Evening all !!!
I'm so excited !!!
I set some Paint silkie eggs on the 16th of December and wasn't keeping track !!! They are due Friday but I have some pipping today !!!! I had to hurry up and clean out another incubator for the hatch !!! Now I have to get the nursery ready !!!
Four out of the 12 are pipping !!! One of the twelve is a Bantam Dutch !!
Guess I shouldn't get to excited yet !! Hopefully they hatch out the Paint color that I'm breeding for.
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Wcc Yep I meant Tip Downs, I'll post you a picture or link, better then trying to explain. Ok, well I'll try. You use a jig pole (I think that is what they call it) and you put it in a very simple to make wooden holder that balances the pole. When you have a bite the tip of the pole goes down, Tip Down !! So it is not like the tip up's you normally use.
Tomski, Yep they got the Diablo up and running. My nieces husband took the time to work on it last weekend while they were up at the cabin and my 17 yr old nephew helped him. That was nice since my brother (his father) is no mechanic.
Wcc, was wondering when someone would comment on my avatar !!!
Well, I've been waiting for blue eggs from the Ameraucana's I got from YOU JIM !! and when I went out to investigate the Cuckoo Maran Rooster that the neighbor suposedly put in the greenhouse I saw this splash rooster !!! I took a double take thinking the neighbor gave me a splash rooster of who knows what breed. Then I looked for the splash Ameraucana hen that I got from Jim and it was no where to be seen, well turns out the hen is a Rooster and there is no Cuckoo Maran Rooster out there !!! I got on my knees and looked every place, under around flower pots everywhere and there is no new chicken in there. I will look again tomorrow but holy cow if that splash is from Jim it sprouted the hackle and saddle feathers within the last week or so ??????? Weird is all I can say !!!
I'm going out there again tomorrow and I'm going to call the neighbor too. Wouldn't surprise me if her is just pulling my leg (to put it mildly) Or that he purposely gave me an extra rooster knowing I wouldn't kill it.
So where ever that rooster came from, he is a nice looking rooster. But if it is from the neighbor then where is the splash hen from Jim ??? Puzzling !!!
I've noticed too that we are missing some Cheeseheads. Hope they are all ok !!!
BBP those calls are adorable !!! Good thing I don't have room for more ducks or I would want eggs too !!!
Ok forgot what else I was gonna say. My thoughts focused on my little pippers !!! Gotta go check !! Good think I bought extra bulbs for my candler. I use it to spy on the pipping eggs too !!