The Moonshiner's Leghorns

[The Moonshiner]

(if I put this out there I'm more likely to get 6 pullets right?)

Let me scroll back and look at the egg shapes again.

 

[Chookwagn]

Let me scroll back and look at the egg shapes again.

 

[WallyG74]

That could be dangerous. If I started getting my first eggs before the end of September I might be trying to hatch all winter.

My pullets have been laying for a month, some longer. They hatched at the end of March.

 

[KF0002]

Lockdown on exchequer and a few extras last nightView attachment 4220800

Come on little buddies! Hatch!!

 

[KF0002]

My pullets have been laying for a month, some longer. They hatched at the end of March.

My White Leghorns from MM all start laying by 4-5 months old. My oldest incomplete Black Tailed Red pullets were born in March, so they are 6 months old now. They need to get with the program. I'm ready for some fall chicks. lol

 

[KF0002]

This week is a staggered hatch.
This is yesterday's. Had 7 BGDs, all hatched. 5 Buffs, none hatched.
Eggs due tomorrow. Those were the ones in the incubator that malfunctioned and heat spiked a few times. Had to eliminate some and moved the rest to a not ideal incubator. We'll see how that turns out.
3rd hatch went into lockdown today. Those are all eggs from the chocolate project pen.

I hope some little chocolates hatch!! I need to see those! I'm sorry your Buffs didn't hatch this time. It never fails, the eggs you need to hatch the most will hatch the least, and the chicks will die if you look at them wrong. Then the eggs you don't care about, being incubated by the hen in the weeds or a random flowerpot secretly on your porch will hatch 100% and she'll raise every one of those buggers.

 

[McChooky]

I hope some little chocolates hatch!! I need to see those! I'm sorry your Buffs didn't hatch this time. It never fails, the eggs you need to hatch the most will hatch the least, and the chicks will die if you look at them wrong. Then the eggs you don't care about, being incubated by the hen in the weeds or a random flowerpot secretly on your porch will hatch 100% and she'll raise every one of those buggers.

I locked my hen up soon as she went broody and gave her 8 eggs.
She was in a 7 x 8 ft area with her own waterer and feeder beside all the other chickens (look but don't touch) All this for the 5 baby chicks that hatched so momma would be happy. I have 3 baby cockerels and 2 pullets.

 

[WallyG74]

2 pullets.

That’s a win!

 

[McChooky]

That’s a win!

One of my baby cockerels will replace my rooster next year.
He's good to the chicks and hens or he'd already be gone.Maybe I'll change my mind and keep him.Some roosters aren't easy to like

 

[The Moonshiner]

In Muck boot news, I got them yesterday.
The ones I purchased was listed as the "artic" version of the ones I just wore out.
Difference it says is they're fleece lined and rated for about 30° colder I believe.
Weeeelll, this aren't fleeced lined that I can see and appear to be the exact boots I was trying to replace.
Bad news is they were still a bargain but not quite as much of one. Good news is they're exactly what I did need and was looking for.
I went back and checked their add to see if I was crazy or that they did advertise them wrong. Wow they have a new ad (still incorrect) and $5 higher price. Yee yee, I make a lowball offer. $5 less then last time. They counter with a $15 higher offer. Ya, no. I counter counter offered $2.50 higher then my first offer.
They accepted it.
I suspect these will be the same as I just got but back up boots aren't a bad thing, right? But ya, I'm done now....




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