Utah!

[Ithildyn]

I told my brother I needed to go to Cal Ranch today, and the first words out of his mouth were 'don't bring any chicks home!' As if [innocent] Anyway, lucky for him, they had no chicks - all the pens were empty.

 

[La Casa de Pollo]

Lol, I love this....we are two in the same...I keep track of each of my girls #'s (I am a banker so I am all about the numbers too) then on top of that I even take pictures of each of my hens and catalog it with the egg they are laying for me. My husband thinks I am a nut job I swear-but he loves me anyways .  Yesterday I spent four hours taking pictures of my 24 new chicks at every angle and each of their wing spans...so I can see if the whole wing sexing holds any credibility...hahahaha the fun of chickens. Here I have 24 chicks already, and I have been crusin the web all day looking for some blue and splash jersey giants...then of course I find four other breeds/color variations I can't live without . Good thing I have a husband who is handy...he's already building me another coop as we speak...it's my third ...honestly I feel like I may require a chicken intervention soon! Hahaha

BUT WOW 113 EGGS! You go girl!

OMGosh I do pictures too. Lol. We are birds of a feather girl! I worked in banking for years also, this makes sense I love it, I am so glad you posted this because I was feeling pretty out there after I re-read my post haha

Speaking of feather sexing---you-whooo to Cynthia and Moriahquilts--you guys hatched the leghorn EE's last year..did yo notice if they feather sex properly? I have two distinct feather patterns, they look to be three girls and three boys, I was thinking a fast (leghorn) feathering breed and a slow (ameraucana0 feathering breed...it should work, right? They are like night and day different. I will put a pic here...

Boy--one row of tips

Girl -- two rows of tips

The three that look to be female are all feathering in faster/longer as well. If they do feather sex true--I got my two girls! yay!

 

[RedIII]

Haha Cynthia, thanks for adopting me

I will call tomorrow, I promise. My BF's been hounding me for a while to get a check up at the doctor's, and how he's really not happy that I haven't gone

Why is it so hard?

Lluvia, love your avatar! Wow, the background colors and everything are such eye candy to me. I have considered getting a BJG roo at some point, as I've heard good things about the breed. Plus, I love huge chickens (well, I love any chickens) When I went to the county fair last year and saw a couple of the big boys people had there (BO, BA) I was geeking out.

Lisa, love the stats! It's very fun to see who's doing what. I ought to make up a tracker for my girls - though it may be easier once the turkeys aren't eating them

A few of my girls are hiding eggs around the yard, too. I can hear them singing, just can't find the nest(s). Brats.

Doughie, your new coop looks awesome!

Okay sorry if I already mentioned this here, but it looks like three of my Icelandic eggs are still going, not two! Yaaay.

 

[themadchicken]

One of Momo's eggs has pipped!

But its getting bed time so we wont see until tomorrow. GF says she will probable come in at night and find me looking into the brooder.

 

[RedIII]

Lisa, not to throw a wrench in the feather-sexing thing, but when I got Chuck Norris (Leghorn/EE) she looked more boyish for a while when she was a baby. I saw others that Cynthia had that had way longer feathers, but Nora's wing feathers were right in the middle. I thought for sure she was a boy until she was a couple of months old. Just my two cents.

 

[RedIII]

One of Momo's eggs has pipped!

But its getting bed time so we wont see until tomorrow. GF says she will probable come in at night and find me looking into the brooder.

Oh, THAT's who Momo is! Good luck, Momo!

 

[La Casa de Pollo]

Yay on pips Gary! I sure hope you have a little baby in the morning! And that you get some sleep i have pulled all nighters before during hatching, i cannot take my eyes off them, it is so exciting, and it takes soooo long sometimes

And yay for chicks growing in those eggs Red! I sure hope they keep going I am glad you are going to get yourself checked out. I would bet it is just a deficiency of some sort, iron, blood sugar, something simple to fix, but needing to get fixed. If you can get a morning appointment, then don't eat or drink after 8 pm, when you go in you can ask them to do a full blood panel and check all those levels out, then you do not have to go back in a second time for the blood draw, you are all ready to go right then, it is faster, and harder to procrastinate going back that way

 

[La Casa de Pollo]

Lisa, not to throw a wrench in the feather-sexing thing, but when I got Chuck Norris (Leghorn/EE) she looked more boyish for a while when she was a baby. I saw others that Cynthia had that had way longer feathers, but Nora's wing feathers were right in the middle. I thought for sure she was a boy until she was a couple of months old. Just my two cents.

Good to know, thanks for the two cents! I was hoping somebody would post about these, I do not want to get too excited if that method does not work on these Oh! That explains her name Chuck Norris. aka "Chick Norris/Nora".

 

[LluviaChic77]

Haha Cynthia, thanks for adopting me

I will call tomorrow, I promise. My BF's been hounding me for a while to get a check up at the doctor's, and how he's really not happy that I haven't gone

Why is it so hard?

Lluvia, love your avatar! Wow, the background colors and everything are such eye candy to me. I have considered getting a BJG roo at some point, as I've heard good things about the breed. Plus, I love huge chickens (well, I love any chickens) When I went to the county fair last year and saw a couple of the big boys people had there (BO, BA) I was geeking out.

Lisa, love the stats! It's very fun to see who's doing what. I ought to make up a tracker for my girls - though it may be easier once the turkeys aren't eating them

A few of my girls are hiding eggs around the yard, too. I can hear them singing, just can't find the nest(s). Brats.

Doughie, your new coop looks awesome!

Okay sorry if I already mentioned this here, but it looks like three of my Icelandic eggs are still going, not two! Yaaay.

Thank you Red!!! You are a sweet heart-I am kind of a picture geek! I love big chickens too...hahaha well I am right there with you (I love all chickens)! It's hard because no-one likes to go to the doctor, but I am glad you're getting checked out...I bet it is something simple like low Iron and then you just take an extra vitamin in the morning! I am so excited about your Icelandic eggs....only a few more days to go! I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you!!!! Then I want pics!!!

 

[LluviaChic77]

I told my brother I needed to go to Cal Ranch today, and the first words out of his mouth were 'don't bring any chicks home!' As if [innocent] Anyway, lucky for him, they had no chicks - all the pens were empty.

Hahaha u sound just like me, I can never resist a cute new fluffy chick! Idk where you are exactly or where you live but the IFA on 2100 S in SLC has a HUGE selection!!! I have never seen such a selection at a feed store! Yeah it roped me into a couple new additions last week.