Quail_Antwerp: Words from the Barnyard...
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Quail_Antwerp
Cold is on the Right, Hot is on The Left
I started out with 5 eggs from Jett and Gypsy - 4 made it to lock down!
AND NOW THEY'RE PIPPING AND CHEEPING!!
Sumatras are hatching! Sumatras are hatching!
AND NOW THEY'RE PIPPING AND CHEEPING!!
Sumatras are hatching! Sumatras are hatching!
keljonma
Epicurean Goddess
congratulations!
justusnak
Almost Self-Reliant
Woohoo!!! Sumatras hatching!!
( runs off to look up Sumatra chickens. )
eta: Cool looking chickens!!!!!!
( runs off to look up Sumatra chickens. )
eta: Cool looking chickens!!!!!!
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Quail_Antwerp
Cold is on the Right, Hot is on The Left
Can't upload pics from home yet - lost my camera cord in the move and dummy me bought a computer with an SD driveWifezilla said:
Pictures to come later this week
BeccaOH
Almost Self-Reliant
Well, I'm hatching Naked Necks, and they make the cutest babies.
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Quail_Antwerp
Cold is on the Right, Hot is on The Left
That's true -BeccaOH said:Well, I'm hatching Naked Necks, and they make the cutest babies.
..........................but then they grow up
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Quail_Antwerp
Cold is on the Right, Hot is on The Left
My chicks that are feathering in haven't been needing their heat lamp during the day because it's been getting so hot.
This morning I forgot to turn their light off, and by this afternoon my Wheaten Maran Cockerel had keeled over from what I'm guessing was heat stroke.
That dang coop is sooo hot this afternoon! I told E I think I need another window in it, for summer time, so we're looking at the opposite wall from my door for air flow.
Lucky for me I have a friend who is just as much an enabler as I am - so I've sent BeccaOh and email to see if she still had the Wheaten Maran Cockerels that hadn't sold at Mt. Hope
I really don't have luck keeping male chickens. Everyone else I know wants to sell off or give away their extras - I'm ready to build a chicken bachelor coop where I just house extra males of each breed I'm working with!
On the up side, 3 out of the 4 Sumatras have hatched!
I don't think the last one made it.
This morning I forgot to turn their light off, and by this afternoon my Wheaten Maran Cockerel had keeled over from what I'm guessing was heat stroke.
That dang coop is sooo hot this afternoon! I told E I think I need another window in it, for summer time, so we're looking at the opposite wall from my door for air flow.
Lucky for me I have a friend who is just as much an enabler as I am - so I've sent BeccaOh and email to see if she still had the Wheaten Maran Cockerels that hadn't sold at Mt. Hope
I really don't have luck keeping male chickens. Everyone else I know wants to sell off or give away their extras - I'm ready to build a chicken bachelor coop where I just house extra males of each breed I'm working with!
On the up side, 3 out of the 4 Sumatras have hatched!
I don't think the last one made it.
keljonma
Epicurean Goddess
Sorry to hear about the cockerel chick. Can you change out the bulb to a low wattage so they have some light but not heat? The extra window sounds like a good plan.
