Hi Bantam Chickens, My name is Nikki and I live in San Mateo County, CA. I'm getting a clutch of bantam cochin eggs next week. I raised (and incubated) lots...
Nikki, Welcome. I hope you enjoy your bantam cochins. Did you buy them from EggBid, e-Bay, or an individual breeder? I guess you are experienced and know...
Terry, What type of bantams do you want? If you do not know, there are lots of places to look for information on them. See if you can put the link below in...
We're still broody! But tonight I did see movement in 2 of the 5 eggs! So here's my questions: Being that our nest boxes are about 3 feet off the floor - 1....
Betsy, You have lots of options, but you do not want Tink to take chicks out from that nest and risk them getting killed unless you provide a very safe landing...
Hi Betsy and everyone! You know, chicks are mostly fluff and hollow bones. They are soooo light. When they jump from the height of a nest, they do flutter and ...
Charlotte, Good points about light chicks. As to the lost of instinct in production breeds, Leghorns come to mind. But then this is an area that Dean probably...
... Many of the high-production laying breeds have been deliberately selected for no incubation behavior--it just interferes with egg production. Leghorns are...
Michael, Thanks, that's right, I should have remembered. I used to look at that chart every day when I first started with chickens to see what I wanted to try...
Hi Betsy, The time from pip to hatch usually runs from 30 minutes to 24 hours. Just avoid the urge to "help" at any stage and let nature take it's couse....
Dean, I thought that you would have hatched 1000 by now. LOL Looks like I am not that far behind you as I have hatched about 50 so far this year. For the...
Betsy, Dean knows more, and I will let him be more precise. That too varies; usually less than a day after they break the membrane to breathe and pull in the...
Hi. Okay.. that's very interesting. So broodiness and mothering instincts can be quite variable, depending on the breed and with in some breeds, the...
My first baby has hatched! I can hear her peeping bigtime. I went in with a small cup of water for Tink (the mom) and she drank like there was no tomorrow!!...
The guy does not know what he is talking about, unless he was talking about starving the chick waiting for the others to hatch. However, as we have said, if...
Oky, so I''ll ignore the guy at TS!! There is food and water available for Tink but I think having just had the new baby she wanted to stay with it. I did...
Betsy, If the eggs were set under the hen at the same time, they all should hatch within 24 hours of each other. If you want, and the egg has not hatched by...
Charlotte Ford <mtnlaurelrabbitry@...> wrote: Hi. Okay.. that's very interesting. So broodiness and mothering instincts can be quite variable, depending on the...
hey, gang, I've decided I want to add some blue/green layers to my flock. which breeds do you recommend? sorry, I've been mia. midterms are hitting me in...
Betsy, I did not see this until now, and you did what you did by now. But I would brood the chick for a day and then if nothing came from the eggs and put it...
Leigh Anne, Are you sure it is not just a passing fancy since tomorrow is Easter? LOL It all depends upon what you want. I have the mutt bantam Easter Eggers...
Hi Mark, The one that hatched I put with TInk in the other cage with the light. It's about 70 in there right now. I put the other egg under TInk and she...
Dean Very good information. Makes me want some of your bantam LaFleche bantams even more now. Yes, I hope I hatch some good Nankins. Mark in NC ... On the...
hey, Mark, not a passing fancy, been thinking about it a while, but yes, the season reminded me to ask. lol my little silkies and cochins layed all winter...
Betsy, Good for you! This sure is fun stuff (and addictive). Watching a mom with chicks is pretty cool. If I had the space and the broody hens, I would have...
Leigh Anne, Sounds like you will have some blue/green eggs. I am trying to have a rainbow basket of bantam eggs that comes from my laying flock. You may get...
alrighty, Mark! you are creating a monster here. being a real lover of hand-dyeing my own fabrics, I love mixing and playing with color.... now you start...
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