Ten Potential Daphne's

The hatch didn't go as well as we may have hoped, but I talked to Velvet because I was concerned that there wouldn't be enough pullets to go around.  I couldn't believe it when she said we were the only ones so far to want one!  How could someone not want such fluffiness?  She told me that six Light Brahmas and four Buff Brahmas hatched.  That is ten potential Daphne's.  While we recognize that it is certainly possible for all ten to be cockerels, the odds are highly against it.  It has come done the pipeline that there seems to be a preference for Light.  Well all I can say is that there is a 3/2 likely odd that she will be Light.  All we can do is wait and see.  (Paula seems to have a special fondness for #36, Spaghetti, a Light, but we'll just keep that between us.)  (As for me, I have a soft spot for #48, Rambo, the first one hatched)  (Speaking of which, how do you guys feel about Daphne Rambo?  It is kind of growing on me.)  (I love parenthesis, therefore Daphne is likely too to.  Might as well get used to it)  (Okay, done, no more!) 

A good friend of ours, Rae, lost a Brahma rooster (naturally, nothing bad) a while back and he was super, super special.  We are kind of hoping his spirit helps us chose the right one.  We would be super honored if his spirit were to be reincarnated and he would get to spend his next life with us (as a girl of course).  It is a nice thought.

Kevin

Eggs are Hatching!!

Tune into Sparrow's webcam  and see the chicks hatch.  One already hatched and is peeping away.  Is it Daphne?  Is it even a Brahma?  So much to learn.  I can't wait to bring Daphne home. 

This is Paula with a Brahma rooster so you could see how big these birds get.

Kevin

Candled Eggs

Velvet candled the eggs, and we have 12 Light Brahma eggs with embryos in them and 5 of the Buff.  4 Light and 1 Buff eggs were too dark to candle, so in the incubator they remain 'cause there is still hope.  So going by sheer numbers, it is more likely we will bring home a Light Brahma pullet, but we just don't know.  We don't know which one is going to be Daphne.

Kevin

More to Come

One of these eggs just might be the future Daphne, the house chicken.  She is going to be a Brahma, don't know if we are going to get a buff or light yet.  It may be decided by which one seems the most like a Daphne when we go get her.  She is expected to hatch on the 18th or 19th of March, 2011.  We will get her approx. 8 weeks after she hatches, when the sex could be determined. We are getting her from Velvet Sparrow and you could read more about her chickens here: http://velvet-sparrow.livejournal.com/.  You could view the eggs hatching here: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/chickam2008.  They will be up closer to the hatch date, after all, how exciting are eggs?

Here is a Buff Brahma

This is a Light Brahma

You can see why it is so hard to choose.  Eventually we do want a Light Brahma Cock, so the Light Brahma would be a good match for him, but the Buff is so pretty.  

The hens can get to 9.5 lbs, so we are talking about some serious, FLUFFY cuddling.

Kevin Tschida
Head Care-Taker of Happy Bird Manor