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Post by d12chandler on Jan 29, 2012 11:31:20 GMT -5
Who has got a early start on chicks this year? My first batch will hatch one week from Monday.
don
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Post by henthymes on Jan 29, 2012 12:27:43 GMT -5
I've got almost a dozen whites from the last few weeks, my last two went into LD today. Have about 10 of my American chocolates and hatching out my bantam lavenders for the past few weeks with a few more weeks to go. Will start working on blue and black starting sometime next month and buff when they finally decide to start laying again.  |
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Post by leisha on Jan 29, 2012 16:10:03 GMT -5
Henthymes, I got 3 fertile eggs from you to hatch this Thursday.
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Post by Jon Alden on Jan 29, 2012 16:24:21 GMT -5
I have a couple buffs, and a couple project orps hatched out. Have my first large batch due next weekend
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Post by bamachicken on Jan 29, 2012 18:06:51 GMT -5
I hatched a few on Wed this week. I thought i would be taking them to Newnan to sell but alas I cannot go. I guess this is 8 of my twenty. I have a few more due to hatch next week and a few the next. I am setting just a few more tonite.. I may be done.
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Post by lildinkem on Jan 29, 2012 20:30:45 GMT -5
From my flock I have 3 Buffs from the male I bought from Doug at Greenville. One of the 3 is from a decent Buff hen I took to Connorsville who got RV to Doug's stand out Buff hen. I also have 2 from the mixed up BUSTOFF. They are either from a nice big Black hen or one of these 2 Duns I have in with him. They sorta have a Blue downy look. And with BUS you never know what will pop out. One of BUS's grand kids (Harold a Brown Red) has also became a daddy. And he is in with a grand daughter of Julie duo I got from her 2 years ago. Because of Harold being a Brown Red these 2 have a good chance of being Lemon Blues. And that Cochins heritage has creeped in and one has feathered shanks. lolol
Also Doug has a lone single Buff chick due to hatch and I am in line to raise that one up. Doug does not like raising a chick by itself, so this little one will join the brooder box with these 2 Bluish BUSTOFF chicks. Should be a nice year. I am setting 14 eggs tonite as well.
Hope everyone is having some fun!!!!
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Post by Jon Alden on Jan 29, 2012 23:31:38 GMT -5
I just candled my eggs, not going to be a large batch but I have 42 total eggs in the bator with the newest set today and the oldest due next sunday.
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Post by d12chandler on Jan 30, 2012 19:44:58 GMT -5
My first batch was like 50% good. I'm breeding a split choc boy on 3 pens of black pullets, there is 4 in a pen. He is always on the move and I knew I wouldn't do very good on this deal. I just don't have a big pen to put all the girls in. I have never done this before, can a male (young) handle 12 females?
don
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Post by pinegrov on Jan 30, 2012 22:07:55 GMT -5
Don,
I think it is better to have the hens split into 3 pens and rotate the male. If all were together, the male would have his favorites and not get to all of the hens. With your setup, he is more likely to get to all of the females.
I have 16 chicks out so far, with about 40 eggs in the hatcher due to hatch tomorrow. Lots more due to hatch in 2 weeks.
Vern
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Post by d12chandler on Feb 6, 2012 19:15:58 GMT -5
I got my first choc babies today, I have a split male over 12 black females, didn't have a very good fertile batch. I started saving eggs to fast, I guess the choc deal got me fired up. I also have choc babies out of choc mother and the split guy.
don
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Post by pipsandpeeps on Feb 6, 2012 20:49:49 GMT -5
I got my first choc babies today, I have a split male over 12 black females, didn't have a very good fertile batch. I started saving eggs to fast, I guess the choc deal got me fired up. I also have choc babies out of choc mother and the split guy. don  And yeah!!!! I have around 25 little bantam chocolate ameraucana pullets now and a couple more bantam chocolate orps too. Next is the large fowl!!!! Hopefully this week I will have fertile eggs. |
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Post by Jon Alden on Feb 6, 2012 23:04:36 GMT -5
UGH! I havent had any luck getting any eggs to hatch out of my chocs.
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Post by oggie on Feb 29, 2012 10:45:52 GMT -5
Sarah has been running the incubator since early December and we have as of February 6th 19 LF Buffs out. Next hatch is due March 5th. Fertility has been improving with each setting. Set another 21 eggs on February 26th. The chicks we have out so far are really healthy and growing well. Good, even buff color on their first feathers. We are very excited with what we are seeing! Bob
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Post by korfuskluckers on Mar 2, 2012 1:18:49 GMT -5
I have several blue and blacks LF out so far. Working on hatching more whites and the girls are slowing kicking up laying. I have hatched a few bantams. Fertility was spotty in the black & blue bantam pens, I switched the male up and hope to find out in the next few days with some eggs I gathered over the last week.........Still waiting on my buff LF to start laying.
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Post by fred on Mar 2, 2012 17:38:13 GMT -5
I have thrown away lots of unfertile eggs and had others with problems ,but finally have about 60 chicks mainly Lf Buff and DominiqueLF. I now am getting a higher percentage of good eggs and strong chicks. Christina, I have 4 Black lf chicks and 5 good eggs in hatcher for Sunday.It won't be long until I quit setting eggs except special matings, ducks and Turkeys.
Fred
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