Posts by BlacksheepCardigans

She has what we call egg disease in our house - egg peritonitis. The soft and swollen abdomen is because she's full of serum and infection. I am sorry that I don't have a better answer for you, but she's on her way out. We usually put...

We didn't lose any, though we were sweating it for a few days there when we saw bantam combs start to get purple. The littlest Seramas came into the living room in dog crates. The large fowl in the outside coops did great - they didn't...

Were you asking about me? We do mix our own food, but we don't do organic. At that point it would be so expensive we'd never be able to maintain it. We feed a mixture of whole grains, high-protein supplements, and alfalfa. 

What breed(s) of bantams are you looking for? There are definitely breeders in northern MA and southern NH, but it depends on what your priorities are. If you want to show, you're better off getting birds at one of the shows. If you...

When she first posted the ad, she had some pictures of both breeds. The difference was very obvious. When she (I assume) got enough orders for the Orloff eggs, she took the Orloff pictures down and edited the ad to remove the...

Quote: Originally Posted by home on the range  You also have them posted on eBay. My question is here you call them one male and on eBay they are another. Are they wheaten-white(eBay) or Russian (BYC). You're mixing up...

In other species, you know an animal is purebred because it's registered. The registration, which is given by a parent club or national club, certifies a pedigree and gives everybody's promise that there is nothing in many generations...

Quote: Originally Posted by cubakid  You are obviously misinformed. Lavender Ameraucanas are in fact a project that people are breeding to get recognition for showing standards. This does not make them Easter eggers....

I don't think it's wrong of her to say that they're not EEs, honestly. Unless Lavenders are EEs too.    They don't seem to have very green shanks, the egg color is obviously gorgeously consistent, and they are abundantly...

The fertility issues in homozygous rosecomb Wyandottes are so well known that Wyandottes are used as low-fertility controls in poultry experiments (in other words, when poultry scientists say "Hey, we need a bird we absolutely know...