What's wrong with their feathers?

[CatKai]

Well lets us all send happy travel thoughts to all our birds in route. I have 4 on the way. Think mine are in Dallas right now, hoping to get them tomorrow. I am stuck at work all day so won't see them until late. Bad storms here right now and tomorrow. Of course the usps tracking has not updated since yesterday afternoon...

 

[CatKai]

Just unloaded mine into their coop! Late for work - more later!

 

[KellyHM]

Thank you. So dry hatch will work?

I wouldn't do that. Maybe someone will chime in, but I have NEVER had good hatch results with a dry hatch on shipped eggs.

 

[KellyHM]

Kelly you have some really cool projects for sure now! How are your tolbunts doing? I don't know that mine is EVER going to lay. The roo is busy doing his job but she just is not squatting and not laying. Every couple weeks I think she is making some sign...but nothing! Polish take forever.

My Tolbunt hen laid me 6 eggs over a 2 week period and then stopped again. I swear that is the laziest bird I have ever owned! I stuck all of them in the incubator about 3 days ago, so we'll see. I don't have great hopes for them - the stupid rooster is pretty lazy too.

 

[KellyHM]

My birds are here!!!

Got the call from the PO this morning, right as I was leaving for work, so ran and got them, stuffed them in their new pen, and ran to work - made it only 5 minutes late.

Anyways, they're all safe, healthy, and gorgeous!!! Pics later when I get home!

 

[NicoleRM]

My new office mates for the day

 

[ladyfaeden]

Congrats everyone on your chickens arriving!

I tried to sneak a peek in an egg today, and discovered my candler cannot see into these eggs at all!

 

[KellyHM]

Congrats everyone on your chickens arriving!

I tried to sneak a peek in an egg today, and discovered my candler cannot see into these eggs at all!

The colored eggs are definitely more difficult but once they're a little further along and if your light is bright enough you should be able to tell what's going on.

 

[billiejo21]

My new office mates for the day

Love it!!!

 

[galanie]

Congrats y'all on getting your chickens!!

I know a guy here that has a white crested black polish. It took forever to start laying, and when it did it laid THREE eggs in one day! I thought he was lying! Or that someone was playing a joke on him, but it's true. She is the only white layer he has, and they don't look like store eggs.