Posts by RyeRanch

I have 2 cream legbar roosters that are looking good, but I am not going to use. Let me know if you are interested. Rooster 1 has very good light coloring, a slightly crooked comb, and a moderate crest. Rooster 2 has a bit darker...

Quote: Originally Posted by dfdesigns  It's here! It's here! And it's getting all warmed up in anticipation of eggs going in tomorrow...     I just realized that you can fit 180 eggs...

I will bring some legbar hatching eggs for the raffle.  I can't wait for the event.   Thanks so much for hosting!

Yes, that is what I thought. I have been reading about all the green eggs people have been getting from Rhodebars as mine have been growing out. I was more than a bit relieved and very pleasantly surprised when the first egg arrived and...

Quote:Originally Posted by dfdesigns Our worlds collide once again...  I took my first lessons at PV Stables, and then we kept my first horse at Rolling Hills Stables for seven years. Shows at Ernie Howlett, Empty Saddle Club,...

I have a black sex-link that I was using for comparison and the rhodebar egg was actually a little bit darker and slightly less pink than the black star egg. I was surprised that the rhodebar egg was more brown than the sex linked egg. ...

Haha...I had not considered making stew. Maybe I should go into business at the farmers markets...free range, locally raised, wild caught (cough)squirrel stew. Oh, the possibilities.

Quote:Originally Posted by OffGridMAMA Quarterhorse. And yes lots of great mulch for the garden Speaking of which.... the squirrels and moles around here are killing my farmer dreams we fenced, but the squirrels climb over and...

I think I may have gotten in over my head here, but what else is new?   Anyway, we went horseback riding on vacation and my son has been talking about it ever since. So I was thinking about sending him to some sort of equine...

About the white gene and it's expression. Here is my experience with it. I had a white rooster and a hen who was a carrier. I was expecting to get 50% white offspring from this pairing. However, much to my surprise only about 10% of...