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Re: Chickens!!!#202091

By Dionae -  Sat May 03, 2014 6:25 pm
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- Sat May 03, 2014 6:25 pm #202091

The silkies can't flynbut the bigger birds have already began flying around.

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Re: Chickens!!!#202320

By Grey -  Tue May 06, 2014 10:39 am
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- Tue May 06, 2014 10:39 am #202320

I'd so love to raise chickens; I had a nostalgic moment at a farm/garden centre yesterday and found a viable substitue, a Buk-buk pipeum cleanicus!

Can't wait to see how the eggs progress.

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Re: Chickens!!!#202428

By Dionae -  Wed May 07, 2014 3:05 pm
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- Wed May 07, 2014 3:05 pm #202428

Day 17 on the raster eggers and game fowls, day 14 on the polish and showgirls. I'll be moving the EEs and game fowls into a hatcher I built tomorrow as I have to lower temps and increase humidity. I can't believe these go from a dot in the yolk to a chick in 3 weeks.

Wish me luck on the hatch. Ive read several horror stories.

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Re: Chickens!!!#202750

By Dionae -  Sun May 11, 2014 11:05 pm
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- Sun May 11, 2014 11:05 pm #202750

Well I woke up this morning, day 21, to chicks chirping in the eggs. Hoping to have some breaking the shell tomorrow. I'll post pics then.

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Re: Chickens!!!#202834

By Dionae -  Mon May 12, 2014 7:02 pm
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- Mon May 12, 2014 7:02 pm #202834

First chick hatched around lunch! Its a game fowl and destined for my friends farm. I'm not keeping any fighting chickens

. I have an Easter Egger pipping(breaking through) so hopefully sometime today i'll have another hatch.

The polish eggs and showgirl eggs are just on day 19 so I have a few more days before they start hatching.

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Re: Chickens!!!#202842

By stevelau1911 -  Mon May 12, 2014 8:16 pm
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- Mon May 12, 2014 8:16 pm #202842

Looks exciting. I guess the other ones should start coming out pretty soon too eh.

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By Dionae -  Mon May 12, 2014 8:21 pm
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- Mon May 12, 2014 8:21 pm #202843

I really hope so Steve.

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Re: Chickens!!!#202914

By Grey -  Tue May 13, 2014 9:11 am
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- Tue May 13, 2014 9:11 am #202914

Squee! Such a beautiful creature - thank you so much for the update!

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Re: Chickens!!!#202935

By jwbates26 -  Tue May 13, 2014 3:55 pm
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- Tue May 13, 2014 3:55 pm #202935

Congratulations on your hatch. I'm glad to see you had better results with this then you did your grafting

I have a bird nest above my porch light that I've been watching. They hatched out a week or two ago and they've grown so quickly. I'm sure they'll be leaving the nest this week. I have no idea how the mother still sits on them. There's hardly any room for the five babies. Hopefully none of them fall out while my dogs are out there.

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Re: Chickens!!!#202953

By Dionae -  Tue May 13, 2014 7:02 pm
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- Tue May 13, 2014 7:02 pm #202953

Thanks Jason! I did get the most important plant grafted so I'm happy. I kind of knew that was a toss up because of the size of the grafting stock. This fall I'll try with some nice sized grafting stock.

Had so.e birds destroy my porch few years back. Had to put up screen so they wouldnt nest there. Good luck with your eggs.

Had another hatch today. An Easter Egger.

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Re: Chickens!!!#203139

By Dionae -  Thu May 15, 2014 6:42 pm
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- Thu May 15, 2014 6:42 pm #203139

Had 2 EEs, 1 game fowl and 2 polish hybrids hatch so far. I have another polish pipping through the shell. The EEs and gamefowl were sent to my friend farm but i'm keeping the polish hybrids. Heres a few picks of them.

1st one...1 day old