I have another hen with a large clutch. When I last checked she had 6 eggs...quite large eggs too. Didnt check her properly for a few days, and then heard that familiar cheeping coming from the nest box. A newly hatched chick !! When I looked inside I saw one chick and 10 eggs !!

As of today she has 6 chicks and another 5 eggs to go. They all appear to be fertile.

Plans are as the eldest two are due for ringing tomorrow and monday...I will ring them and move them into another nest. and same until we even up the nests. That way I can keep track of who is who.

I am very pleased as this hen is a split recessive to recessive cock pairing. The hen is a Cec Gearing hen. So fingers crossed we get some nice recessives in the nest.

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OMG!!! There is some serous fertility happening in your new breeding room!!!

OMG!!! There is some serous fertility happening in your new breeding room!!! :reading:

Some YES and some NO....it all evens out in the end. Will be lots of chicks for you to hold when you visit.

OMG!!! There is some serous fertility happening in your new breeding room!!! :reading:

Some YES and some NO....it all evens out in the end. Will be lots of chicks for you to hold when you visit.

 

Better check my pockets on the way out

WOW what are you feeding these birds Kaz :reading:

WOW what are you feeding these birds Kaz :yes:

I guess when budgies get spoilt they think its a good time to make babies

 

SEVENTH chick hatched today .......have moved the two eldest who have been rung into the recessive pied nest of Renee's and mine with only three babies in it.

WOW what are you feeding these birds Kaz :yes:

I guess when budgies get spoilt they think its a good time to make babies

 

SEVENTH chick hatched today .......have moved the two eldest who have been rung into the recessive pied nest of Renee's and mine with only three babies in it.

 

 

 

just a querry can a five day old baby be removed to a hens nest who s littles one is 16 days old?

as i have a very good mum on eleven eggs but eight were fostered due to an unexpected move and she was the only one who kept sitting she took all eggs on three hatched ihad one die

and rest due from to day on i only want her to have 4 at most chicks but nothing paired or with chicks just my dom pied mum should i let her go and just suplement or move a few what would you do kaz???

Yes...I would :yes:

Yes...I would :yes:

 

thanks for advice should i move the babys today or wait for a new be to hatch

as dont want to stress hen out ?

Yes...I would :yes:

 

thanks for advice should i move the babys today or wait for a new be to hatch

as dont want to stress hen out ?

Move one today and one tomorrow. Move the eldest ones first.

Edited December 20, 200816 yr by **Liv**

thank you will do :yes:

Edited November 17, 200816 yr by KAZ

Lookit all those lil babies!! Eleven is amazing! Thank goodness for fostering. I cant wait to see them colour up :yes:

wow thats amazing. i knew they could lay heaps of eggs but 11! wow how many can they lay!?

wow thats amazing. i knew they could lay heaps of eggs but 11! wow how many can they lay!?

Any amount they think they can or want to. 11 or 12 is unusual.

wel congratulations! i wish i lived over there so i could steal them all lol lucky girl

Eight chicks hatched now out of eleven. Two eldest are in another nestbox being fostered and both the eldest are recessive pieds. Six left in the original nestbox at the moment. Three more eggs to go.

Wow, great news.

Wow, great news.

I told the breeder of the hen today that he put her in his cull cage by mistake as she is very fertile and has eleven eggs and 8 hatched. He said he must have had bad judgement that day

bad luck for him, great fortune for you.

 

Always good when you can benefit from a Cec Gearing mistake. I figure that he and his wife make so few. My club is having a presentation at our next meeting (friday) from the club president who went to the Gearings aviaries a few months ago. Might be a nice preview for January - LOL.

 

Looking forward to seeing the chicks feather up. Good to see some large recessive pieds

WOW!! she is amazing too - just like Omelette

9th chick has hatched...two eggs to go...both fertile also.

Great news, at what age do they feather up enough for you to tell if you got recessive pieds.

Great news, at what age do they feather up enough for you to tell if you got recessive pieds.

I can already tell that the eldest two are recessive....you can see the different coloured splotches on the wings and back even before pin feathers come in. I will take some pictures tomorrow to show. :sadsorry:

Moved another chick last night so the mum only has 6 in there right now. She has two more eggs to hatch. Three of her older chicks in foster nests.

Probably a silly question but i am wondering do the parents notice when you take chicks away from them or they seem to forget how many they have?