Cooks Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 oh how sweet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsallen08 Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 yay! How fantastic! We had the same due date but 2 of ours have hatchede today. We have 1barnevelder and our only fertile silkie hatched too which we were super happy about! I bet you will be very early at school 2moro' heather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mostin Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Just seen your photos on facebook and they are adorable . So cute, congratulations on your brood chicken daddy . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted July 15, 2009 Author Share Posted July 15, 2009 Flickr is being a bit wierd, so I've blogged a lot of photos There is one male, 2 females and one that still hasn't hatched yet The second batch (Brilley Blues) are due on Friday. Boy at the back, and 2 girls: Male chick: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Awwwww Love 'em all. So cute and their little yellow/creamy botties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted July 16, 2009 Author Share Posted July 16, 2009 I more hatched today I think its a girl, but it was still a bit wet and hard to tell. So hopefully we have 1 boy and 3 girls Half the school have been in to see them, and each person came up with loads of names, the usual - dinner, pie, kebab, tikka and the wierdest one Megatron The Blue leg ring is called Fry, Yellow is called Nugget, Pink is called Purkinje (they were born in Biology! ) and the Orange one is called Pox . A few of todays photos: -In the brooder -Purkinje Us in Biology- Fry- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickvic Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 Lovely pics Lewis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 oh Lewis they are gorgeous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 I still like Fry! One weekend away from school and the other girls and boys will have a huge surprise as to how quickly they grow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 That Fry has character Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted July 17, 2009 Author Share Posted July 17, 2009 I am probably being very dumb, but how can you sex them?! These are autosexing, so can tell that way. Fry is yellower and lighter than the girls, so he's the boy We had another hatch today, the first Brilley Blue I'll get some photos on later, and I have a video of the second chick still in the egg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted July 18, 2009 Author Share Posted July 18, 2009 The chick that was pipping yesterday has hatched out and so has another chick, so now we're up to 7. I put the 2 older Brilley Blue chicks in the brooder with the others and they seem to be getting on fine. The Brilley Blues are smaller chicks, and they're meant to be autosexing, but I can't see any difference, and I thought they were meant to be blue chicks aswell - I'll find out. There is another Brilley Blue egg that has pipped and should be out later today or tomorrow . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 Looked at the pic at the top of the page and thought it was of a lot of chicks but it was a reflection Lovely chooks Lewis, are the Briley Blues autosexing as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted July 18, 2009 Author Share Posted July 18, 2009 Lovely chooks Lewis, are the Briley Blues autosexing as well? Well, they're meant to be The breeders website says: They do not have a crest like Cream Legbars and can be sexed at hatch by the colour. The pullet chicks are all blue and the cockerel chicks carry cream on the head and shoulders. And these most definately aren't blue . Maybe they'll start getting darker in a few weeks, as it does say pullet. I've emailed the breeder with a few photos to ask. I know 'Brilley Silvers' exist, which also lay so maybe they're those Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted July 21, 2009 Author Share Posted July 21, 2009 Well the chicks are home and they've already had some visitors . Everyone at school was sad to see them go, so I'm taking them back into school for Open Evening in September, might take them in the I've uploaded a video of one of the , and if you look you can see it breathing A few photos: The Brilley Blues are actually Brilley Whites and Brilley Silvers, which will still lay blue eggs, but the silvers are "apricot with blue lacing" and the whites are white . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickvic Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 Great pics Gorgeous chicks - never heard of Brilley so it will be interesting to see the pics as they grow. (Hint hint) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted July 21, 2009 Author Share Posted July 21, 2009 Great pics Gorgeous chicks - never heard of Brilley so it will be interesting to see the pics as they grow. (Hint hint) Don't worry, you'll soon be bored of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atsw Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 Wonderful pictures. I'd certainly take the back to school in September when you go back with the chicks. Eglu's are a show stopper in their own right! I love the idea of leg tags. Claret suggested I put chick-rings on my newly hatched Pekins to help tell them all apart. Where did you get yours from please? Are they just rubber bands, or do you need some sort of tool to help put them on? Andrew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted July 21, 2009 Author Share Posted July 21, 2009 I got mine from The Domestic Fowl Trust and bought a few sizes so I can swap them over as they grow up. They are plastic, and I don't really like the flat coil ones, prefer the spiral ones, but you just twist them around the chicks leg, so special tool The eglu would be good, and I think we're sectioning off a bit of the classroom for them to run around. We toyed with the idea of setting some eggs a week bfore we go back to school so the chicks would hatch a few days before the open evening as we have plenty of homes for the chicks (and cockerels), but we're leaving it and waiting a few weeks into term. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffin Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 Sooooo cute! I like the sound of the Brilley Silvers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted July 22, 2009 Author Share Posted July 22, 2009 We're down to 7 chicks One of the Brilley's has died, I'm not sure why, but I don't think it was eating as it felt thin. There's plenty of food in there, both in the bowl and on the floor so maybe there was something wrong with it internally? Hopefully the others will be ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 That's a shame Lewis, probably just 'natural wastage', as you said, it might have been poorly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted July 22, 2009 Author Share Posted July 22, 2009 That's a shame Lewis, probably just 'natural wastage', as you said, it might have been poorly. Hopefully nothing contagious, I lost the smallest 'runt' quail chick aswell. I'd totally forgotten about vaccinations. I'd planned to find out how much they cost for such a small number and I asked the vets but they haven't got back to me and it slipped my mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 I think it's pretty high and some of the vaccines don't come in small quantities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffin Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 My poultry vet quoted me £30 for 100 doses of the Mareks vaccine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
