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pr0wlunwoof said:
I am keeping the Easter Egger rooster. So yes the Australorp is bound for the grill. I would consider giving him up but he has a foot deformity (walks on middle Knuckle) so I don't think he would be a good candidate for mating. My buddy just got his killing cone in so were probably going to process 2 of his 3 roosters and mine at the same time. My poor friend bought 6 chicks and ended up with 2 getting eaten by owls and 2 of the remaining 3 being roosters. So out of 6 he has one laying hen. I bought 12 and of them 4 were roosters so I have 8 hens. 2 of those 8 are Cornish xs. I decided I am going to let the 2 grow out to laying age in an attempt to mate my Easter Egger with them to create my own "utility" bird. I am planning on buying an incubator around Christmas.
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I'm really curious to see if those cornish crosses will grow out that far, and breed. Thank goodness for freezer camp (and auctions) -I can relate to you riend's situation. Out of my first five chickens, four were roosters!

pr0wlunwoof said:
So if you end up being able to spare a few, what will i need to grow them out big enough to put outside. Do i just need a brooder like what I raised the chicks in?
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They need a bit more headroom sooner than chicks, and they need the higher protein "starter" feed rather than "starter/grower", but otherwise, yes -just like chicks. Oh, non-medicated starter; and be cautious with corners, deep waterers, and any other odd place a poult might get stuck, squished, or drowned; they are a little better than chicks at finding those creative ways to die
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Don't go buy stuff yet; I want to see if any more hatch other than these two. I do have a couple more eggs due next week, and another batch ready to set.
 
So much for taking a break from the forum and bird stuff.
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I've been babysitting the hatcher and the brooder for the last few days, and a few more days to go. Just to make sure I was available to be close by, the stars lined up just right and I did something a mom dreads -I cut myself while washing a paring knife .
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I was lucky enough to have the one and only @abmaddox with me, so she drove me to the ER (because it's hard to drive with one hand wrapped in a dish towel and holding over your head). Let me tell you, that girl can cook, she can raise kids and critters, but DO NOT expect comfort from her when you have sliced your finger open like a fool. She will only point out how much the needle of lidocaine is going to hurt, or that your stitches will probably get caught in your hair and get ripped out while you are doing your hair, etc. I tried to kick her out twice, but my nurse was lazy so @abmaddox had to fill in and help the Dr. pour cleansers while I got stitches.
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I figured I'd be nice and not show you a picture of the stitches -or abmaddox
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but thought you might like to know that I have some forced free time for a few days -in case anyone wanted to talk about chicken stuff, lol

*in all seriousness -BIG THANKS to ab for driving and staying at the ER with me until the wee hours of the morning -so creepers didn't get me while I was waiting to have my wound dressed.
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So after waiting three weeks beyond the auction "end time" I finally got silkie eggs that I had won here on BYC. I was frustrated enough that it took so long to get them (and if you can recall, DURING this time I lost Skeeter and decided to quit until next year, but I had already paid for them...). I paid for one dozen, and got 14.

They were due two days ago. I got one white chick, and one partridge chick. That's it. And it bothers me more because they were in "old reliable" which is my one incubator that always seems to hold the right temp, no matter what. I can take it apart and put it in the dishwasher, reassemble it, plug it in, and it goes right back to the same temp. My hatch rate in that particular incubator is near 100%.... except for these silkie eggs.

But I have a feeling that I was actually sent eggs that were already up to 3 weeks old...
 
RoboDuck said:
Where did the last one get off to? 2 eaten + 2 roosters +1 hen = 5. There's a 6th chicken out there somewhere that may be in need of help.
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Don't be checkin my math. Hard enough dealing with the GramarNazis without needing to make sure my math works out also. The 6th was a rooster also. He's keeping 1 hen and 1 rooster with hopes they propagate.
 
mrsdszoo said:
I'm really curious to see if those cornish crosses will grow out that far, and breed. Thank goodness for freezer camp (and auctions) -I can relate to you riend's situation. Out of my first five chickens, four were roosters!


They need a bit more headroom sooner than chicks, and they need the higher protein "starter" feed rather than "starter/grower", but otherwise, yes -just like chicks. Oh, non-medicated starter; and be cautious with corners, deep waterers, and any other odd place a poult might get stuck, squished, or drowned; they are a little better than chicks at finding those creative ways to die
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Don't go buy stuff yet; I want to see if any more hatch other than these two. I do have a couple more eggs due next week, and another batch ready to set.
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Besides feed and the huge card board box I get for free. I think I have most of what I need.
 
pr0wlunwoof said:
RoboDuck said:
 
Where did the last one get off to? 2 eaten + 2 roosters +1 hen = 5.  There's a 6th chicken out there somewhere that may be in need of help.
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Don't be checkin my math. Hard enough dealing with the GramarNazis without needing to make sure my math works out also. The 6th was a rooster also. He's keeping 1 hen and 1 rooster with hopes they propagate. 
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LOL! I was just making sure there wasn't some poor lost chicken out there that needed our help. I was ready to organize a search party.
 

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