Who's setting with me Sept 1st-4th?

[Nicole01]

Good luck with the pipped and peeping eggs! I can't wait to see them!

 

[cochins1088]

When I had an lone chick, it followed me everywhere, it was adorable. The only thing was that he cried and cried whenever I wasn't right there. I didn't get any sleep. I kept him right next to my bed trying to keep him quiet, but unless my hand was in the cage for him to sleep in, he cried. I could hear him from 2 floors up. But he was very sweet, he would crawl into my hand and fall asleep and follow me like I was his mother. He still is very sweet, when I go down to feed them, he's the only chicken thats allways right at my feet, he loves to snuggle and have his back rubbed. He acts more like a dog than a chicken, hahaha. He also comes to me when I call. Just thought I'd tell you, I loved my lone chick and it was worth the sleepless nights for this little guy.

 

[cochins1088]

YAY!! My one little silver laced chick just hatched! I can't breed them with only one chicken, so I'll have to pray for more but at least my efforts weren't completely wasted. Out of the 5 that went into lockdown, 3 have hatched and the other 2 have pipped. I was amazed by how fast the shipped cochin eggs hatched, one hatched in about 2 hours, the other about 3. My cochin eggs always take about 24 hours and I usually have to help them because the shells are so thick from the oyster stuff in the chicken feed. I will have to take pictures later, I forgot how small bantams were when they hatch!

 

[Lesalynn]

Way to go!! So glad you have at least the one! Kinda like me right now with only the one Silkie....Although I did put 30 more Silkie eggs in the incubator yesterday

I am going to get a good hatch one way or the other. Went back to the drawing board, re-reading everything I can get hold of concerning humidity issues.
Here's a few pics of the cute little Silkie I took this morning:
Check out all the feathering on the legs and feet!!

 

[cochins1088]

Ohh so sweet, I love the feathered legs. Thats probably my favorite trait for chickens, I keep cochins, silkies and brahmas, all with feathered legs, hehehe.

 

[cochins1088]

I'll candle the new silver laced eggs tonight, they are on day three so I might be able to tell a little bit as far as whats going on. I really hope that I get at least a male and a female, of course more would be better. Continued hatch along? hahaha

 

[Lesalynn]

I love the feather-footed varieties, too! I have 2 large fowl light brahmas and one LF dark brahma. I have this project I wanna try....I would like to breed Silkie roos with the brahmas, and see what I get..not sure how it would turn out, but I am curious. I also want to get some of the Cochin bantams. I really like the bantams. My step-daughter and I are going to try and build as many new coops and runs as possible this winter. I spend a lot of time at the deer camp, so will be hard, but I think we will find enough time to put together what we need before spring.

 

[Lesalynn]

Oh, and yes, I am most definitely all for a continued hatch-along, lol

 

[cochins1088]

The cochins are probably my favorite, thought the silkies are pretty neat and I absolutely adore my dark brahma rooster. The silver laced will be the first bantam cochins I'll have, right now I have the standard. I like the shape of the bantams better and there seems to be much more variety in color, but I also love my large birds. Not sure what to expect as far as size, do you know if there is a huge difference between the two? I hope they aren't too small.. but I will love them either way! I'll have to take pictures of them later.

 

[cochins1088]

There was too many people on here to keep track of everyone but just read your last post, and wow are you busy. I wish I had 3 incubators, hahaha. And Royal Palm turkeys are so beautiful, though I don't believe I will be getting into turkeys anytime soon. And for coop, I have a bunch of those large dog kennels set up around the barn and machine shed, most of them are 6 by 12 feet. Some are larger, but thats all I have for coops and they work perfectly. You can find them pretty cheap or even for free on craigslist, though I would like to put up an actual coop someday.