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Just got final necropsy results on thursday confirming a diagnosis of Mareks. My young flock of about 50 is quite diverse. So far I have had 8 deaths limited to Liege and Deathlayers. None were vaccinated. After reading this thread and many other resources I plan to breed for resistance. At...

Are you hoping for a tall game type chicken from the cross or to use it as an initial cross to improve one breed or the other?

thriving and making a mess at 48 hours.

I hatched 13 Silver Deathlayer chicks today which is about 8 more than I can keep. They are now in the brooder. They are not vaccinated and are on non medicated feed. I am not NPIP and cannot ship. $25 each or $20 each if you buy 4 or more. PM me if you would like to buy some or get more...

I have both. Both are very good. The Harris is a better value and roomier.

Saw a whiz bang plucker on my local Craigslist for $200. If it is operational and in good shape is that a fair price?

Good Bresse are really great chickens. Unfortunately their rapid increase in numbers and popularity has resulted in some inferior stock, be it by undisclosed outcrosses or bad selection of breeder stock. That is further magnified by the shallow nature of genetic diversity in the white bresse...

Fruit trees and chickens are like peanut butter and jelly. If the trees are not already established it will take a couple of years for them to provide shade or coverage from predators. Newly planted trees will need protection from the chickens the first couple of years, mainly the ground within...

Congrats. Great to hear. Those will be some tall chickens:thumbsup

How did your hatch go????

Both are relatively rare but judging by eBay prices not very rare anymore. Certainly not rare enough that egg and chick prices will not continue to come down a bit. Both colors are spectacular. Silvers seem to cost slightly more on average. If you have good luck incubating that would be the way...

Just tell the neighbors that hot chicks like red light.

Interesting. Is it distinctively better enough to justify the relatively small size at the best time to process a cockerel? In 2 months or so I will have the same breeds to process as well as a BCM, and a Bielefelder. Will have to have a big family chicken tasting dinner with scorecards or...

Bump. Really beautiful cockerals, both appear to be developing pale orange hackles.

I have 3 seven week old Hedemora chicks/young chickens for sale. They were hatched from potluck eggs I purchased from Greenfire. 2 lilac cockerels and one black and gold pullet. They are at my home in San Diego area. No vaccinations. No shipping. &15 each. PM me with any questions.