Didn't anyone have any cute fluffy balls yet?
Surely many of you must be having adorable babies by now???I have hatched two via a hen last week (sssh i wasn't supposed to be having babies) and they're in a glasshouse - very warm and sheltered LOL
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We have 2 pair of silkies and we had to add a Blue Cochin hen and a Porcelain hen after they were getting picked on in another pen. The 6 chickens have been together for quite awhile, and sitting on...
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this morning:this afternoon we have 3 of these:Living in Scotland's Shetland Islands. The journey of a thousand miles starts with but a single step - so when are you coming to visit? jaydee's pages
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Imagine my surprise when I went to the coop and found two splash silkies and one PARTRIDGE! I have no idea how I get so many dang partridge chicks. I swore they would all be from the black or blue...
View Article3 so far ...
And the news just in ..............One pekin at back, one light sussex and a wet scots dumpy - and one VERY indignant broody hen - put the other 3 eggs under her as well this morning before we went...
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We now have a yellow pekin, a black and yellow pekin, a light sussex, a yellow/grey scots dumpy and the d'uccle cross all fluffed up in the brooder and a black scots dumpy and an appenzeller wet in...
View ArticleA bird in the hand:
Falls asleep! Appenzeller baby ...Piggyback:Living in Scotland's Shetland Islands. The journey of a thousand miles starts with but a single step - so when are you coming to visit? jaydee's pages
View Articlenew pics of the chicks
Group photo:close ups:light sussex and Scots Dumpycentre - appenzeller and grey Scots Dumpythe welsummers (2 girls from 5 chicks)Living in Scotland's Shetland Islands. The journey of a thousand miles...
View Article2 weeks old - different breeds
D'uccle/jap cross (note the feet!)Appenzeller (getting a tuft on head)Cuckoo dumpyBuff orp (slightly younger than others)Grey dumpyPekinsLight sussexLiving in Scotland's Shetland Islands. The journey...
View ArticleHELP!! Baby ducks are hatching
I have ducklings (unplanned) hatching and I have no idea how to care for them??? What do they need? How soon will they come out and walk around? Do they have to be locked up at night? Will they stray?...
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OK - first pics of my exchequor (?) leghorns:ariel view of chicks 1 and 2chick 1(lots of white)chick 2(lots of black)chick 3 (dark brown!)chick 3 againLiving in Scotland's Shetland Islands. The...
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I can almost hear them... If I had a star for every time you brightened my day, I'd be holding the galaxy.
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I have four new silkie chicks. A white, partridge, and I think two blue splash. I need one of each to be a hen. What's the odds?? Not very good. They are cute though. I only had four of 12 hatch. Some...
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I have buff orpingtons and Australorps just a few weeks old. They eat their chick feed while in the coop, plus forage around the yard constantly.My daughter and I like to hold them each for at least a...
View ArticleCandling eggs
What does it mean when you candle the eggs and the air cell has a line going up the side of the egg? It is like the air cell is spreading up the side of the egg. Is that normal? I thought that the air...
View ArticleDirty duck eggs... what do I use to wash.. where to get it ?
Hi.. I just received my duck eggs that I had mailed to me... my problem (never had this happen before) is... they are dirty... they have ducky stuff (poo) on them... they are not totally dirty... just...
View Articletap tap
Oh my...it would seem I have some overlooked duck eggs and there is tapping coming from within. DH is going to kill me.Feathers N Fluff Silkies
View Articlewhat do you think?
www.upc-online.org/broile...42day.htmlwww.glumbert.com/media/chicksexingmakes me wish i could have a wee hatchery here in nz. . . but how?What would we do without our chooks
View ArticleLast for this year and a question
Well my Silkie hen hatched out 2 out of 10 eggs, My bator hatched 2 out of 4 eggs. The rest were not fertile. The hen is now taking care of all 4 silkie chicks , 3 splash, 1 blue or black. This is the...
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Fertility here is NOT good. I only have one baby. I thought younger roos were more fertile? I can't seem to get my blues to take to this new blue roo I have. They fight. I might have one fertile blue...
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