Chickens
Our ChickensThis page has a little information about our chicken's we've hatched and keep as pets. Just before Christmas 2009 we hatched some light sussex chickens. I didnt post much about them during the growing stage, Mostly when they were just cute little fluff balls :-D. Now they are fully grown chickens laying eggs. Out of the 5 chicks we hatched 3 where cockerels and where donated to a local petting zoo. Since then we have got another two Rode Island Red Hens that where from a farm that where selling them. Currently they are laying about 3 to 5 egg's a day! A Few Week ago we decided to get some more egg and hatch some more chickens, So here we are 2nd March 2011, And our chicks hatched this morning. This time we decided to go for a different breed of chicken so we went for the Buff Orpington Chicken. Over the next few days and weeks I will post updates and photo's of the new comers, and of course the webcam on the right of this post. |
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The Chicken or The Egg 2011
So yesterday our baby chick’s jumped out of their shells and into this wonderful world we live in, so i thought i would get a post online about these chick’s and the chickens they will become, So why hatch more chicken’s you ask ? well, After living with chicken’s for a couple of year you realise how amazing they are, Beautiful and Intelligent Animals.
So this time we went for the Buff Orpington Chicken, They are named after the town orpington just outside of london, the orpington is a the large foul type of chicken that softs, friendly and which would be good for meat or laying eggs, but we would never eat out pets, only the eggs.
The Buff Orpington Chicken
Our First Egg
Our chickens laid their First Egg today..! YAY!
Our tiny first egg
Our Chicken’s New Home
Our Chicken's New Home until they are old enough to go outside!
Day 1: Incubation
Okay, I have give the egg’s time to warm up, and they are now placed inside the incubator, Now its time to play the waiting get, 20 days and counting!
Egg's inside the Incubator
Day 1: The Chicken or The Egg!
A couple of weeks ago my friend Alex hatched some chicks, And as its been something I have always wanted to do I decided to hatch some. Alex kindly lent me his incubator, and I went ahead and order some Hatching Eggs from eBay! The eggs are for Light Sussex Hens
Today the egg have just arrived, and will be going into the incubator shortly…
- Light Sussex Hen
- 6 Light Sussex Eggs
- Egg ready for incubation