devon flighter 421 Posted January 26, 2016 Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 after the success of last years thread by belucky i thought id start one this year to save trawling through old threads ! what you up to this year ? whats your plans ? ive just had a hatch of some oxford types under a young broody , hopefully be some greys among them ! not a brilliant result %age wise but thats down to me ,6 good chicks from 13 set ( 7 hatched ,1 died , and 2 just not quite made it out ) from young birds "last years" i will put up some pics in a few days 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HedgeCrawler 224 Posted January 26, 2016 Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 Would of been breeding my shamos this year if the breeding flock wasn't nicked before Christmas,leaving me with 2 hens. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chicken_man 1,651 Posted January 26, 2016 Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 No plans as yet, nothing concrete anyway. HedgCrawler, that's not good having your birds knicked! You have a good head start Devon, I hope they do well for you. Atb Quote Link to post Share on other sites
devon flighter 421 Posted January 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 any ideas who hedge crawler ?f *****g lowlifes ,its only now after a couple of years in that i fully realize just how much effort goes into getting decent stock together ,good luck with getting replacements Quote Link to post Share on other sites
General lee 979 Posted January 26, 2016 Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 Would of been breeding my shamos this year if the breeding flock wasn't nicked before Christmas,leaving me with 2 hens. I have got a shamo x stag here you can have if you want it pm if you like 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chicken_man 1,651 Posted January 26, 2016 Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 Great offer General. Your a gent. Atb Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HedgeCrawler 224 Posted January 26, 2016 Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 Thanks for such a generous offer but ive decided not to proceed with them for now and focus on my other birds this year but thank you for the offer. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
devon flighter 421 Posted February 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 heres a couple of my first hatch ,ill get something better in a couple of days hopefully ,managed 6 ,trying to stabilize some greys hopefully ,the broody is just a pullet but shes done well with the sitting and getting them about ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
devon flighter 421 Posted February 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2016 a few update pics of the chicks first day outside today , and one of the stag Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HedgeCrawler 224 Posted February 4, 2016 Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 That's a nice looking set of chicks you have there and a fine stag to. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
devon flighter 421 Posted February 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 thank you ,pics are as good as usual though lol ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chicken_man 1,651 Posted February 4, 2016 Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 Nice one Devon. Atb Quote Link to post Share on other sites
devon flighter 421 Posted February 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 dropped the coop to the floor today chicks were struggling to get the message when the broody called them up yesterday (the ramp was a bit steep though ) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HedgeCrawler 224 Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 Here's my first hatch of the year.4 golden and 1 lady amherst pheasants.Still more to go and a goose egg due in a couple days. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
devon flighter 421 Posted May 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 good luck with the rest ! i must try and get some more pics of mine up , not having a brilliant season hatch wise compared to last but slowly building up a bit of stock to work with. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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