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[Breshcandra]

Wow !
That is awful !

I keep babies & broodies away from potentially jealouse chick killers !

Yeah if I had the room I would. I am thinking I am going to have to put her in a cat carrier at least 3 days prior to them being hatch and then waiting till they are old enough to be able to get away.

The barred rock egg hatched

. So any one want a male blue barred sex link chick.

(dad is a blue silkie)

 

[Ogress]

SOOO...I just made a mistake I will NEVER make again! There were 3 eggs that had not yet hatched under my broody. I decided that after this amount of time they probably won't hatch so I took them out. I, without thinking it thru, decided I was curious to see what was inside so I brought them IN THE HOUSE to open them...carefully...to see what was inside. I had no idea that they were grenades in disguise!!!!!!!!!! I gave one just 1 tiny tap of the butter knife and BOOOM!

Of course I should've known that would happen, but my brain has more and more lapses in thinking power lately! My oh my the smell

NAAAAASTYYYY!!!!!!!

 

[Ogress]

What a good idea!

 

[itsren]

Oh good grief !!!!!!!!!!!!

X2. He must have too much time on his hands.

 

[itsren]

I saw not too long ago that someone was using their chicken feed bags to grow potatoes. Filled with dirt and rolled a bit at the top, they were growing them right on their deck!

Awesome idea!

 

[Breshcandra]

Had to show pictures

My dog watching the chicks


The 2 chicks with momma. Momma hatched 4 out 4 chicks =) I let her sit on what ever was laid in the box for 2 days.

 

[FirewifeJess]

Had to show pictures

My dog watching the chicks


The 2 chicks with momma.

Adorable!!

I miss babies! My youngest are 7 weeks now and still tiny and soft, but nowhere near day old chicks!

 

[SweetSilver]

Well, yours are bigger then mine, hopefully my girls wont mind though.

Our bigger boxes are 12x12x14. Most of the things I've read lead me to believe these will work fine but only time will tell. They haven't started laying yet so we shall see!

What do you mean by a "true" bantam breed? I'm a dog person so is "true" in the bird world like pure breed in the dog world? So what would the Cochin and Ameracauna Bantams be? Maybe like a designer breed? Lol. Like the Labradoodles?
It seems like it takes the Bantams longer to grow, my little ones seem like they've stopped growing but are still so tiny! My friends 1 yr old Cochin Bantam roo could swallow my two little ones, is this normal? I hope not because their small size sure makes them easy targets for my standard sized birds.

True bantam breeds have no standard counterparts. D'Anvers, Silkies.... what am I forgetting?....... these are all true bantams. Cochins, Wyandottes, etc. have a bantam version, but also have standard sizes as well, so are not considered "true" bantams, even though they are, well, truly bantam-sized. Same with your birds. We also have some bantam Wyandottes. Sweet! Even sweeter than the cochins. I really, really adore our little d'anvers. So energetic, intelligent and sweet. Cooper, the cockerel, is flighty but if can catch him he falls asleep in your hand (one hand is all you need--they are that tiny). This is the breed for our first fair. We have 2 pullets who are so, so calm and easygoing. They practically beg to be picked up and zzzzzzzz........

Yes, I've heard it can be tricky integrating the two sizes. Our current flock is mainly for fun and 4-H. Next year we'll get a batch of Orpingtons, a couple of cochins (full size) and brahmas, since both are so sweet. DD1 wants a white Plymouth Rock and dd2 wants another Silver-laced Wyandotte. No straight run. No more cockerels. Egg layers. Period. We'll see how the mixed sizes get along. It helps they have lots of space, and the little ones can reach very high places to get out of the way (not so much the cochins, though.)

 

[SweetSilver]

So... what is Blue Coat - how does it work? Thankfully, Caunnie is the head of the flock so Rhodie and Drama just seem to be cuddling up to her and not picking at her face. They're back in the coop/run now. I think they'll stay there for a good while. They're safer there.

Is Blue Coat the same as Rooster Booster?

 

[FirewifeJess]

I hope this is allowed, but I see other people posting that they have Etsy, Hyenacart, etc Shops, so I thought I'd post mine for y'all. If you picked up an item I'd probably discount even more too

I knit and sew girly items in a larger group of sellers. The group's name is Pins and Needles (on Hyenacart) and my shop name is Whirly Girl. I'm trying to sell out my current items so I can afford to buy yarn and knit more stuff for the shop! If you need baby gifts, check it out please

http://hyenacart.com/stores/PinsandNeedles/ (Oh and I also knit the top listing and I believe we want it gone, so if you like the collab listing just ask me about it and we can talk price...I think. I have to talk to 2 other ladies about it before we all take a hit on it.)