The Moonshiner's Leghorns

[BlindLemonChicken]

Get you an Orfingtun,

Don’t get a BOrp

 

[The Moonshiner]

I've had hatchery buff Orps. Hated them. Had them a few times from a few sources. They didn't go broody much and were mean. Hens were bullies and roosters were human aggressive. Mine were nothing like people describe.
Had English type Orps before Leghorns. Never had one go.broody.
Now when I had Marans they surprised me. Each one would go broody 2, 3 or 4 times a year and were great free range mommas. They often shared chicks too.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Hunh. I had hatchery BOs but could not tell you which hatchery. They'd lay 8 eggs in the spring then go broody, like clockwork. Could not break them for love or money. Sweet birds but useless as layers. After 3 years of this they made good soup.

 

[Appalachickens]

A what now? Broody hen? What's that?

A non-leghorn broody. Eula is the most determined-to-brood chicken you can imagine. She just turns herself into a big yellow marshmallow.

 

[Appalachickens]

I've had hatchery buff Orps. Hated them. Had them a few times from a few sources. They didn't go broody much and were mean. Hens were bullies and roosters were human aggressive. Mine were nothing like people describe.
Had English type Orps before Leghorns. Never had one go.broody.
Now when I had Marans they surprised me. Each one would go broody 2, 3 or 4 times a year and were great free range mommas. They often shared chicks too.

My hatcher buff orp is broody (this is the second time since she hatched at the end of last May) but otherwise a sweetheart. In fact, all my hatchery chickens are friendly, including the big Wyandotte rooster.

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

As soon as the humidity on the incubator comes up I am going to stick 8 eggs in it…seems like it’s taking longer than the manual says it should but I’m pretty sure I followed the destructions for detailed explained.

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

I closed the vent all the way since it is still only up to 40%. This is getting annoying…

 

[ShrekDawg]

I’m sure you know this already but do you have another hygrometer/thermometer in there besides the one it came with? Cause they can be wrong.

 

[ShrekDawg]

I closed the vent all the way since it is still only up to 40%. This is getting annoying…

 

[BlueBaby]

I closed the vent all the way since it is still only up to 40%. This is getting annoying…

Sometimes I add just a tiny bit more water to bring it up. At the start of the hatch between 45 and 50 percent is usually good.