Fertilised or not?

robin416 said:

Wait a minute, back up. Is that the stage in the pic? Are you turning that into a coop for the birds?

Is your wife still talking to you?

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Haha yeah that’s it in the pic I have pleanty of stuff to convert it for the birds hopfully be all done for Friday lol yeah she’s still taking to me had bad morning sickness so I’m getting away with a little more than usual haha she knows it’s getting done but i think she’s conceded the back garden to me so I just get to plod away.

robin416 said:

Wait! Morning sickness? Are you going to be parents?

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Yeah we found out the other week am buzzing!!

Liam92 said:

Your right it didn’t have a yolk this one, nah it’s not that big of a coin I don’t know what size yours are either to compare them, yeah I showed her she thinks thier cool but doesn’t mind me giving them to Mac.

I have a couple of pics might give you a better perception of its size. View attachment 46258
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robin416 said:

OK, if you really have to do it. This one probably doesn't have a yolk in it. Unless your coins are monster sized.

Did you show it to your wife? She might not let you do anything to it.

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I got a silkie to try and hatch some of my eggs a few of the brown eggs have had a clear bullseye she’s sitting on 7 just now, I’ll get a pic next time I’m down.

robin416 said:

Is that a Cuckoo Silkie? I haven't seen one of those in a long time.

Such a tiny egg. Especially if most of those are bantam eggs.

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Yeah she is a cuckoo silkie she’s doing well sitting on her clutch of eggs.

robin416 said:

Do you know about candling? You might want to do that with her eggs in a week or so to see if she's actually on fertile eggs.

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Yeah iv been looking into it, my friend has a clutch that’s 6days from hatching so he came along and helped me today from what we can see she’s sitting on 7 fertile eggs, thier a mix of the hyline and bovan nera hens, both caught bye my lavender pekin bantam. I’m going to use the aracuana roo I have to cross with the black maran and leghorn hens for some colourful eggs.

robin416 said:

Your boys are getting the job done then. That didn't take long at all.

Next I'll be watching for chick pics.

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It’s only the little lavender pekin bantam that’s ready for breeding he’s doing a great job he was jumping on every hen he could on the second day here, the partridge and red Pyle leghorns and the black maran will all start to lay in the next month roughly so I’ll need to keep the little guy away until the black araucana is ready for them.

robin416 said:

Ha, now you're down to the real chicken raising part. They'll keep you on your toes.

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Yeah that’s for sure lol I’m looking forward to it though.

robin416 said:

Good practice for when you've got a human peep around and after a while able to get into anything not locked down.

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I already have a little girl from a past relationship so got a little practice already.

my friend has eggs incubating under one of his silkies just now, one is an Araucana x maran and he has says I can have it if all goes well.

robin416 said:

Isn't his due to hatch right about now? Do you know about the whole introduction thing?

How old?

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I’m sure he still has around 6 days until they hatch yet.

yeah if the little one does make it’s way along here I have a separate small coup, and I just got some stuff today to build a small enclosed run so they can see but not actually get to each other for at least a couple of weeks.

my little girl is 8 years old. She’s called Murren.

robin416 said:

Lovely name. And she's at that age when she's still adorable.

You probably don't have to worry about your Silkie and her peeps. It's the single you'll be getting from your friend that might struggle finding a spot to fit in.

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Thanks it’s a traditional Scottish name, she’s a little angle.

yeahI thought it would be a hard intro but iv introduced the black maran to the full flock with minimal issues so its m hoping I can apply the same technique with similar results.

robin416 said:

Just know they can throw a bomb at you when you least expect it. It's best not to try figure out some chicken behavior. It might drive you up the wall and over the roof.

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I’m goi g into it with an open mind it’s all a learning curve for me just now tbf I don’t I will ever stop learning g new things it’s just enjoying the journey it brings that’s the draw for me.

robin416 said:

OK, that's fun to see. Rarely do you see a full grown hen do something like that. Laps, yes. Shoulder? Very unusual.

She's going to become your favorite for sure now.

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Yeah some of the others will come and sit next to me and on my lap sometimes but it was awesome when she done that, does that mean she’s comfortable and settling in well? I just want them all to be as happy as possible.