Welcome Back to BYC, hope this finds you and your flock doing well. Sadly Bee is gone and such a loss to BYC newbies like me. Her two great threads - Gnarly Bunch and Road Less Traveled - are still up and wonderful to re-visit from time to time. BYC edited the threads so you won't be able to see what caused her to leave, I feel she was sorely disrespected, just my opinion. Thankfully there are still plenty of OT's to share their chicken wisdom with us. Enjoy!
Rhode Island Red Roosters - $15 (Little Marsh, Pa.)
Cute little ones and your daughter must have been excited to watch that egg!I had 2 Silkie x Cochin chicks hatch over night and they are already Jedis!
And look! See how they stay together as they traverse the dangerous planet eggshell.
(OK - that's actually a reflection of my small, red LED flashlight that I use for candling and checking in on my 'bator at night. Just a case of perfect placement and I didn't know it until I downloaded the pictures.)
When we got up this morning, one of the Dark Cornish pipped, so I called my 9-year-old over to see. As she stood there, the thing went from pip to zip to springing out of its shell in a period of about 3 minutes!
To keep my breeds separate so I can tell who is who, I put the DC in a pink and white dishwasher caddy and my Swedish Flower Hen egg is in a blue caddy. They snap shut to prevent escape.
Not a very good shot, but all the chick pics were taken at very close quarters in the closet under the stairs through the little windows on the 'bator.
Oh - and after last month's botched attempt at hatching, I should mention that tomorrow noon will be day 21 for these eggs. Those Silkie x Cochins were super early, and the DC was almost a day and a half early. All are fully developed with no extra yolk to speak of.
Still waiting on one SFH egg, 2 DC and 2 "Silcochin" eggs.
I'm most anxious about the SFH egg.
yikes
Are you kidding me??? That's crazy!
Y'all remember the dog I rescued after he killed my chickens? Apparently, he has severe abandonment issues..... This is what he did to my dealership Sunday! Now he is back at the farm, tied to a stout cable, using one of my hog shelters. Can't kill him or take him to the death shelter, but I may have him place with a local rescue.
