Tom and Barbara Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 ....chicks due to hatch this weekend, just popped my head in and i can hear a tap tapping!...........*starts pacing*.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 Oooo - Exciting!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom and Barbara Posted April 14, 2007 Author Share Posted April 14, 2007 ..must...not..peek.....every....5.....mins........ I'm really hoping they hatch ok and we have some girlies, there's 3 barred plymouth rock and 3 cotwswold legbar eggs under there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnieP Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 Lucky you! Fingers crossed for girls! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad house Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 Lucky you, fingers crossed they all hatch out ok. Don't forget the pickys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theherd123 Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 Oh how exciting - chickies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 Good luck. I hope they are all girls!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 I've just filled my incubator with 24 eggs, but I won't say what they are! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 I know - but won't tell Hope the hatching goes well - at least you'll be able to sex the legbars at day old Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 I know - but won't tell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 Good luck! Sooooo exciting!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feemcg Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 Good luck with the hatch - its always so exciting. Don't think you can sex Cotswold Legbars at hatch as they're not autosexing i.e. not a true Legbar, but lovely all the same (aren't they all!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs T Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 Good Luck with your hatching! It's so exciting! could not believe it when our first chick hatched. We had an incubator set up in my son's classroom. It was amazing to go in on the Wednesday morning and to see a little beak popping out of an egg! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted April 15, 2007 Share Posted April 15, 2007 Any news? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted April 15, 2007 Share Posted April 15, 2007 Good luck with the hatch - its always so exciting.Don't think you can sex Cotswold Legbars at hatch as they're not autosexing i.e. not a true Legbar, but lovely all the same (aren't they all!). sorry - speed reading again I read it as Cream Legbars, which are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom and Barbara Posted April 16, 2007 Author Share Posted April 16, 2007 aaaargh nothing yet! i was sat next to the broody house potting my veg seeds when she came off to feed and tried to sneak a look while she was off the eggs but she screamed at me so i slunk away lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 I know - but won't tell Me too My silence will cost you Martin! If you tap the eggs a couple of days before they're due to hatch, you can hear the chick cheeping and tapping inside - it's beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocchick Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 aaaargh nothing yet! i was sat next to the broody house potting my veg seeds when she came off to feed and tried to sneak a look while she was off the eggs but she screamed at me so i slunk away lol How disappointing, but I suppose a useful instinct. Looking forward to the hatch... and photos? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 Oh I'd love to hatch my own, but I'd probably end up with a load of cockerals, which are still lovely, but my neighbours wouldn't like it! Anyway, my sister has got duck eggs in my incubator at the moment! We hatched guinea fowl at her house last year & they are now huge & strutting their stuff round the farm! 20 more days to go until ducks hatch! A farm shop near me ( Wheelock Hall) has some chicks. they are quite growing up now, feathers & combs are growing well. But they are soooooo cute! I'm really envious! Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom and Barbara Posted April 16, 2007 Author Share Posted April 16, 2007 what incubator do you have? i've wondered about getting one a few times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 We have a Brinsea R20. It is brilliant as it is fully automatic & so easy! We got it of ebay last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feemcg Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 I use a Brinsea Octagon 20 DX - auto turning and maintains a very stable temp and humidity. I've had 2 good hatches (see below) and have Frizzles in at the moment. I'd still like one of my girls to go broody though, that would be lovely to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom and Barbara Posted April 16, 2007 Author Share Posted April 16, 2007 lol it is lovely to see a broody in action but you take your life in your hands when you go near them! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 Martin...I've worked out what's in your incubator!!! I won't tell though! Hope they hatch out soon and that they're all healthy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 any cheeping from the tap tap tapping yet??? Oooo soooo eggciting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
