[waddy]

Yay! Our first hatching eggs are arriving early next week! We are having 6 Norfolk Greys from a breeder in Norfolk, six CCL and six gold laced Wyandottes both from Ebay so keep fingers crossed they all survive the post. I would have preferred not to use Ebay and source the last two from recommended breeders as with the Norfolks but OH couldn't wait and jumped the gun! He is dangerous with Ebay in his lunchbreak!


Helen

[Mammyshaz]

 Good luck with them and keep us informed. Up to now we have agreed not to hatch this year 
It will be lovely to see the arrivals of other people's hatchings 

[Victorian Farmer]

Large silkies and silver lace wyndotts for the spring sale dingwall in 3 weeks .And this will be the last we hatch as all stock is being sold .Tacking time out dad wont be around soon.

[Mammyshaz]

Great piccie of chicks VF. 

  sorry to hear about your dad.

[waddy]

The first egg has pipped! I keep having to go and look every few minutes! It is a gold laced Wyandotte. Of the 18 eggs two of the Legbars candled clear; one of the Norfolks clear and one stopped developing after a week. All the rest including all the Wyandottes appeared to develop normally. The smallest eggs have lost a bit too much weight and the largest (the Wyandottes) not enough so I have been in a bit of a dilemma with the humidity. I am keeping my fingers crossed and prepared to help if it appear necessary. So exited! our first chickens! I know it would have been easier to buy POL but I have wanted to do this for more years than I care to remember, and now we have space it was first on the list for livestock.


 


Helen

[NicandChic]

Good luck little chicks   

[chrismahon]

Hi Waddy. Sounds like you bought well with the Wyandotte eggs. We have some Gold Laced and very strong birds our Wyandottes are -4 years old now. It can be a bit awkward hatching different breeds because of differences in shell porosity. Hopefully yours have lost enough fluid to give them the room to manoeuvre for pipping. Best of luck with them.

[madchickenlady]

  nearly as exited as you! awaiting updates with baited breath. Good luck 

[Mammyshaz]

Hows the incy looking  any more pipped?

[waddy]

Just found a Norfolk pipping round the back hiding where it is hard to see. I have been on my knees peering at them every few minutes.


 


Helen

[funkyfish]

Which seller did y get the legbars from? I've never found any on ebay that look right. Most have too much gold- boys too much colour and girls gold not pale cream neck hackels and some didn't even have yellow legs! so don't have two copies of the cream gene so not cream legbars

[waddy]

The two that pipped yesterday are out and cheeping. Another has pipped. Hoping for more today.


 


Helen

[Stereo]

Which seller did y get the legbars from? I've never found any on ebay that look right. Most have too much gold- boys too much colour and girls gold not pale cream neck hackels and some didn't even have yellow legs! so don't have two copies of the cream gene so not cream legbars

http://www.cream-legbar.com/

Some of the best CLB's around. I haven't bought eggs from her but might do this year if we get a broody or 2. There is a good facebook group as well if you on there.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/332175963534766/

[funkyfish]

Yes Emily's birds are fab! Am on that page.  Am waiting on some hatching eggs from a lady I sold a trio from Bonnies lines.

[waddy]

Now up to 4 Wyandottes and another pipping; two legbars and another pipping and two Norfolks. We will see how the CCl's measure up when they feather though the egg colour was nice. Thanks for the tip on the good legbars Stereo. I will need unrelated stock for breeding and will contact Emily. The Wyandotte cock that fathered these chicks was said to have been placed third in the fed show. The eggs were very big and the chicks look good and strong. The breeder of the Norfolks was recommended by the lady that was featured in Country Smallholding a couple of months ago. She had a waiting list for her own eggs at the time (not surprisingly - the birds looked great). I will get some from her next time. I understand it may be hard to get unrelated Norfolks but she said enough generations separated hers from the ones I bought. They are still pipping and hatching after 23 days. We won't be as quick to worry next time if they choose to come out in their own time and not by the book. Watching them is fascinating and addictive. Far more interesting than the television! Just off to check them again.


Helen