Broody hen thread

[Pstock44]

Awwww they are just adorable!!!

And are they both BOs? Mine is a BO too

I have several BOs and a Gold Laced Orp. Papa is a Blu Orp. All the eggs are a mix of the Buffs and Gold Laced with Papa Blue. I'm really curious to see what they look like when they grow out.

 

[kdogg331]

I have several BOs and a Gold Laced Orp. Papa is a Blu Orp. All the eggs are a mix of the Buffs and Gold Laced with Papa Blue. I'm really curious to see what they look like when they grow out.

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Awesome! I would love to have more color Orps haha

I only have Buff Orps

But I do have other breeds to add more color at least.

I have a Barred Rock, 2 Black Australorps, 3 Buff Orpingtons, and 2 Easter Eggers

 

[holm25]

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Hatched this morning

Glad to see your OE is a better mom than Ralphies!

 

[Pstock44]

Awesome! I would love to have more color Orps haha

I only have Buff Orps

But I do have other breeds to add more color at least.

I have a Barred Rock, 2 Black Australorps, 3 Buff Orpingtons, and 2 Easter Eggers

I qont be able to keep them all so if you're anywhere close to East TN I'll have some available soon.

 

[Pstock44]

Glad to see your OE is a better mom than Ralphies!

She's been perfect, especially for a first timer. I must have missed Ralphies post.

Sorry but please explain OE. I'm still a newbie.

 

[Dozclan12]

OE..Olive Egger. Think of a green olive. Can be lighter than an olive, darker than an olive, or just the color of an olive! I love the Olive colored eggs. I like them without any spots/speckles...and I like them smooth. Some get too dark, almost brown, but not like the normal brown you would think of a chicken laying. More like the Army brown..the dark parts, of an Army outfit. Make sense? Too dark for me. Give me that Olive color.

 

[holm25]

She's been perfect, especially for a first timer. I must have missed Ralphies post.

Sorry but please explain OE. I'm still a newbie.

Ralphies post was on our local thread on BYC.

Dozclan said it perfectly!

 

[kdogg331]

I qont be able to keep them all so if you're anywhere close to East TN I'll have some available soon.

Thanks, I appreciate it but I'm in MA

 

[Pstock44]

We had 3 out of the 4 hatch yesterday. Looks like one of them started but it looks like mama may have squished it before it got out. The egg was slightly flattened with bits of shell missing but the membrane was unbroken.

The good news is the others look happy and healthy all tucked in under mama this morning. I'll post pics when they start coming out of the nest with mama.

 

[Pstock44]

Mama left the nest to go stretch and eat so I was able to get their pic.