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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: NicandChic on April 12, 2014, 08:00:54 pm

Title: Thought Id share a pic
Post by: NicandChic on April 12, 2014, 08:00:54 pm

Of my chickens so far  ;D

Our first batch of ebay bought hatching eggs (other 3 cockerels homed a few weeks ago) these are my keepers. Just need to find or hatch some more girls.

Title: Re: Thought Id share a pic
Post by: little blue on April 12, 2014, 08:06:52 pm

very nice! :chook:

Title: Re: Thought Id share a pic
Post by: NicandChic on April 12, 2014, 08:17:30 pm

Thank you, I didn't realise what big characters they would be! Think I'm hooked!

Title: Re: Thought Id share a pic
Post by: Mammyshaz on April 12, 2014, 09:31:50 pm

Ahh, a lovely little bunch. Good luck with finding suitable girlies  :chook:

Title: Re: Thought Id share a pic
Post by: Q on April 12, 2014, 09:42:15 pm

You take very good pictures.  They are beautifully marked birds.

I have finally managed to hatch some ebay welsummers 4 out of 6 hatched - sadly one got trapped against the side of the incubator and never got past the pip stage. but 3 beauties. I now have 8 recently hatched light sussex and 2 light sussex/welsummer crosses to add to the three new ones.
Gonna be fun integrating them all.

So Ebay eggs do work and my incubator isnt faulty - I just think sometimes the eggs just are not fertile on ebay.

Title: Re: Thought Id share a pic
Post by: NicandChic on April 13, 2014, 10:53:00 am

Thank you Mammyshaz & Q

Must say I'm a tad addicted to seeing what's available on ebay  :-J

The eggs I bought were meant to be all Wyandottes, as you can see Marilyn isn't a Wyandotte! He's a very cheeky cockerel were thinking a light Sussex maybe, he's 3 times the size of the Wyandottes.