell stink when you open the bator if you have a nose!
The parents are coming for a visit, just in time for a batch of chicks to hatch. I still need about 3 or 4 more pullets for fall/winter laying. I'll be setting as many eggs as possible tomorrow.
how do you keep yourself from opening the bator up the take the one lil chick out? It's heartbreaking listening to it cry. I know don't it will shrinkwrap the others up. but it's in there yelling mommy come back mommy mommy LOL
I was showing off my previously mentioned Rockstar-Style-Candling-Flashlight, "I attached a piece of a pool noodle and then wrapped electrical tape around the noddle to make it black and attached that to the end of a flashlight", to my sister-in-law and decided to give her a full demonstration. We are on day 5 with duck eggs so I figured there would be nothing to see.. WELL, we saw veins and the heart beat in the egg I chose. My SIL was blown away and amazed. And I am so excited!!!! I am not candling all of them but it is good to know that one is developing.
The parents are coming for a visit, just in time for a batch of chicks to hatch. I still need about 3 or 4 more pullets for fall/winter laying. I'll be setting as many eggs as possible tomorrow.
