The Moonshiner's Leghorns

[KF0002]

I liked most of their sounds. Like their happy clucks free ranging or calling to their babies or the tidbit thing and the dancing he did. And I liked hearing some crowing but when I had like 8 cockerels it was A LOT LOL I liked having one or two at a time much better and I didn’t mind that so much. Their crows were pretty. Just when I had more than 1-2, it got a little annoying. and my dad didn’t like when they crowed directly underneath his window LOL as for the egg song, I didn’t mind some of the hens songs. But this particular hen was EXTREMELY loud and practically screeched LOL she was also one of my favorite hens though. And even her screeching, I miss now. But still. I loved them a lot and loved MOST of their noises but some I didn’t LOL

I don't even know how many roosters we have because there are so many. Same goes for the hens. We don't even know how many chickens we even have exactly. Maybe stick to just one rooster if you are ever able to have chickens again. If you only have one, maybe he wouldn't feel the need to crow so incessantly if he doesn't have any competition over the hens.

 

[ShrekDawg]

I don't even know how many roosters we have because there are so many. Same goes for the hens. We don't even know how many chickens we even have exactly. Maybe stick to just one rooster if you are ever able to have chickens again. If you only have one, maybe he wouldn't feel the need to crow so incessantly if he doesn't have any competition over the hens.

Oh wow!!!!! LOL most I ever had was like 25-30 ish LOL

And yeah that’s a good idea cause they would have crow offs LOL

Or fight.

 

[The Moonshiner]

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that's about a 25% hatch rate.

 

[KF0002]

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that's about a 25% hatch rate.

Are the parent birds getting older? Very closely related?

 

[The Moonshiner]

Are the parent birds getting older? Very closely related?

No.
1 rooster is 3, 2 are 2 the others from last year. Most hens are from last year with a handful 2 years old.
None should be too closely related to be an issue.

I think humidity isn't helping this year. Even dry hatching it's getting up there.
Heat may be the issue now.
I'll explain later.

 

[The Moonshiner]

The heat now is a big problem. My house isn't on central air and my bedroom is the only room that's semi cool.
The laundry room is like my mudroom and is ideal as far as having the space and nothing really pulling power there. Problem is is that it's not cooled and I shut it at night.
That's where I've been storing eggs because I used the LG turners and no issue with plug ins. It's been getting warmer and warmer there. Over 80° so I was thinking not ideal for egg storage. That's also where I moved the pepsi-bator.
My room is between 70° and 78°. Can't go colder or it's just not comfortable to me. 76° or 78° are these 93°/95° days. Poor window ac can't combat these temps steady throughout the day.
I'm thinking those temps are fine for storage of eggs. Goodbye auto turners ugh.
Now the issue. My room is on a circuit and of course it's got a bedroom's worth of stuff plugged in. Idk how many incubators I should really be running at once with everything else.
Realistically to hatch what I'd like I'd need at least 6 running full time.
Back to the pepsi-bator. I can run it at half capacity and do fine. That means 2 or better yet 3 incubators running as hatchers in my room. All doable and I have eggs in the big incubator now.
With temps over 90° I've discovered the room temp is up there. But with that and 3 turners running in the incubator it's too hot in there. I checked countless times yesterday and never seen it even click on and a couple times it was above 102°. Goodbye I'm afraid to all those eggs.
Dilemmas, dilemmas.
I'm not looking to invest and pay to run an ac in the mudroom. I'm not looking to overload the electrical circuit in my room.
Ugh, ugh, ugh. And that's not even dealing with the humidity yet. Dry hatching is still running high. Lockdown is a pita because dry ain't quite there and hardly any water puts them to high 70s or low 80s. It's making the balancing act unrealistic while I'm at work or gone.
Mother Nature must not like chicks.

 

[Miami Leghorn]

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that's about a 25% hatch rate.

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that's about a 25% hatch rate.

Sorry man it’s been ages,I haven’t seen a picture of your babies in a while… so I hearted them.
If you had one or 30 hatches… I don’t care,I’m just happy seeing baby chicks.

 

[Chookwagn]

 

[Miami Leghorn]

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[Miami Leghorn]

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Are you at a show?