Phosphorus Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 So excited - Gemma is sitting tight to anyone's eggs she can get her hands on in the (really must think of a name for this). Going to move her to the tonight when it is dark with a few eggs So so excited. 6 eggs arriving by post, should get to me tomorrow - hoping to squeeze them under Gemma on Saturday (or Friday if I can't wait that long ). I have a mix of Black Araucana and Black and Red Araucana large fowl eggs arriving to set. Please let the weather last reasonably - don't want her going off the boil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solopuff Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 How exciting! Lucky you finding red black Aracauna eggs. I lost my 4 year old red black Aracauna from a crop problem a few weeks ago and when my CLB went broody thought I'd try and hatch some as Aracaunas are such great characters. I couldn't find any red blacks but have 3 lavender LF Aracauna, 4 LF gold silkie and 2 CLB 'cooking' now, due in 2 weeks. I can't wait. Good luck with yours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phosphorus Posted April 22, 2009 Author Share Posted April 22, 2009 How exciting!Lucky you finding red black Aracauna eggs. I lost my 4 year old red black Aracauna from a crop problem a few weeks ago and when my CLB went broody thought I'd try and hatch some as Aracaunas are such great characters. I couldn't find any red blacks but have 3 lavender LF Aracauna, 4 LF gold silkie and 2 CLB 'cooking' now, due in 2 weeks. I can't wait. Good luck with yours Really excited, been looking at piccies of red black aras and they are gorgeous. Hope that she doesn't give out when I move her to her new home tonight Best of luck with yours too. Soooo exciting and I haven't even got the eggs yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feemcg Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Good idea to make sure she will sit somewhere else....my KT has been sitting in the purple eglu nest for about 10 days....where most of the other hens lay. At the weekend I thought I might let her hatch so set up the pink eglu and run, with some eggs in the nest to see if she would stay on them for another couple of days, then I was going to get some fertile ones. She would not sit in the pink eglu at all, but each time I let her out the pink eglu run she sprints for the purple eglu and straight back onto the nest there. So I've given up, she's going back in the 'cooler' tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phosphorus Posted April 22, 2009 Author Share Posted April 22, 2009 Good idea to make sure she will sit somewhere else....my KT has been sitting in the purple eglu nest for about 10 days....where most of the other hens lay. At the weekend I thought I might let her hatch so set up the pink eglu and run, with some eggs in the nest to see if she would stay on them for another couple of days, then I was going to get some fertile ones. She would not sit in the pink eglu at all, but each time I let her out the pink eglu run she sprints for the purple eglu and straight back onto the nest there. So I've given up, she's going back in the 'cooler' tomorrow. Aaagh I hope she will like the . Maybe that makes the decision for me though - I was going to arrange the netting so that she could mix with the other girls when she did come out, as she did this when broody last year. That would mean she would have access to the though. Might just keep her locked in the eglu run for a few days and see We shall see tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
