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MotorcycleChick said:
I get it. I didn’t think I’d ever want white eggs again, but after a while I missed them. Of course, during Easter they are mandatory. With my first flock, I actually had egg customers. No one wanted even the light brown eggs for Easter.
Jersey giants are NJ. I can’t remember if they were developed by two brothers or two friends.
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Anybody here ever try to dye the light brown eggs? We do, especially when the yellow and orange dyes are not taking-- we figured already being "started" would be a boost. I never remember from year to year though what works, so it`s always like doing it for the first time all over again.

And Hiya from NE Philly!
 
ChirpnBern said:
Anybody here ever try to dye the light brown eggs? We do, especially when the yellow and orange dyes are not taking-- we figured already being "started" would be a boost. I never remember from year to year though what works, so it`s always like doing it for the first time all over again.

And Hiya from NE Philly!
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I haven’t.
:frow :welcome Tell us what we can talk you into!
 
I read somewhere that it intensified the dye? Dunno, been a while since I had kids young enough to dye eggs for (and do you think they are giving me any grands????Grrrrr)

In other future chicken planning, I seem to remember someone here having Ayam Cemani but not being thrilled with them. Details, please, if I am remembering correctly.
 
LadyBehir said:
I read somewhere that it intensified the dye? Dunno, been a while since I had kids young enough to dye eggs for (and do you think they are giving me any grands????Grrrrr)

In other future chicken planning, I seem to remember someone here having Ayam Cemani but not being thrilled with them. Details, please, if I am remembering correctly.
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I had them. My girls were flighty and barely ever laid. When they did lay, they would for a week or so then go broody and raise to lay again for a month or two. They were beautiful and my roo was friendly but as far as production.....
 
ChirpnBern said:
Anybody here ever try to dye the light brown eggs? We do, especially when the yellow and orange dyes are not taking-- we figured already being "started" would be a boost. I never remember from year to year though what works, so it`s always like doing it for the first time all over again.

And Hiya from NE Philly!
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I dyed brown eggs. Green and blue looked the best. You have to leave them in pretty long. Yellow and pink were pointless.
 
MotorcycleChick said:
I haven’t.
:frow :welcome Tell us what we can talk you into!
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Talk me into? As in what breed(s)? I`m up for suggestions. It`s probably time for an infusion of young blood this year anyway. I go to Davis Feed Mill in Rushland, Bucks Co. One used to be able to get all kinds of cool birds like chukar, bobwhite (I think) quail, wild turkeys, ringneck pheasants. They took orders for some nice layer breeds like black Australorp, but got burned too many times with people not picking up chicks they ordered, so now they`re back to "Breeds X, Y, and Z will be in the week of whenever, while supplies last." I got my two australorps from them, but that was several years ago already. Now they have the basic ones like RIR, white leghorn , barred rock, EE. And maybe one or two I`m forgetting. I`d like something with a bit of color. My EEs are pretty, and the aussies, and a couple of mutt hens like the EE x RIR that is a beautiful rich chestnut color, darker than the pure (?) RIRs. I`d love a speckled Sussex or two.

I am SO tempted to get a couple of turkey poults because they are reinstating the "Big Gobbler Contest" this year. Haven`t had turkeys for quite a few years now. But this winter has me rethinking the whole running out to the pens and pouring hot water into water receptacles business.
 
Auroradream26 said:
I had them. My girls were flighty and barely ever laid. When they did lay, they would for a week or so then go broody and raise to lay again for a month or two. They were beautiful and my roo was friendly but as far as production.....
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Ooooh, okay, couldn`t remember if I ever heard of these so just looked them up. That one page full of photos. . . They look Photoshopped or something! I can see why so many people want them. They are really special. Upside to being so broody I guess is you get a lot of them, but downside is if they`re always broody you don`t get a lot of them. If that makes sense.
 
ChirpnBern said:
Talk me into? As in what breed(s)? I`m up for suggestions. It`s probably time for an infusion of young blood this year anyway. I go to Davis Feed Mill in Rushland, Bucks Co. One used to be able to get all kinds of cool birds like chukar, bobwhite (I think) quail, wild turkeys, ringneck pheasants. They took orders for some nice layer breeds like black Australorp, but got burned too many times with people not picking up chicks they ordered, so now they`re back to "Breeds X, Y, and Z will be in the week of whenever, while supplies last." I got my two australorps from them, but that was several years ago already. Now they have the basic ones like RIR, white leghorn , barred rock, EE. And maybe one or two I`m forgetting. I`d like something with a bit of color. My EEs are pretty, and the aussies, and a couple of mutt hens like the EE x RIR that is a beautiful rich chestnut color, darker than the pure (?) RIRs. I`d love a speckled Sussex or two.

I am SO tempted to get a couple of turkey poults because they are reinstating the "Big Gobbler Contest" this year. Haven`t had turkeys for quite a few years now. But this winter has me rethinking the whole running out to the pens and pouring hot water into water receptacles business.
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You're not that far from me in northern Chester Co. I have a number of different breeds of chickens, as well as turkeys, ducks, guineas, and maybe peafowl.
My recommendations for layers are Cream Legbars, California Greys, Penedesencas and 3 hybrids I make, one lays olive eggs and the other 2 are blue egg layers.
 
ChirpnBern said:
Ooooh, okay, couldn`t remember if I ever heard of these so just looked them up. That one page full of photos. . . They look Photoshopped or something! I can see why so many people want them. They are really special. Upside to being so broody I guess is you get a lot of them, but downside is if they`re always broody you don`t get a lot of them. If that makes sense.
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I've never had reason to keep ceymani's. They are not really much blacker than a black Ameraucana. Yes, their comb, beak and inside their throat is all black, but how much time do you spend looking at those? A black Ameraucana (or blue egg black sexlink that looks like an Ameraucana) is a stunning bird. They shine green or purple in the sunlight and they are decent layers of blue eggs (the sexlinks are excellent layers) and have every other advantage you would want (except they are hard to sex, but the sexlinks fix that too). I LOVE my black Ameraucanas! I also love the Cream Legbars and all the rest, of course. They are also much cheaper as chicks, because the parents lay a lot more eggs, so they cost to produce them is less.
 

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