Martin B Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 Thankyou! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted September 24, 2006 Author Share Posted September 24, 2006 Here thay are..... you can just see the cracks in the front 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 Wow! Good Luck and thanks for the photos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 Well, we have one lovely big yellow chick (cream legbar), one rarher wetand very new barnie chick and the other one is nearly out - so we will have three lovely chicks in the morning. Not sure when I will get to upload the pictures as I am fighting a losing battle with time at the moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 Please upload the pictures! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paola Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 Oh how exciting Cannot wait to see your pics Clare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted September 24, 2006 Author Share Posted September 24, 2006 Clare - the yellow chicks will be Cream LegbarxWhitestar cockerel crossed with a Whitestar hen so a bit Heinz 57. They are beautiful though and if it is a hen, she would be fairly small so wouldn't tower over your bantams. If it is a hen, it may lay pale blue eggs. Our eggs don't seem to be doing much. I've checked the temperature and nothing seems to be wrong. I hope they get a move on - I don't want a rerun of the last few days with a poorly chick - or three Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cate in NZ Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 All these new chicks and hatching stories are so exciting . I'll be looking out for photos please when you both get the opportunity. I hope that yours hurry up and hatch successfully Lesley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted September 24, 2006 Author Share Posted September 24, 2006 Martin - photo taken at 9pm - you can see the little beak peeping out as it tries to hatch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 What a fantastic photo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cate in NZ Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 Oh, how lovely Thanks for posting that Lesley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 Wow! Something like that has to make you smile! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Man Banned Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 AWw those pictures are great Lesley Now for a masterclass in hatchery. Next time you'll have to do an hour by hour photo to track normal progress and post them somewhere - everyone will know if they're doing theirs right! *ducks and runs quickly out of shot* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 Clare - the yellow chicks will be Cream LegbarxWhitestar cockerel crossed with a Whitestar hen so a bit Heinz 57. They are beautiful though and if it is a hen, she would be fairly small so wouldn't tower over your bantams. If it is a hen, it may lay pale blue eggs. The white chick is cute, and a lot bigger than the other two. Rosie has nick-named it Herbert the Sherbet as it's a pale yellow sherbert colour. I'd love another blue egg layer, but seriously only really have room for one other hen, and I have set my heart on a barnie bantam. if you need a broody to bring up some of your bantie chicks, then bring them over Lesley, I am sure that Lavinia can fit another two under her petticoats,a nd she is a very protective mother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 This is great - I think we will try some eggs next year when the Bantams are old enough to brood. I fancy either silkies or some sort of blue layer Clare,is your broody seperate from the rest of the flock,& will they raise any old egg & chick as their own? Lovely pictures - so exciting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 I have put them in the Rablu (bunnies back in their big wooden hutch) and they seem fine i there. I used the lid off photocopying paper box as a nest box, just cut one side off and she's been happy in there. I understand that they will raise any tiny chicks as their own and I think that Lesley has put some incubated chicks with one of her motherhens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 Lesley - this is interesting, and I don't know whether you've observed this with your legbars, but according to something I just read online, the chicks are supposed to be autosexing, in that the males should be pale yellow and the females more brown at hatching. Bearing this in mind - young 'Herbert' ought to be a boy, unless the cross with a white star messes that up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted September 25, 2006 Author Share Posted September 25, 2006 The pure breed Cream Legbars are autosexing - the hybrids aren't, as far as I know. We had a disaster overnight - the two legbars which hatched first, died. They suffocated each other - they were top to toe and each was smothering the other's head That left us with the one egg that was still in the incubator and that had hatched an was fine - except now it is on its own, until I can put it in with the Barnevelders. Short of staying up all night, there was nothing we could do to save the two little chicks. They were fine at 11.30pm and dead by 6.30am. All the little chicks are doing well - I will post a photo tomorrow - they have a 'Mummy Mop' to look after them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theherd123 Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 Oh Lesley such sad news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen & co. Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 what a shame good to hear the others are happy with their mop mummy karen x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 Oh, little s"Ooops, word censored!"s; what a shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted September 25, 2006 Author Share Posted September 25, 2006 You can check the sex of legbars here The person who posted this is the supplier of our Legbar cockerels. (and the ducks!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 Hmmm, well that's my theory down the drain then! Little herbert is bright, pale yellow. I have just uploaded some photos and am in the process of putting them into my thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 Sorry about the two chicks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cate in NZ Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 Oh, Lesley, I'm so sorry about the 2 chicks Good news about the others though, and I love the idea of a Mummy Mop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
