The Middle Tennessee Thread

[cpegram]

awe troyer they are cute!!!

I got my chicks in from Bobbi Porto this morning DH had to get them for me thank goodness he is on vac this week!! I can't wait to get home to see them!! I will post pics later.....I got 18 Cuckoo Maran eggs yesterday....they are setting right now......I have a neighbor up the road that wants some of these too....the eggs looked GORGEOUS!!!! I will have just about every color egg now

well got to get back to work for another 40 min .....I will post pics later....Hope to see ya'll on saturday at the meet up....wish HB and Jenski could make it

NEXT time!!!

 

[HBuehler]

I just got some fun size mottled mini cochin eggs in the mail

hoping one has a real nice little roo inside

Hatched out another cute MF Cochin..ah somethings never get old and cooing over baby chick fluff is one of them
I found more of those darned Bantam Ameraucana Roos my prettiest blue and one splash if anyone is looking for some beautiful blue genes to add to their mini flock
Okla-looked over that "trio" of Turkens and I'm not so sure 2 are pullets 1 is a screaming roo 1 is a pullet and 1 just doesn't know yet.
Hope everyone has fun at the meetup...I'll be up playing in the Mountains and I'm sure looking for chickens around every corner
I'll get with those I still have cookies for as soon as I can

 

[CityGirlintheCountry]

Hey, Holly, since you and Jen can't make this weekend, why don't I get eggs from you next time? I have plenty to toss in the bator and there is no rush on these. I can do them at any time.

 

[cpegram]

so ok here they are

supposed to be 2 blue, 2 splash, and 2 black....they are cuties.....

 

[CityGirlintheCountry]

Awwwwww... CUTE!!!

 

[Jenski]

Oh dear sweet Sadie those are precious!!

Mmmmmmmmmmmm chickies . . . .

 

[CluckyJay]

Oh my, I want those babies! Look at those noggins, lol.

 

[Jenski]

Morning all! Lovely October morning here in Middle TN. Oh wait, it's April! Anyhoo, it's nice weather for early fall, eh? Looks like we're in for more W-I-N-D tomorrow, so batten the hatches and stake the banties down . . .

Xiu Xiu, my little red silkie hen, hatched out two bantam Ameraucana chicks yesterday - - Day 19. The banties I have hatched do tend to go a day or two early. Looks like we have one blue and one splash; I'll try to snap pictures later today. Mummy was not in a mood for paparazzi when I visited her this morning. (OklaDD, this is that little red silkie hen you brought me two years ago. She's a good little broody!)

For those interested in egg-hatching discussions . . . I am finding that fertility tends to be low for my first year hens, but good with my older hens. Roo's age does not seem to matter much. I had an excellent chance to test that theory with two batches of booted bantam eggs a couple of years ago. I set both batches of eggs at the same time, and marked them. Hatch success rates were strongly related to hen age; I only had around a 10% hatch rate with eggs from first-year hens paired with an older rooster, but a 75% hatch rate with the batch from second-year hens paired with a young cockerel. There's more info and color discussions on my "butterscotch" page - - https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=12029-bootedbantams-butterscotch



Well, I hope everyone who is going to the Middle TN meetup today has a GREAT time! I am bummed that it doesn't fit into my schedule, but if we just keep holding these little get-togethers we'll all get to see each other.

I am saving those echinacea seedlings for those of you who PM'd me, and I will get with you to find another time to meet. I may even chuck them into larger pots so they can do some more growing.

CityGirl, thanks for arranging the meet!

 

[believer01]

Darn it all! Change of plans, can't make today's meet up! Thanks for getting it going, Annie. Hoping to be there next time.

Don't have too much fun, ladies!

 

[Troyerchicks]

Had a great time at the meet-up today!! Learned tons of stuff and if I remember half of it I'll be doing all right. Loved being able to put faces to names.
Can't wait till the next one!