"The Waiting" Support Group

[sweetshoplady]

What cute babies! Chickies and Ducklings! Thanks for sharing those pictures.

 

[perfectly_polish]

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Good luck with your hatch, and let the madness begin. Hahaha

. You have to post lots of pictures of the fuzzy butts when they hatch

 

[LoneCowboy]

Oh, I so need this group. Got eggs due to hatch on Wednesday.

 

[max13077]

Um Hello

My Name is Max

***Hi Max***

And I have a poultry problem.

My chicks are due the first week of March.

I'm affraid though that I'm going to get in over my head. Why does this feel like I'm having a child of my own?

Am I crazy?

 

[ebonykawai]

LOL, hi Max!

Yes, we're all crazy.

Not that there's anything wrong with that!!

I'm afraid I'll be in over my head, too, but then I remember that my daughter's friend's dad wants new RIRs this spring so then I think "Great! I know he'll take my extras!" And I have a backup guy, too. I'm trying not to stress, but today I added a dozen eggs to my agenda. I couldn't resist, though. Show quality RIRs. How could I not???

"We're all mad here!"

 

[ebonykawai]

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How many and what kind? Wow, you're almost there!

 

[LoneCowboy]

Oh, I've lost count. Lots of eggs. There are Blue Orps, Blue Arucana's, Barred Rocks, blue Jersey Giants. 7 jerseys, I remember that.

I have 81 little fuzzy butts running around various brooders so I've honestly lost track. I've got a bunch with pasty butt and I can't catch them to clean them up.

I've lost 3 this week to various problems relating to being day olds shipped from a cold place. You know all things that keep a person from starring aimlessly at a incubator waiting for that first pip when it's still a week away.

 

[perfectly_polish]

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lol, all us chicken people are crazy. Even when I have chicks shipped to me it feel like i'm having a child of my own, always worrying when its going to get here, and if your enough prepared for it. haha. How many are you expecting? Oh, and welcome to BYC!

 

[max13077]

Hi PP,

Thanks for the welcome. I love this place! Everybody is so nice and there's so much info for a newbie like me to look over.

Well I'm getting 25 chicks(

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8 Buff Orpingtons
4 Rhode Island Reds
4 Light Brahmas
3 Silver Laced Wyandottes
3 Dominiques
3 Black Giants

I hope they're as cool looking in real life as they were in the catalog.

 

[Henrietta23]

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Yes Max, you are crazy. We all are here!!! Welcome!!!!!