Glad she is alive! I think you have to hatch!thought I lost my black marans cross olive egger. It is 80 degrees today was mower my grass under my favorite tree
Took a break sat down the old tree trunk looked to the right. Look what I found. She hid them in plain site.
At least I know she alive and not Fox Dinner.. LOL
Question to hatch or not to hatch......
Dont hold much hope for my sizzle silkie eggs this is how that box arrived.
From ebay shipped from washington. Arrived in 2 days. The 10 that survived the trip with out cracks have either saddle or bobbly air pockets they have rested and now they are "planted" in the bator. I also set 7 Ayam Cemani and 7 Isabelles that all survived the trip packed very well from cjwalden right here on BYC...
And 20 barnyard mix from missouri also packed well. Also from ebay.
Wish me luck! Hatch date may 8-9
Hello, please correct me if I'm wrong, I've never been very good at math. Anyways, I had 6 hens and a rooster. The idea was to add 3 more hens to my existing coop (4x6 interior with an attached 4x11 completely predator proof run that they had 24 hour access to). Alright, need to buy 3 new pullets. :yiipchick
Went to Rural King. They had a large LARGE selection, how was I suppose to choose???? So, I brought home a couple of pullets from this breed, one of those, three of those. So, I brought home 6 new babies... Unfortunately, I lost one to an on-going battle with pasty butt. Therefore, replacement chick.
Not quite a week later we go back for the replacement. They didn't have any more of the Rhode Islands... but they did have a lot of new and different breeds!! So, we brought home 16 new babies, cause you know, straight run.
Two weeks later, we made a quick trip to Tractor Supply, and they had Cornish X and RIR. So I pick up 4 of each.
Meanwhile, our rooster (Fabio), who was always very mild was developing a particular dislike of my mother and even trapped her in the house one day. We decided to invite him to dinner and started collecting eggs for the incubator. (19 were collected, 17 hatched)
Went to Tractor Supply for supplies, THEY HAD A TURKEN!!!! Only one. Know the manager really well at this point, he lets me get a minimum of two. I grab the newly dubbed "Pickles" and a strange breed that even Google never heard of, the Aquilla (Oggie).
Well, my aunt and uncle called me and they were wondering if I could help them start a flock. SURE!! How many do you want? 30, with some roosters... No problem, 23 more eggs in the incubator cooking, afterall, straight run chicks are usually half roosters and we need 30 hens. (as of this morning, 20 fluffballs hatched)
Meanwhile, back at Rural King, they had something called Rainbow Rangers. We got 6, because, at this point, why the heck not.
Also, did I mention that this particular aunt and uncle know how bonkers I am for turkens that they left a box in my foyer containing a surprise of one turken mix and 5 other fluffballs? Turns out they are all silkie mixes but without the silkie feathers (from what I could tell).
So, that's how many? 86 total chickens?
Yeah, we got our new (much larger) coop a couple weeks ago and just finished the new 9,600 sq ft chicken yard for them. :cd I never knew that chickens were a gateway drug to more chickens!!!
My hubby feels the same way!!
ROFL Thus sounds correctHello, please correct me if I'm wrong, I've never been very good at math. Anyways, I had 6 hens and a rooster. The idea was to add 3 more hens to my existing coop (4x6 interior with an attached 4x11 completely predator proof run that they had 24 hour access to). Alright, need to buy 3 new pullets. :yiipchick Went to Rural King. They had a large LARGE selection, how was I suppose to choose???? So, I brought home a couple of pullets from this breed, one of those, three of those. So, I brought home 6 new babies... Unfortunately, I lost one to an on-going battle with pasty butt. Therefore, replacement chick. Not quite a week later we go back for the replacement. They didn't have any more of the Rhode Islands... but they did have a lot of new and different breeds!! So, we brought home 16 new babies, cause you know, straight run. Two weeks later, we made a quick trip to Tractor Supply, and they had Cornish X and RIR. So I pick up 4 of each. Meanwhile, our rooster (Fabio), who was always very mild was developing a particular dislike of my mother and even trapped her in the house one day. We decided to invite him to dinner and started collecting eggs for the incubator. (19 were collected, 17 hatched) Went to Tractor Supply for supplies, THEY HAD A TURKEN!!!! Only one. Know the manager really well at this point, he lets me get a minimum of two. I grab the newly dubbed "Pickles" and a strange breed that even Google never heard of, the Aquilla (Oggie). Well, my aunt and uncle called me and they were wondering if I could help them start a flock. SURE!! How many do you want? 30, with some roosters... No problem, 23 more eggs in the incubator cooking, afterall, straight run chicks are usually half roosters and we need 30 hens. (as of this morning, 20 fluffballs hatched)
Yayyy, know how u feel about catching up! Lol
You are an amazing individual, Never give up if I could do emoticons there would now be oodles of hugs!!!!Lost a chick yesterday. So cold, so lifeless....all stiff and non-responsive. Just dead. She and another trouble maker escaped from their brooder pen from a small gap we didn't notice - but they did! While trying to catch one, we found the other behind the dust bath. So sad. Put the one we had to catch and I laid the lifeless one up on the shelf while Ken and I found the parts and fixed the gap. Then I had a trash bag in my hand and was starting to wrap her up when her mouth opened just a bit. I didn't know if it opened because I was kinda flopping her around while I opened the bag or if she was making one last gasp, but it was enough for me! Brought her in and stuffed her in the incubator until we had a warm spot ready, just to try to revive her. It didn't look good, but by golly the battle was on and I had no intention of losing!Totally lifeless in the incubator. Stayed that way, too.
Got a small basket and put her in it on top of a heating pad, then flipped the top of the heating pad over her. I was pretty rough with her trying to get a response...she peeped! Ken was at the back of the house coming up to the front and I was so excited that she was finally responding I kept hollering. Less than 2 hours from what you saw at the top, to her going back outside with the rest of the chicks. Checked her this morning and the only way I could tell her from the other 2 White Orpingtons out there was that her two little wing feathers were split from her adventure. Never give up. Whether it's a chick or eggs that don't show signs of life, as long as a heart is beating there is hope!
YayyyyyHatch update @Chaos18 - We have hatched 15 so far and just moved them to brooder! It is day 21, there are 4 more eggs in the bator that may or may not hatch. At day 18 these eggs looked lively, especially two of them.So we have 2 Welsummer x CL roo 4 Dominique x CL roo (or possibly Rhodebar roo) 9 Rhodebar x CL roo Here's a pic of the crew getting acclimated to the brooder. My daughters are going to be over the moon when they get home from school.
After 5 years I think they are still costing me money lol
glad she's not dinner, Hatch 'm!!thought I lost my black marans cross olive egger. It is 80 degrees today was mower my grass under my favorite treeTook a break sat down the old tree trunk looked to the right. Look what I found. She hid them in plain site.
At least I know she alive and not Fox Dinner.. LOL Question to hatch or not to hatch......
