I wanted to share my expanding family...
Blacky Tan and Chottu created Wadda.
Wadda mated with Blomma and Sita.
I wanted a hatch on Valentines' day (easy birthday to remember right!). I purchased assorted eggs from eBay, but they arrived earlier than expected, nad the hatch also effectively...
It's a conundrum for me!! Only 6 days left for my eggs in the incubator to hatch. And Snowy, one of my hens has gone broody.
Wondering if I can put those eggs under her at this stage!
Will she hormonally accept the newly hatched?
OR
Shall I wait till the eggs in the incubator hatch, and then...
There are two questions.
Seven eggs were incubated, and candling by day ten revealed activity in all of those I could candle. Two Olive Eggers and a Copper Maran egg were light-impenetrable. Attaching photos of the two that hatched, and the rest were all at a very advanced stage of development...
I would hugely appreciate it if folks from this community would help identify these breeds.
The previous owner, at the time of purchase didn't explain, and later when I shared their photos with her, was rather uncertain.
1 - Snowy, was identified as Splash Silky. However, when I look up Splsh...
My adorable Tina has been brooding and about to hatch on the 28th BUT her nest is high up. I constructed another mini coop on the ground with a nest box and small run, thinking I'll transfer her with the eggs. Operation Tina, was successful last night. Shifted the eggs and her to the new nest...
My 20-week-old Swedish Flower Hens weigh around 800 gms/1.76 lbs.
This is my first time with this breed. I read the adult hens weigh around 5 1/2 lbs.
Isn't this sort of time for these pullets to start laying soon? Are they underweight?
They eat grower pellets, healthy protein-rich treats...
Victoria is a mature 2 year old and lays eggs regularly, around 4 to 5 times a week. Today she announced laying her egg... surprised to see an egg smaller than anything I've seen, and slightly more brown...was it her going fairy on me? Please shed light 🙏🏽
Thanks in advance.
In my early teens, back in Pakistan, we had chicken, but this time I have built a coop and have eight adults including a rooster and two rescue hens, five - three-month-old Swedish Flower Hen chicks, miraculous three; nearly month-old chicks via incubator, one little Sooty with her mamma Snowy...