Re: Baby chicks arriving

From: Linda Hardy (linda_ann_hardy_at_bigpond.com)
Date: 10/30/04 

Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 06:01:24 GMT

"nuele mersch" <fowls@nuele-online.de> wrote in message
news:1gmfyl5.1jzjl2513vwlqqN%fowls@nuele-online.de...
> Linda Hardy <linda_ann_hardy@bigpond.com> wrote:
>
> > I have 3 hens currently sitting on eggs, since Wednesday have had 5 baby
> > chicks hatch, 4 are black in colour and 1 is yellow, hens still sitting
on
> > eggs so maybe more to come.
> >
> >
> > Linda
> > Australia
>
>
> Congrats! Well done all you hens ;-)
> It's the best time of the year, the chick season... <envy>
>
> Nuele
> Germany

I've got more chicks to come yet, my other hen is still sitting on her's,
they are not due to hatch until about another week or so, she's a bit late
this year, she had her chicks before the other hens last spring.

Linda

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Baby chicks arriving
    ... > Linda Hardy wrote: ... >> sitting on eggs so maybe more to come. ... The hens are just bantams, had another chick hatch, currently 6 in total, ... last spring she laid about 12 eggs of which only 7 were chicks, ...
    (sci.agriculture.poultry)
  • Re: How many chicks can a hen accomodate?
    ... One of my hens is setting on 15 eggs and she is a smaller ... >I have a batch of 25 chicks expected tomorrow. ... Some years ago we had a medium sized hen hide her eggs & go broody. ...
    (sci.agriculture.poultry)
  • Re: Brooding hen - advice?
    ... blocked it off so the other hens can't pester her. ... if any chicks will hatch. ... wait until the chicks are dry before moving them imo. ... out to catch bugs and eat grass, but the hen can't get out. ...
    (sci.agriculture.poultry)
  • Re: maran broody - chicks imminent
    ... Dear Tim, ... chicks, but the hen will try to protect them and you can do no better. ... > chick crumbs and lots of attention from 3 small children!!. ... Do I need to move the hens & hatched chicks from the small henhouse, ...
    (sci.agriculture.poultry)
  • Re: Fencing to keep chicks in
    ... He thought he'd closed in the hens and three five week old chicks last ... We've watched these chicks like, well, like mother hens. ... They'd got through the 2" chain link fencing which is fox and hen proof ... Pure bred utility chickens and ducks ...
    (sci.agriculture.poultry)