Posts by Zonoma

FYI: http://www.cdc.gov/salmonella/live-poultry-04-13/index.html     Just in case you took a chance on them this year. 

My son just lost his favorite hen, our only bantam cochin, to old age. We buried her beneath the blueberry bushes last month but I would like to find another cochin for him. I'm willing to travel some and pay a little (along the route...

Where are you located? I have access to SQ d'uccles but will not ship.

Quote: Originally Posted by babymakes6  So sorry to hear about Grace and her babies. That would be a terrible blow. It was the same weekend as the Troy Swap, which I had been planning for the last six months,...

Quote: Originally Posted by GaryDean26  Yes...that was one of the theories listed in one of the old reference books but I think it was the Aristotle method of reasons and not the Galileo (i.e. a possible explination,...

Wait. What? Grace is dead?! I know I'm mostly a lurker but I loved the pictures and stories of her and the babies. She will be missed. I'm so, so sorry! 

Quote: Originally Posted by 1muttsfan  I finally broke down and ordered a chart. Some of my pullet eggs are still sitting on the counter, so I will measure them and then again later when the hens have been laying for a...

I'm the exact wrong feedback for Marans type. The SOP is complicated and I don't fully understand it. I breed for dark eggs and healthy, personable birds without losing the copper and feathered feet. I'll work on type after I've...

Quote: Originally Posted by ellymayRans  Thanks Zonoma for your response.  I did see the parent stock (up close and personal) and none of them had any visable white on them.  I know the eggs they came from...

I use the pour on- My fully grown BCM rooster gets 6 or 7 drops. My young d'uccle pullets (2 months old) get 2. My BCM hens get 4. It's not precise but be careful not to get them too much. It's essentially poison.