Denim Deb
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Wish you weren't so far away, I'd take some bantam cochins. Only person I've seen around here w/them was asking $6.00/chick!
Bettacreek - New home? Plus a pic of some of the ladies here
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Bettacreek
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Wow! I paid $4 for a chick before, but here I'm just trying to get my money back and a little extra, not hang onto them for the next three months waiting for someone to want to pay the price, lol. I've got someone coming on Saturday, he said to hold six for him, but he might end up leaving with twelve. He wants a mix of EE and Ameraucanas, so I'll tell him all twelve for $25. That'll help get them out of here, lol.
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Bettacreek
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Final count: 37. There's one still in the incubator. He's been pipped for quite some time, over 24 hours, but there's nothing I can do... His veins are still all intact. He had a little bit of blood when he pipped. I recently peeled some of it away, so he can get a little more air, then moistened him up well. The veins still haven't gone away enough for me to help him out any more than what I've done, which isn't much. Still can't see wing or head yet. Hopefully he keeps on trucking though and gets those veins absorbed and gets out of that egg! That'll make 38! I've been avoiding the brooder as much as possible, and trying to not look at the baby chicks too much, because they're too darned cute!! I do NOT want to keep any of these birds, so I'm trying my hardest to avoid them and not find one that sticks out, lol.
BarredBuff
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Good number there! Congratulations!!!
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Bettacreek
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Thanks! I'll have to post pictures soon. Those blue Ameraucanas are freaking adorable!
BarredBuff
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I smell baby chicks for Bettacreek..... 
Chick fever!!
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Bettacreek
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If I could vent sex them, I'd keep a pullet of the blues, but since I can't, I'm not keeping a bunch just to hopefully get a pullet, lol. Besides, I need the money from these guys. I still need to build the outdoor pen, order my cornish x, pay for the turkeys, etc. Plus, I've got 10 pekin eggs (just tossed another bad one earlier today) that should be hatching out next week. The turkey folk just called today as well... They have more poults, and with me thinking that all three of the RP's are males, I think I'll be picking up a few more. I guess I'll at least have a decent amount of ground turkey if these three are males. I could also kick myself in the arse... I was watching a grinder on ebay, but went out for dinner and missed making a bid... $14.99 is what it went for, and that includes shipping!
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Bettacreek
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The last egg hatched in a hurry. I opened the incubator to make sure it was still alive and the egg was gone. I started to worry, until I pulled the tray all the way out and there's a little chick and the shell all the way in the back! I was not expecting the little guy to survive at all. Maybe that little bit of shell removed was enough to signal the little veins to absorb? I've never had one try to hatch through the veins before, so I really don't know why it was so late and why it was having so many problems, but I sure am glad the little cutie made it out alive!
I did a final tally on these guys, and I counted wrong the first time... I NOW have 37 chicks, including the late bloomer.
5 Bantam Cochins
6 Rhode Islands
3 EE (hatched from blue eggs, but look like regular pitch black chickens)
13 EE/Ameraucanas? They have all of the traits of the Ameraucanas... BEAUTIFUL muffs, green legs, etc. These are a mix of black and partridge
10 Blue/Splash Ameraucanas
And, I'm an idiot for going in there and counting, because I'm now keeping one of the little muffs. It's a blue partridge, if there is such a thing. And, if feather sexing works (there are some that, according to feather sexing, look like males and some that look like females), this thing is a little pullet. Watch, it'll turn out to be a damn roo!
I did a final tally on these guys, and I counted wrong the first time... I NOW have 37 chicks, including the late bloomer.
5 Bantam Cochins
6 Rhode Islands
3 EE (hatched from blue eggs, but look like regular pitch black chickens)
13 EE/Ameraucanas? They have all of the traits of the Ameraucanas... BEAUTIFUL muffs, green legs, etc. These are a mix of black and partridge
10 Blue/Splash Ameraucanas
And, I'm an idiot for going in there and counting, because I'm now keeping one of the little muffs. It's a blue partridge, if there is such a thing. And, if feather sexing works (there are some that, according to feather sexing, look like males and some that look like females), this thing is a little pullet. Watch, it'll turn out to be a damn roo!
Denim Deb
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You HAVE to post pics!
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Bettacreek
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I will, if my camera ever shows up. Some days, the kids have me at wits end. Paid $220 for the camera, buying a new one would be about $350, and the kids can't possibly remember where they put it. Last pictures I have are from the 25th, and my battery and camera card are all here, but the camera itself is gone. If it's been missing for a week, there's a good possibility that Tripp threw it in the garbage. I'm just about in tears over it, and I'm typically not a crying person, especially over material goods, but this has me very upset.
