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Here is an example. I hatched some Spitzhaubens eggs out that I had bought. None had crest and one had a small beard. The seller claimed they were pure Spitz. I disagreed. Turns out the bearded chick was an Americauna(?) roo over a Pavlovskaya hen. The crestless Spitz were from her crestless...

too bad you didn't live closer to Seattle as I have several mature and teenagers available. Diane

They are good people. I got some Swedes from them. I needed to outcross so got some from them. Very nice...I got pullets but one ended up a roo as well. I am going to get more from them....they are a quality folks! Let them know you got a roo and if you bought her as a pullet, they make it...

Did you get them from Just Fowling Around? Nice birds....

The coop and the run all have nets...32 x 32 feet and the other one is about 20 x 20. I got fine black fishing net on ebay.....works great and keep the starling and sparrows out as well. If I l would let mine free range, I would use bamboo poles, about 10 feet high and then drape it down from...

So sorry to hear of your loss. It seems like the hawks and eagles pick our favorites. I lost quite a few this spring and then put up fish nets. Saw and Bald Eagles go after my Marans and bounce off the net. The hens have a 32 x 32 space to run in and when I get home, they get to free range. The...

Did you talk to the neighbor about payment? Diane

In my case, the hawk or eagle doesn't really care about color or crest...it's more like who can they pick and carry off with the least amount of fuss and danger. Or the most dimwitted one who doesn't run for cover. I put up fish net over two of the runs and that helped a lot.

I paid $30 per hen for my breeding quad and roo from GFF. They were about 18 months olds. Most were none-crested and a couple hens had tiny crests. The chicks had either crests or none. The crests were bigger than the parents. I got the set from a lady who got them from GFF.

I live in Carnation and have Swedish hens/roos for sale.

Yes sugar does help reduce swelling. I raise sheep and have sued sugar to reduce swelling with the ewe has a prolapse. It absorbs the water. Use it generously. I have uses it as well as honey for inflamed wounds to help them heal and reduce the swelling.

I put some of my Swedes eggs in my Brinsea Adv 20 with humidity pump and got about 80-90% hatch rate....I had a R Com Digital and had maybe 50% rate on the same eggs. With my shipped eggs I have got 0 out of 12 hatch to over 80% on another set....same seller, packed the same but it was the...

You sure have that right. My poor roo was working overtime to keep his ladies all happy. All of the eggs hatched! I gave him more hens and I think he is glad we have shorter days......the hens are laying machines Diane

My four hens and roo were free rangers and I bought them and then I penned them in 10 x 15 area....laid lots 3 eggs if not 4 a day from four hens.....just quit due to molting......but I give them layer, leftover, bread, grass and al sort of goodies....lots of oyster shells as well plus manna...

No, I was home. We sheared around 40 sheep and spread over 100 yards of wood chip/hog's fuel. I wish I was at the show as it would be a lot easier. Mine are molting and half naked! I've never shown a chicken in my life. I might next spring. I have no idea on what to do! My SFH are all...

I have some for sale but I don't ship. I have 4-5 for sale right now, 5 weeks or so...if you had a friend over in the Seattle area, they would have to pick up. These chicks are direct from GFF and I am downsizing. hens and roo sets.

where do you live? Diane

Use wire a strong dog cannot chew through. I used the regular chicken wire and the local lab ripped it apart. Then I switched to the stronger square wire and it stopped the dog. May cost a little more but well worth it, especially it always seems the predator will kill your fav bird or the most...

Sheesh, my SFH are molting, naked neck and looked pathetic and no eggs....whaaaaaa....they are my best layers...they were the last of the chickens to molt.....and the first to the fence for treats. I went where to their coop and tons of feathers everywhere...you would have thought there was a...

I just picked up four eggs from my four hens. Two are nice, big for medium and two are just medium. The smaller ones are same size as the RIR, the larger one are equal to my Leghorns, but just a hair smaller, but not much. The hens are the same size and sibling, about 18 months old. I grabbed...