Replacement Hen

BigBear0007 · Post by **BigBear0007** » Thu May 26, 2011 1:31 pm

Right back at you with the luck!
I hope you have a true pair of Javas!

Jerry

BigBear0007 · Post by **BigBear0007** » Thu May 26, 2011 6:24 pm

Two eggs!!!!

6finchfriends · Post by **6finchfriends** » Thu May 26, 2011 6:27 pm

She's an egg laying machine!

Mynard · Post by **Mynard** » Thu May 26, 2011 8:27 pm

2 egg`s..ok im jealous! thats great

now im REALLY hoping my Javas are a pair,id like to get some egg experiance under my belt b4 my Goulds become parents (since i know 100% their m/f) got my fingers crossed that everything keeps going smoothly

BigBear0007 · Post by **BigBear0007** » Thu May 26, 2011 9:22 pm

Thanks everyone,

She is a great little hen.
Eats cuttle fish bone like there's no tommorow.

The water is on one side of the cage
and the cuttle fish bone is on the other.

Bite of cuttle bone, over to the water and have a drink,
then back to the cuttle bone for a bite.
Now more water and so on.

She will do it like ten times.
It's funny to watch her.

Jerry

BigBear0007 · Post by **BigBear0007** » Fri May 27, 2011 9:53 am

She has been a busy girl!
Third egg today!
I am not going take another picture today.
Not until she is done laying.
Don't need to bother her.

Jerry

Mynard · Post by **Mynard** » Fri May 27, 2011 3:38 pm

How many eggs do you think she`ll lay? im so excited for you i cant wait till you post that their hatched

Keep us posted on your progress

BigBear0007 · Post by **BigBear0007** » Fri May 27, 2011 6:44 pm

Mynard wrote:How many eggs do you think she`ll lay? im so excited for you i cant wait till you post that their hatched Keep us posted on your progress

Each hen is different, she can have four to eight eggs.
But, being her first time, probably five only.

She is a little piggy!
Always eating, egg food, water, cuttle bone,
water, seeds, water, gravel, water, more egg food,
more water and so on!
She takes chunks out of the cuttle bone, not bites, but chunks!

Fingers crossed, she will be a good sitter and a good momma!

Jerry

Mynard · Post by **Mynard** » Fri May 27, 2011 8:33 pm

so far so good! i think she'll do fine,from the sounds of it shes eagar to be a momma

6finchfriends · Post by **6finchfriends** » Fri May 27, 2011 9:30 pm

Sounds like she's going to be a great mommy! At least she'll be a healthy one! She's a good eater that's for sure!

Can't wait to find out the final egg count! then, chick count!

BigBear0007 · Post by **BigBear0007** » Sat May 28, 2011 12:36 pm

Fourth egg today!
The hen is on the nest,
so that may be the last egg.
That's good for first timers.

Jerry

Mynard · Post by **Mynard** » Sat May 28, 2011 12:46 pm

Great news Jerry

so 14 days till babies or a bit longer? im so excited

im sure they`ll do great

BigBear0007 · Post by **BigBear0007** » Sat May 28, 2011 5:54 pm

Here is a pair of the clutch of eggs so far.
I think she will have at least one more.
She's on that cuttle bone, like a pit bull on a steak!

Jerry

6finchfriends · Post by **6finchfriends** » Sun May 29, 2011 1:45 pm

Jerry you are so funny!

I'm so excited for you and your pair! did you build the see through nest box? It's like Wild Kingdom!

BigBear0007 · Post by **BigBear0007** » Mon May 30, 2011 8:23 am

6finchfriends wrote:Jerry you are so funny! I'm so excited for you and your pair! did you build the see through nest box? It's like Wild Kingdom!

Thank you Trish,

The nest box is a parakeet box made out of plastic.
It comes apart for easy cleaning.
It has two sliding doors, one clear and one dark.

As far as I can tell she has only four eggs and has started to sit.
She is in the box right now and would not come out for egg food.

Jerry

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