Utah!

[RedIII]

Lisa, these were actually eggs I collected from the garage. We have a furnace on in there so it stays about 50 degrees.

Thanks, agregar

 

[Daloorashens]

ACk!! Has it really been a week since I've checked this thread?? yikes!! I had to skip ahead, sorry, I'm sure I missed lots of good stories and a whole lot of laughing from all the posts you guys make, lol

Well, bought another bator yesterday,

haha, and DH even was kind of encouraging me, haha

I have pips in my eggs due to hatch tomorrow!! I will have chicks in lockdown at least once a week for the next while, woo-hoo!!

My legbar chicks will most likely be coming in April... I will keep you all posted who wanted to know... if joybells is on, I have SFH in the bator now, woo-hoo!!

if I missed something sad and

for anyone with something happy and exciting, sorry to be so vague

 

[themadchicken]

Cynthia, thought this would give you a smile. Cotton has became best freinds with Little Red, my handicap RIR. In two days she has abondund her 9 week old chick for the company of the adults. Tonight was the second night out of the a-frame and Cotton was sleeping in the same nest box as Little Red. I have never had hens share the some box. Ratchet is very found of Cotton and does not like anyone picking her up. Today i was in the coop kneeling done and picked her up and Ratchet attacked my.Well he tried, since he has to lift his head up to see, it was pretty sad. He ran straight into my knee and fell over. He got up and slowly walked away make all sorts of noise, ( good thing we dont understand chicken talk cause im pretty sure there was a lot of bad words), but he keep looking back to make sure i wasn't going to sneak attack him.

 

[RedIII]

Cynthia, thought this would give you a smile. Cotton has became best freinds with Little Red, my handicap RIR. In two days she has abondund her 9 week old chick for the company of the adults. Tonight was the second night out of the a-frame and Cotton was sleeping in the same nest box as Little Red. I have never had hens share the some box. Ratchet is very found of Cotton and does not like anyone picking her up. Today i was in the coop kneeling done and picked her up and Ratchet attacked my.Well he tried, since he has to lift his head up to see, it was pretty sad. He ran straight into my knee and fell over. He got up and slowly walked away make all sorts of noise, ( good thing we dont understand chicken talk cause im pretty sure there was a lot of bad words), but he keep looking back to make sure i wasn't going to sneak attack him.

Ah poor Ratchet.

 

[La Casa de Pollo]

Lisa, these were actually eggs I collected from the garage. We have a furnace on in there so it stays about 50 degrees. Thanks, agregar

Oh man! I wonder why they all went bad? Probably just dumb luck :/ I sure hope you can get some more to hatch. Do you have any more in your incubator? I want to see you be a chicken mama so bad!

 

[La Casa de Pollo]

ACk!!  Has it really been a week since I've checked this thread?? yikes!!    I had to skip ahead, sorry, I'm sure I missed lots of good stories and a whole lot of laughing from all the posts you guys make, lol

Well, bought another bator yesterday,   haha, and DH even was kind of encouraging me, haha

I have pips in my eggs due to hatch tomorrow!!  I will have chicks in lockdown at least once a week for the next while, woo-hoo!!

My legbar chicks will most likely be coming in April... I will keep you all posted who wanted to know...   if joybells is on, I have SFH in the bator now, woo-hoo!!

if I missed something sad and for anyone with something happy and exciting, sorry to be so vague 

You are gonna be in chickie heaven! I am excited for you, hope your hatches are awesome! Are you still thinking you are going to hatch some to sell at chickenstock?

 

[Joybells]

ACk!! Has it really been a week since I've checked this thread?? yikes!! I had to skip ahead, sorry, I'm sure I missed lots of good stories and a whole lot of laughing from all the posts you guys make, lol

Well, bought another bator yesterday,

haha, and DH even was kind of encouraging me, haha

I have pips in my eggs due to hatch tomorrow!! I will have chicks in lockdown at least once a week for the next while, woo-hoo!!

My legbar chicks will most likely be coming in April... I will keep you all posted who wanted to know... if joybells is on, I have SFH in the bator now, woo-hoo!!

if I missed something sad and

for anyone with something happy and exciting, sorry to be so vague

Who'd you get the SFH eggs from?

 

[corvidae]

I'm very excited--after the bad last 2 hatches, I think I might be headed for a decent one. I put 10 Cream Legbar eggs (which I can't for the life of me remember where I got!) and 4 Welsummer eggs (nice dark brown from Bargain/Nancy) into lockdown last night before I left for work. I candled all of them and actually saw movement in at least a third. They should be hatching by Thursday.

I also ordered a set of 6 2013 Legbar hens from Greenfire while I was having a fit of depression about the uselessness of shipped eggs. Not sure when those will be arriving, since I haven't heard back from them yet, but at least I will be sure to be able to rebuild up my little flock after The Theft. AND, I located another batch of Isbar eggs from a reputable place, which they will hopefully be able to send me in the next couple of weeks. I have a few left in my 'bator, but candling them knocked it down to something like 3-4 viables. And one of those viables was from my own lone little Isbar hen.

And I am no good at sticking to my resolution to give up on shipped eggs. I have 2 batches of BLRW eggs coming from some very pretty birds, another set of Cream Legbars, the Isbars, and another set of Welsummers. That Sportsman is going to be the death of me. I shall be buried in chickens. Seriously. That's not even counting the ones from my own birds.

For amusement value: I wasn't able to make it up to the land this weekend because of work, but my roommates went up there to full all the water barrels and check on things. When they got back, I was running out the door to work, so I called them and asked how many eggs they were able to get. Total silence on the phone, then, "Eggs?" Yes, eggs. You know. Chickens. Eggs. Another lengthy silence, then, "They are laying eggs?" Um, yes. They do that. Odd, but true. Third silence. "I thought they were all fake."

Oy.

So now I am trying to figure out how I can get up there to retrieve the eggs, except I am working 6 12 hour night shifts this week, my middle son has piano lesson on my only day off, and my eldest has orthodontist appointment. I've spent the last week trying to bribe anyone I can into working at least one of these shifts, all to no avail. The next time I will be able to get up there is not until next Sunday.

 

[Sphinx]

Red, so sorry about your hatch. That is really sad. Do you think they're quitting, or not fertile? How many days along are they? Maybe keep them for a day or two longer, just in case?

Corvidae, sounds like you'll have some really fun chicks. Out of curiosity, why did you order more BLRW? I thought you had a really nice stock already?

MadChicken, I laughed at your story about Ratchet.

Birdguy, those goats are so cute! I'm sorry that you lost one.

Sundancen, congrats on your babies. I'll bet you have even more now.

 

[corvidae]

Red, so sorry about your hatch. That is really sad. Do you think they're quitting, or not fertile? How many days along are they? Maybe keep them for a day or two longer, just in case?

Corvidae, sounds like you'll have some really fun chicks. Out of curiosity, why did you order more BLRW? I thought you had a really nice stock already?

MadChicken, I laughed at your story about Ratchet.

Birdguy, those goats are so cute! I'm sorry that you lost one.

Sundancen, congrats on your babies. I'll bet you have even more now.

My BLRWs are really nice, but I still like to bring new birds in here and there, just for the sake of genetic diversity and to prevent it from becoming a closed flock. Most of them I will sell off. Just looking for those few exceptional ones to add in.