Re: [IceHorses] my new babies
On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 07:13:58 -0600, you wrote: >I see in the UK you can get incredible exotic hatching eggs for >chickens we dont have here, or they are rare. Like Cuckoo maran etc. > >For egg chickens I like buff orpingtons and they are hard to find here >so I get the eggs on ebay, and I see they have tons of them in the UK. There's certainly all sorts on UK ebay. We have Light Sussex, Cuckoo Marans, Welsummer, Black Rock, Calder Ranger and Silkies. Plus a couple of little ducks, too. Mic Mic (Michelle) Rushen --- Solva Icelandic Horses and DeMeulenkamp Sweet Itch Rugs: www.solva-icelandics.co.uk --- "Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes"
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Oh - we had some Indian Runners once. Those little gals out layed the chickens. They were amazing. Nancy
Re: [IceHorses] my new babies
On 11/19/07, Nancy Sturm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ohmigosh! What are they? > > Nancy > They are baby Indian Runner Ducks. I bought the hatching eggs off ebay and hatched them in my incubator. They are already running around splashing like crazy in a bowl of water :) janice-- yipie tie yie yo
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somebody make me get up and go clean the house I beg you. Janice -- yipie tie yie yo
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i went to get a peacock once from a place where they had some of these really rare incredible peacocks that sell for like 700 dollars each and the man didnt even have an incubator, he had a bunch of cochin hens sitting in nest boxes and he would just put the eggs under them. They say if you put hatching eggs under a real hen even for just a couple of days you will have a way better hatch rate and I tried that and its true. No scientific explanation for it but I swear, it was the only time i had a total 100% hatch rate. going now to clean out my smelly incubator before company gets here and yet again assume I am insane. I know people will say, why on earth would she leave eggs in the incubator til they smell... but after they hatch and make the incubator water smell to high heaven, you cant just takes the eggs all out. Some hatch late, and if you take all the eggs out the temp goes haywire so you have to wait a few days until people think you are nuts... I am so glad we are having these egg discussions Mic. its fascinating. -- yipie tie yie yo
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On 11/19/07, Mic Rushen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Aw, too cute! > > I just bought a cheap incubator on ebay so we may get a few of these > too. > > Mic > I got the hovabator on ebay :) Hey, I used to have a lousy hatch rate til I got rid of the "automatic turner". My friend susan told me if you turn by hand three times a day you get a better hatch rate, that its natures way, you are handling the eggs in a manner more like a mother hen. i thought well, the temps would drop and affect things but she said no, the mother hen usually leaves the nest briefly once a day to take care of her needs, its natures way, and it works! Just get the temps perfectly on 100 and then put the eggs in. I got these eggs from a person who sells "Indian Runner Duck Asst" on ebay and last time man I got one of the most incredible beautiful ducks! Color and markings like a brown quail! But I have such a high coyote disappearance rate. I lose so many. Now I have coming some more golden phoenix, the chickens with long tails. I see on ebay they have some AWESOME hatching eggs in the UK but i think that would be too far and too long a trip and too much jostling for egg viability. I have only been ripped off once on ebay, where none of the eggs were fertile and the person refused to stand by it in any way. But seems every time i buy chicks from the feed store they die. I see in the UK you can get incredible exotic hatching eggs for chickens we dont have here, or they are rare. Like Cuckoo maran etc. For egg chickens I like buff orpingtons and they are hard to find here so I get the eggs on ebay, and I see they have tons of them in the UK. hey maybe there is a chicken list... i never looked. Janice-- yipie tie yie yo
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--- Janice McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > happy easter > janice I just love Ducks! We have a JRT that will not allow me to have them any longer, we are still trying to figure out a way to have her and the ducks I go to Wailua lake to watch the ducks and the herons play now :( Skye
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Ohmigosh! What are they? Nancy
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Aw, too cute! I just bought a cheap incubator on ebay so we may get a few of these too. Mic Mic (Michelle) Rushen --- Solva Icelandic Horses and DeMeulenkamp Sweet Itch Rugs: www.solva-icelandics.co.uk --- "Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes"
