Thread formerly known as Hatch day is today

[Marty1876]

Which show? We were gonna go to the Kansas Poultry show in Hutch last Sat, but car trouble kept us home. Good thing, or I'd have lost every single bird except the African Trio.

 

[stillmecle]

Wow you guys have kept the ole thread going without me. I am so proud.

 

[Kevin565]

SM!

 

[ChicksOMy123]

SM!!!!

 

[psue]

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.

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.

Julie... call me if you want duck eggs to cook with... I cant use all my girls are giving me, The chickens are in no hurry to start again after molting,lol

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.

Thanks for the help

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[JulieNKC]

Julie... call me if you want duck eggs to cook with... I cant use all my girls are giving me, The chickens are in no hurry to start again after molting,lol
Thanks for the help

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Thanks Paulla! I've got everything baked, so hopefully should have enough. If anyone quits, and no one else starts I will be begging for some in another couple weeks though.

I don't even want to look at cookies right now. Hubby and the kids ate a ton of them, so I still have another couple batches to make so I have some to bring Thursday.

 

[Goin Quackrrs]

Wow you guys have kept the ole thread going without me. I am so proud.

Hey SM! How have you been? Hope you're well!

 

[Marty1876]

Stillmecle!!!! oh, I hope your doing well and feeling good. We're all thinking of you with much affection.

 

[Marty1876]

You'll love this if you havn't seen it. Great place to veg out, and it's about DUCKS! NATURE An Original DUCKumentary..... (PBS)

http://video.pbs.org/video/2289741878/

 

[JulieNKC]

You'll love this if you havn't seen it. Great place to veg out, and it's about DUCKS! NATURE An Original DUCKumentary..... (PBS)

http://video.pbs.org/video/2289741878/

I watched that. Those wood ducklings diving out of the tree were pretty cool/horrifying, lol. Nice that ducklings bounce.