Thread formerly known as Hatch day is today

[ChicksOMy123]

Wow. I'm getting one egg a day from my chickens. None of my pol pullets are laying, and only 1 of 6 hens are. Could you send some around the beginning of December? PM me with how much for them.

sent PM

 

[Marty1876]

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Quote: Well, glad to know your on the right thread. Imagine, a hatcher addict adimitting they aren't sitting many eggs yet! LOL

Also, got a light on your birds? How old are the non layers?

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

Turned ours back on in October will run full time till next June now. Was a nice three months off, now back to work. Have SA ducks locking down today, muscovy momma hatching some in her nest today. New Light Brahma and Cream legbar eggs arrive this week.

 

[psue]

Celtic? Do Scovies do better if momma raised or are they ok in the bator?

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

We have not had good luck running the scovies in the bators even in small batches in the brinsea. I have a duck though who lives to sit and mother so she can hatch all the scovy eggs she wants lol. They are used a lot by others for goose eggs too

 

[psue]

Thanks

as DH decided we NEEDED

scovies. I'm trying to do all my homework before this young trio starts laying.

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

we have the french whites for meat only since they are much bigger than other muscovy, otherwise we wouldnt have them.

 

[psue]

we have chocolates.... one other question. Are the drakes a danger to the babies? or can I leave the flock together to raise them?

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

I have my girl in her own pen to sit and hatch. This way no nest dumping by the others is going on, and she and the babies have all the food they need/want. Our big drake Tank hasnt shown signs of ever being mean, so we may allow all of them to share the house in the garden in the spring when she sits again.

 

[JulieNKC]

Well, glad to know your on the right thread. Imagine, a hatcher addict adimitting they aren't sitting many eggs yet! LOL

Also, got a light on your birds? How old are the non layers?

No light, I don't mind letting them rest for a little while. If I still have no eggs in a few weeks they might get a few extra hours. I have 3 pol pullets, oldest is about 33weeks youngest 19 weeks, and 6 hens, 5 have already molted. Next year I may rethink this and provide light until mid november, just to give me enough eggs to make cookies and pumpkin bread and everything for the holidays. The 2 actually laying are my silkie x hen (who is over 2, and resumed laying within 3 weeks of having her chicks taken and less than 2 weeks after she began molt!) and one of the call pullets, who has laid steadily 5-6 eggs a week since august. Not the 2 I would expect, but at least I have some eggs to cook with even if I have none to hatch.

Turned ours back on in October will run full time till next June now. Was a nice three months off, now back to work. Have SA ducks locking down today, muscovy momma hatching some in her nest today. New Light Brahma and Cream legbar eggs arrive this week.

Those brahmas are huge! I've had light breed large fowl and bantams for so long now I forgot just how BIG some chickens can be. When we went to the show, my jaw just about dropped seeing some of them.