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[timon]

My 6 baby chicks are growing and growing. They're 4 days old today, I can hardly believe they've grown so much !

@newchickmama91 , hope the weather is sunny for you and that your chicks are behaving themselves !!

 

[newchickmama91]

It's more natural isn't it and I think my duck has done more for the two ducklings than I could of done. Saves

My 6 baby chicks are growing and growing. They're 4 days old today, I can hardly believe they've grown so much !

@newchickmama91 , hope the weather is sunny for you and that your chicks are behaving themselves !!

They grow fast don't they!! Yeah mine are surprisingly good I'm a little sad I only hatched two but I have 12 Indian runner eggs going into lockdown Wednesday so hopefully they'll have some ducklings go in with them. It's supposed to get hotter as the week goes on isn't it? I hope tomorrow is bearable I have to clean the duck pool out and refresh their bedding

 

[timon]

I caught some great images today of candling at day3
Cream Legbar pale blue eggs are much easier to see through !

 

[newchickmama91]

I caught some great images today of candling at day3
Cream Legbar pale blue eggs are much easier to see through !

Great pic!! Incubating again I see? It's so addictive my incubator hasn't been off since March!!

 

[nickand liz]

we are on north notts south york border. a little village called Langold. 11 (ish) miles south of doncaster and 5 miles north of worksop.
Hello everyone,
just a quick note to introduce ourselves. I am Nick and my wife is Liz. We have been chicken shepherds just over a year. Although my dad has been keeping poultry since he was 13. and hes 78 now. So I'm hoping some of his expertise has rubbed off. Liz became interested in Chickens when I took her to see some of my dads newly hatched chicks. one look and she was smitten. So after a two year wait on the allotment waiting list our own chicken keeping journey began. we started with half a dozen rescue Ex battery hens. We obviously lost a few and gained a few via other allotment holders, Liz went to help at a British hens welfare trust re-homing session and came home with another 10. but the inevatable sickness and deaths Liz decided to move away from Ex batties and keep pure breeds. we still have the ex-battie flock but decided not to replace them any after natural losses. Liz then went to see a lady she met who wanted to give up chicken keeping to consentrate on horses, and had a mealflur ( that may not be spelt right) for sale anyway she came home with about eighteen pikin bantams and another friend gave her what she was told were two more mealflur (?) chicks, one has grown into a beautiful cockrel called Elvis. the other one grew into what can only be described as a cross between a legbar and a T.rex. So We now have a sucsessful ex battie heard of chickens, whos eggs we sell the monies buy the food to feed them all, Liz hopes to start showing some of the pikins especiallyElvis.We also have a small flock of polish ( Pompom heads) that we intend to breed and show. and are in theprocess of gathering some selected legbars in order tobegin a breeding programe hoping to produce somebeatiful Buff and Gold legbars.

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Hope everyone is well? I've been bad and not keeping up in here of late

Hi folks, in Belfast NI, and going to start keeping quails soon.

Welcome! Have you started with your quail yet?

Hello, I'm in Guildford Surrey, south east corner of U.K

Welcome! Do you keep chickens or any other poultry?

I caught some great images today of candling at day3
Cream Legbar pale blue eggs are much easier to see through !

Your addicted now! Once you start doing quick turn arounds with the incubator your fate is sealed

we are on north notts south york border. a little village called Langold. 11 (ish) miles south of doncaster and 5 miles north of worksop.
Hello everyone,
just a quick note to introduce ourselves. I am Nick and my wife is Liz. We have been chicken shepherds just over a year. Although my dad has been keeping poultry since he was 13. and hes 78 now. So I'm hoping some of his expertise has rubbed off. Liz became interested in Chickens when I took her to see some of my dads newly hatched chicks. one look and she was smitten. So after a two year wait on the allotment waiting list our own chicken keeping journey began. we started with half a dozen rescue Ex battery hens. We obviously lost a few and gained a few via other allotment holders, Liz went to help at a British hens welfare trust re-homing session and came home with another 10. but the inevatable sickness and deaths Liz decided to move away from Ex batties and keep pure breeds. we still have the ex-battie flock but decided not to replace them any after natural losses. Liz then went to see a lady she met who wanted to give up chicken keeping to consentrate on horses, and had a mealflur ( that may not be spelt right) for sale anyway she came home with about eighteen pikin bantams and another friend gave her what she was told were two more mealflur (?) chicks, one has grown into a beautiful cockrel called Elvis. the other one grew into what can only be described as a cross between a legbar and a T.rex. So We now have a sucsessful ex battie heard of chickens, whos eggs we sell the monies buy the food to feed them all, Liz hopes to start showing some of the pikins especiallyElvis.We also have a small flock of polish ( Pompom heads) that we intend to breed and show. and are in theprocess of gathering some selected legbars in order tobegin a breeding programe hoping to produce somebeatiful Buff and Gold legbars.

Hi Nick

Great intro there and that's a fab flock of birds you keep there. What colour polish do you keep? I have mainly polish and find them super friendly little birds to keep. A bit more work with their crest issues but well worth it.
I hope it all works out for you and your wife with the breeding and showing in the future

 

[Dani xxx]

Hi folks, in Belfast NI, and going to start keeping quails soon.

Hi I have kept quail for nearly a year I love my little monsters so much I would highly recommend them ! X
are you thinking of coturnix/ Japanese or button/ Chinese quail ?

 

[Dave C]

Hi all

Haven't been on here for about 6 months or so, looking forward to catching up.

How's everyone's season gone?

 

[timon]

Great pic!! Incubating again I see? It's so addictive my incubator hasn't been off since March!!

It really is addictive ! But I'm loving it.

Quick question: what does everyone else do with their chicks? I'm planning the usual friends egg sales, and have more demand than I can keep up with currently...
Hobby, pets, showing, ... meals ?
What do you all do with yours?

 

[newchickmama91]

It really is addictive ! But I'm loving it.

Quick question: what does everyone else do with their chicks? I'm planning the usual friends egg sales, and have more demand than I can keep up with currently...
Hobby, pets, showing, ... meals ?
What do you all do with yours?

It's amazing I love the whole incubation process. I usually keep them a couple days to a week to make sure they're healthy and pop them on a site on Facebook which is purely for poultry & farm stock or sell to friends. Ducklings are harder to sell as I want to keep them all