The little thing is breaking through the shell. I can hear it peeping inside. Another has started to break though the shell, but I hear nothing. No action yet from the other 5 eggs, but this has started three days before I expected it to.
...cool..... |^| :) |^|
It's official. I'm a chicken grandmother |^|
..congrat's Grandma !!!.....gonna knit 'em some booties.....tee hee......jk
Congrats, Liz.
That's just great, maybe it is a he? How long until you can sex a chick? What do you look for??????
Barb
Number two is working at getting out as I type. Chicks can be sexed at a day old but it takes an Asian expert or instruction from one. It takes them like 2 seconds per chick. Where I live there are no hatcheries so I have to wait until the chicks are 4 to 6 months old and start showing secondary sexual characteristics.
Quote from: LizStreithorst on October 30, 2017, 06:45:49 PM
Number two is working at getting out as I type. Chicks can be sexed at a day old but it takes an Asian expert or instruction from one. It takes them like 2 seconds per chick. Where I live there are no hatcheries so I have to wait until the chicks are 4 to 6 months old and start showing secondary sexual characteristics.
..this work?
That might help me a lot. Number three is peeping inside her shell and has made a breathing hole in it. I'll check them tomorrow or the day after.
..going to name 'em?.......my brother and I had two chickens. Henny and Penny, when we were kids.... :D
Congrats on the chicks Liz. |^| |^| |^| |^| |^|
...any more hatch today?...
None of the others hatched, in fact I'm going backwards. One of the chicks had a herniated umbilicus. It was the prettiest one but I had no choice but to cull it.
Mama is taking good care of her two babies. She's taught them were the feeder and waterer are. They're in one of my huge fish containers in the fish room where it's always nice and warm.
..so have you picked a favorite chicken yet?......named it?... :)
I can't tell them apart huh. I'm not 100% sure, but I believe they're both females.
..is this your rooster????????
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What sort of person would do such a thing to a helpless chicken? Very bad IMO
Barb
Quote from: Barb on November 03, 2017, 04:06:53 PM
What sort of person would do such a thing to a helpless chicken? Very bad IMO
Barb
..looks like a kid put his 'tennies' on him, small shoes.......and it's not that cruel...the rooster seems to like it huh...but I hope that's the extent of it....
It's funny. The rooster isn't forced to wear them all the time, I'm sure. It did him no harm. Lighten up, Barb.
Nope, I guess it is the PETA coming out in me. I have a thing about mistreatment of animals. I stand by my original comment.
OK. I think that the PETA people are a bunch of misguided nut cases. No harm came to the rooster.. You can see by his condition that he's well cared for. It's a funny video and nothing more.
What if he put them on himself?.... huh
A rooster is not smart enough to be taught to put on 2 shoes and pull the tab into place. A human did it, but no harm was done. It was a silly funny video. Big deal.
Quote from: LizStreithorst on November 03, 2017, 05:49:28 PM
A rooster is not smart enough to be taught to put on 2 shoes and pull the tab into place. A human did it, but no harm was done. It was a silly funny video. Big deal.
...then the butler did it huh................... |^| w!w |^|
Yep. It was the butler for sure.
Quote from: LizStreithorst on November 03, 2017, 06:53:34 PM
Yep. It was the butler for sure.
..I just knew it |^|........
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My chickens are not like that. I'm the one whose like that.