Mrs. AK-Bird-Brain :
Yay, Ace!!!! Woot! That would be enough to start a brood of your own! I wound up with 35... we lost 3 after hatching, one of which was blind and malformed... omphalitis (mushy chick) - cute in a homely way, but no eyes! Hubby did the deed for me... I couldn't do it. But I still have 35 beauties to start with, and my single pair has started laying, so I can hatch those, too!
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Congratulations! Are the pheasants pipping too?
Hehe thanks! I'm up to one half zipped with 16 pips now. Awww sorry to hear about that. I had my own malformed chick but couldn't kill him myself. Glad to hear you have so many little ones to work with! I have all my manchurians still and hoping in the next 4 weeks or so they will start laying as I hear they start laying by 6 weeks.
I still have a week to go before I see any pheasant pips. But candled them and they seem to be doing fine. I'm watching my birds closely and will have to hatch more bobwhites I have only 3 chicks left.
Yay, Ace!!!! Woot! That would be enough to start a brood of your own! I wound up with 35... we lost 3 after hatching, one of which was blind and malformed... omphalitis (mushy chick) - cute in a homely way, but no eyes! Hubby did the deed for me... I couldn't do it. But I still have 35 beauties to start with, and my single pair has started laying, so I can hatch those, too!

Congratulations! Are the pheasants pipping too?
Hehe thanks! I'm up to one half zipped with 16 pips now. Awww sorry to hear about that. I had my own malformed chick but couldn't kill him myself. Glad to hear you have so many little ones to work with! I have all my manchurians still and hoping in the next 4 weeks or so they will start laying as I hear they start laying by 6 weeks.
I still have a week to go before I see any pheasant pips. But candled them and they seem to be doing fine. I'm watching my birds closely and will have to hatch more bobwhites I have only 3 chicks left.