Thread formerly known as Hatch day is today

[Iain Utah]

Bakin, sheesh... How long did that take you to post your catch up replies? That was 2 days of stuff!

Unless you think you can sell your barnyard babies when they hatch, I'd wait to set some goose eggs.

 

[bakingintherain]

i may be able to i was just tempted

 

[bakingintherain]

in the words of SM "Hubby would poop a house" if i set goose eggs this year we have had the

"talk"

there is always next year

 

[bakingintherain]

oh and about 2 1/2 hours

 

[Iain Utah]

Darn it! Geese rock! Bet your hubby would change his mind once you hatched a few adorable babies.

Wow! 2.5 hours? That's dedication to keeping up with us byc buddies.

 

[DutchChic]

Left to right, youngest to oldest, blue dot=boy orange=girl

Congrats DG! Celtic's buffs look great!

Sold another Ancona today for $12.50 and keep getting more bites. Now that Jaz said she wants the rest, people are contacting me.

Good thing she is worth more than any darn money!

Love that girl.

You are such a good friend!

Your ordering more dewlaps? Wow, how many will that make you?

I thouoght of you an hour ago, when we had the baby dewlpas and luna out in the baby pen. Since I was out keeping an eye, since the top is open, I let out the Sebbies too munch on some taller grass at the same time. They found the babies, and never left the pen.



We put up a temp pen around one of the girls teepees, built out of the wood that falls from the ginormous ancient old mulberry in the background. Hubbie has decided since the geese mow so well, to stop mowing (mower also in background) and put up a fence accross whole back acre, so they can just all have at in turn. One day sebbs will get gardenw ith pool, and the dewlaps the larger grass paddock, and then switch. Each has grass, just one is smaller with a pool also. Now all will have equal opportunity for everyone I guess. It won't be long till the babies are big enough to spend more time outside. Everyone still goes inside at night.

Sounds like an awesome set up! You should have very happy birds!

sorry about the long post again guys i was gone for a couple days again

Yeah...HUGE post! But you're forgiven

oh and about 2 1/2 hours

 

[DutchChic]

Butters is doing very, very well. I think he might have an infection in one eye, but a drop or two of Gentak should fix that. I decided to put the silkie that is wearing taped shoes in with him....Butters was scared to death at first. He's only known me, lol. He's getting used to him now. It looks like the tape has come off of one foot, but it looks cured. Amazing how 24 hrs of tape can fix fisted feet. I'm thinking I'll be able to put Butters in with the group tomorrow.
Have 3 Call eggs due in two days, currently under a broody. Then 5 days from now 2 more under another broody.
I checked my scrambled silkie eggs in the bator, and out of 30 eggs I at least have 22 growing. I seem to have this air cell stabilization thing down pretty good, lol. Chicken eggs are soooo much easier than Call eggs!

 

[DutchChic]

Oh yeah...I've got a buff dewlap girl on her way from Carole, with 6 Copper Marans chicks for packing peanuts

They will arrive Wednesday! I promised the Marans to my mother, as a Mother's Day gift.
And oh my! Simon is getting his dewlap!!! Marcel is starting to, as well! And Simon has a very deep keel going...looks like he's got pants falling down around his knees!

 

[DutchChic]

My mother sent me this today...going to make it my avatar. Isn't he cute?! Kevin....you need one of these for your zoo!

 

[Goin Quackrrs]

so do you guys think i should fire up the bator for 1 dz barnyard mix or just wait on it

Hmmm. I might just go for it. Not that I need any more eggs!

Dodged a bullet tonight. Had to candle an entire incubator full of eggs to find the stinky one. Stink bomb disposal unit did their (my) job.