The Poultry Keeper

sasha.p · Joined: 04 Sep 2005 Posts: 499 Location: gwent

This is my fourth attempt to hatch these birds i have never had problems hatching anything before until i tried this breed and finally after two failed attempts first lot i paid ridiculous money for the eggs and they were all infertile second time two chicks hatched done nothing but cheap really loudly when they hatched ,then pegged it the following day .so i did not get my hopes up following this ,i hatched one out of 6 eggs i purchased off e-bay last month it is doing ok but would of liked more from the hatch and now this morning i have woken up to find 3 healthy chicks out and another two on their way out out of 6 eggs after being through the post hello1

i have a bit of a mixture in there at the moment of various breeds but the main breed i wanted to hatch out of them all was the pheasant fowl which are doing great if anyone else is interested in this breed for hatching i can point you in the direction of a lovley lady who supplied my eggs she deals with rare breeds and i will definatley be buying from her again in the future as the service was excellant and at a fair price too Laughing

i will take some pictures and pop them under the breed section when i get a chance pretty busy at the moment Very Happy

JC · Joined: 24 Mar 2008 Posts: 1099 Location: Sussex

Congratulations Very Happy

sasha.p · Joined: 04 Sep 2005 Posts: 499 Location: gwent

my day just got better 6 out of 6 have just hatched all strong healthy chicks too now i am waiting on the other breeds should be a suprise as bought some mixed pure breds too so not sure what i will end up with Very Happy