Posts by Pocket Farmer

Quote: Originally Posted by mhollow  I've got 15 BH eggs from Pocketfarmer in the incubator ready to hatch on or around Wednesday (5/21).  I'm anxious to see what I end up with.  If all 15 hatch and...

Quote: Originally Posted by jenjscott  As you might remember, I got some eggs from Pocket Farmer.  Today I put 15 out of sixteen eggs into lockdown.  The one had started but stopped.  Mind you this was...

Quote: Originally Posted by jenjscott  I candled the eggs I got from Pocket Farmer on day 10 and they are ALL developing!  Go, chickies, go! Yay!

In my experience, hatching eggs that have been shipped is tricky.  Even allowing them to "rest" 24 hours after I receive them, I'm getting at best, a 30% hatch rate.  The air sacks become detached and the chick develops up...

I'll be selling hatching eggs this year from our Barred Holland stock (originally Ideal poultry) crossed with this roo from Gracie Mae's line.  PM me if you are interested.

Quote: Originally Posted by mhollow  Hello All. I am new to this thread but have raised poultry for over 12 years.  I recently purchase BH chicks from a breeder whose BH breeding stock came from Gracie Mae. ...

Quote: Originally Posted by Blarneyeggs  Well my 2 cents would be: I like this beefy boy on left! As you may well know, 2 of the shortcomings in this breed are weight and getting back to a true white egg, so Kudos on...

Wow, GracieMae got rid of her chickens?  I wonder why?  I have two Barred Hollands from her line, a pullet and cockeral hatched April 29, 2012.  I'll be breeding my second generation F2 this year with GracieMae's line...

Thanks Jen.  Yes, the legs are orange, but are weathered on our BH roo.  I'll try to get a pic of the GracieMae hen vs the Ideal Poultry hen for comparision purposes.  It's been tricky since my hens have been in such a...

GracieMae Barred Holland stock vs Ideal Poultry stock.  Differences include, size, comb and color.  I'm working on improving our breed lines.  For anyone who is familiar with the breed standard, are there any drawbacks...