The Olive-Egger thread!

[Wynette]

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Awe, thanks! ME TOO! This will be (I think) my first broody-hatched order! I really hope it's a good hatch for you!!

My olive eggers from you were hatched under a broody

I think I have 2 girls so can't wait to see their eggs! They're a beautiful blue

OH! I forgot about this hatch! KEWL!

 

[dinahmoe]

well i posted about my olive egger on #284 but i will put the pics here too.she was supposed to be an ameraucana and cuckoo marans and should lay green eggs.she doesn't have a beard and has white legs.anyway she is 7 mo old and laid her first egg today.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Wynette, that 1 olive egger I have left after the attack..............he crowed this morning. I was really hoping you were right about the 3 rows pea comb could be a hen, but nope.

 

[Imagesoart]

Three of my 5 eggs have hatched! They are a cross from an Americauna hen and a Black copper Marans roo. I hope they are hens! I want some olive eggs! I will let you know about the other two!

 

[Wynette]

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Imagesoart - WOOT! Crossed fingers for pullets!!!

 

[Imagesoart]

Thanks! Question..... They are about 12 hours and 7 hours old. How soon do I have to start feeding them? I realized that I don't have starter feed, and can't get to the feed store until this afternoon. I put water in with them. Will they be OK? Or make an emergency trip to the feed store?

 

[Wynette]

They'll be okay until this afternoon - the sooner you ge them eating, the better, but they'd be fine for today. I usually sprinkle a bit on the puppy pad (don't use shavings until they are at least 3 days old - you can use paper towels or puppy pads, anything absorbent but not slippery) right near the feeder & they'll peck at that first, then sort of find the feeder.

 

[kathyinmo]

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Very nice egg she gave you! Pretty girl, too. She looks like a Splash Marans type.

Thanks! Question..... They are about 12 hours and 7 hours old. How soon do I have to start feeding them? I realized that I don't have starter feed, and can't get to the feed store until this afternoon. I put water in with them. Will they be OK? Or make an emergency trip to the feed store?

They are absorbing the yolk for about 3 days for nutrition. I recently read a really really old poultry book, and found it very interesting how they used to do this back in the old days. It said they put the chicks in a box next to the wood stove for warmth for a couple days. They covered the box for darkness, to encourage sleep. The would put in only a water fountain, and no feed until day 3. Then they had a process they followed after that. Anyway, I am now doing my own version of this. The first day or two I put in only water, and add feed on day 2 or 3.

Here is the online book that you can download for free from American Libraries http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924003103698
Page 27 of the book has this information I refer to.​

 

[Wynette]

Kathy, there have been several posts on here about folks doing this and then their chicks dying later; which is why I was leery to post that it's okay to leave them for 3 days without food. I don't know know if there's a corolation, but it does worry me. JMO!

 

[Imagesoart]

Thanks all, They will get food by this afternoon! But it is good to know that they will be OK for a while!