Surviving Minnesota!

[KlopKlop]

Ok i have the basement cleaned up and the new brooder set up just in case the chicks do come! i just need to run the jars and water bases through the dishwaher to clean/sanitize them and we are made in the shade for whatever day the peeps come!

This whole ordeal wouldnt be so bad if it didnt involve me having to take time off work to get them home!

 

[Violetsfeathers]

They are really really cute! How old are they?

They were four weeks Saturday, my broody hatched them and I'm getting more chicks tomorrow! But these will be purebred Cochin bantams, already thinking about names.

Ok i have the basement cleaned up and the new brooder set up just in case the chicks do come!  i just need to run the jars and water bases through the dishwaher to clean/sanitize them and we are made in the shade for whatever day the peeps come!

This whole ordeal wouldnt be so bad if it didnt involve me having to take time off work to get them home!

My brooder is all set up too! SO much easier with a broody hen but I only have one and I doubt her chicks and her will like the new littles. When are you getting yours? You don't know?

 

[I Love Layers]

I do not know much about them, other than they were developed in Calgary and the guy that developed them did not want them named Chanticler.    I ; like their personalities. That could be from the Breeder I got mine from, but they are nice birds. Ed is an unbelievable rooster.    Whatever I know I found on the internet and from what EJB told me.    

I have not found anything I don't like about them other than I cannot get their eggs to develop. And of course the fact they are both Broody right now.  They are real good layers, when they are not broody, I think I get 13 eggs a week from the 2 of them, they very seldom miss a day. They do not seem to eat a lot either.

I know they are suppose to be dual purpose, but to me they are a tad light for the fry pan.  Mine look a lot bigger than they are. At first I thought I had some problem because they very light for their size.  But the crops were filled at night and empty in the Morn.    Body wise they are about the same size as my Speckled Sussex but they probably weigh a 1 or 1 1/2 less. 

I actually think I could make those a main stay of my flock if I can ever get chicks. Plus I need chicks to give to EJB, I owe him some. The comb is priceless to me. I am tired of single comb's freezing.

That is about all I know.   Please tell me anything you know about them,    Oh as I understand it them and the "white" Chanticler are not the same breed.

I love my Chanteclers!! I am trying to create a new color.
The color is a cross between a Buff and Partridge, so the roosters look orange! And the hens are a darker tint of buff

 

[NathanZee]

They were four weeks Saturday, my broody hatched them

and I'm getting more chicks tomorrow! But these will be purebred Cochin bantams, already thinking about names.
My brooder is all set up too! SO much easier with a broody hen but I only have one and I doubt her chicks and her will like the new littles. When are you getting yours? You don't know?

Oh awesome! I am waiting for one of my hens to go broody now, I can't wait! What color of cochins?

 

[Violetsfeathers]

Oh awesome! I am waiting for one of my hens to go broody now, I can't wait! What color of cochins?

They will be a mix color of this roo:

Over these hens:

So some blues, lemon blues, blue buff columbian... .

 

[KlopKlop]

Good morning all! Chicks survived the night in the hover brooder. I probably need to pick up a 250w bulb for it today as it is only about 70 degrees in there this morning. It has 2 125w bulbs now.

Looks like the chicks didn't actually ship last night. No updating to the tracking over night.

 

[KlopKlop]

Well I jinxed myself right after I sent that message I got a call from the post office and I have a box of chickens are waiting for me

 

[I Love Layers]

OMG!

 

[I Love Layers]

There was so much wind last night!!!
Here's a video that you guys cab listen to. I was laying in my bed when I took it

 

[Violetsfeathers]

Well I jinxed myself right after I sent that message I got a call from the post office and I have a box of chickens are waiting for me

Post pics!