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eagle2026 - Wait, sorry for sounding behind in the news, but. . . Do you breed Black Copper Marans? Because I really am looking for some this spring, and to get them local would be really really nice. ( Usually craigslist just has roosters and cockerels )

Edit: nevermind, found your site. I'm excited.

So maybe there has been a little confusion?

The PURE breed Coppers are 25

The ones that I do not like for other purpose are FREE

FREE     FREE I TELL YOU   FREE


BUT IF THERE THE pure breed THERE $25. a chick>

Free Delevery in WA. state!

5 or more.




YA!

Just tring to help.

My # is here if any questions.


I LOVE MY BIRDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am not looking for pure bred. I just would like some to add that wil most likely lay DARK eggs. Yes I know they are chicks. I was really just joking about ya del. However by spring I am planning on adding 2 dark egg layers and 2 EE of some sort. I am not real picky about breed just looking for egg color. I know some may think that silly. But hey what do ya spect outta one who steals neighbors chickens ?

i would like to get some chocolate egg layers. springtime though.

well i went out to check the chickens. my car said it was 14 out. i gave them a lot of scratch to keep them warm. there are 2 heat lamps. and water heater....

they were happy and fluffy.

when they were let out this afternoon i wished i had a camera.
they wouldn't go out because of the sudden white stuff on the ground

then they went out and stayed by the trees..... goofs.

I can't say because it looks like I won't see mine for a little while.  But I hear they look great from Kim!

I think the chance of having a hen that will lay some nicely dark eggs is definitely worth the price of FREE!  Even more, as at the least you will get a hen that is mostly Maren or Barnevelder and both are reasonable layers.  Or you have a cockerel that someone (maybe you) can put in the freezer.  Plus it is a chance to see what turns out first hand. 

It's all good!

And Thanks again Eagle

So, I realized I forgot to tell you all that when we had our eggs for dinner last night 2 of them were double yolkers.  A nice large blue green and a light brown.  Yippee!

Todays count 6 for 12 - 2 green and 4 brown.  Also today my last of the 4 Easter Egger Types layed an egg.  She got out of her pen and crawled way back deep under a boat I have in the back yard.  I had to move the boat over which was quite a challenge.  And this after having chased her back into the yard 3 times.  Moody helped me find her and I was a little bit afraid that he might think it a game and hurt her, so I carried her back to the yard and put her over the fence.  Then I tripped over some boat type debris that had no business being all over my back yard, and landed smack against the fence. Unfortunately Teddy's first nice light grass green egg didn't survive.  beautiful orange yolk was running down the fence and steaming because it was still warm.  Less important, I kind of hurt myself a little bit.  I will be sore tomorrow.

So, I think I have 9-10 laying.... I think it is 10.  All of them have started laying in less than 2 weeks.  Wow!  My Dark Cornish was sitting on other chickens eggs today, so maybe soon.  But my BO doesn't seem to even get what all the fuss is about.  She has always been an independent girl.  I wish she would eat some of her chicken food.  Maybe that would help.  She likes grass, worms, yogurt and fruit, and thinks that chicken feed is for the (well, uh) birds. 

Goofy me kept refreshing the page to see if there were any new posts.  There were....but they were on the next page!!  I will give you a call tomorrow, Mike. 

ReiMiraa- sounds c-c-c-cold!!  Glad the chickies are nice and cozy though!

Don't tell anybody, but I do that sometimes too! 

I am about to do the same thing of moving the brooder into to the master bathtub. The 3 day old chicks are in a large dog crate right now on my formal teak dining room table. I think with 12 chicks, that they are going to need a bit more space. I am going to line the bathtub with an inexpensive shower curtain so they dont ruin the jetted tub. I also seem to have a broody Silkie hen, and I think I am going to see if she will mother the chicks, instead of sitting on nothing. She keeps sitting on the other hens eggs, and I am so mean to her that I take them away each day.

I think I might look into a water heater, but for now I have a about a gallon size chicken water thing that I put in the coop. I am finding that I need to refill it about 3 times a day. I hate having the water in the coop. It makes such a mess in the coup. I hope others have ideas on how to keep the water from freezing. The coup is just above freezing tonight. I put a second heat lamp in the coup today, and the girls are tucked up underneath the lamps. They are looking OK, and the water is still unfrozen. I think that the thermometer is too close to the window. I know the greenhouse is warmer, but it is really full with all the plants that I am trying to winter over. I am really going to cry if the plants dont make it this year.

I am ready to really snowbird, and head for Santiago Chile. Its summer there and there isnt much of a time zone change. I just don't know how I can take all the dogs, cats, and chickens with me every year, and also convince the DH to join me there. I could live with spring and summer twice every year. I could really get into missing fall and winter every year.

Goodnight all! I really need to go to bed.

It's 15 degrees here atm...and its COLD!!!

Girls are doign great tho...much better than me anyway We have been taking the water in at night cos it just freezes solid My DH takes it out in teh AM before he goes to work, but this am he just put regular water in <forgot I asked him to put warm in> and it was all frozen where they drink from! So, I thawed it al out and put warm water in and they are happy happy girls atm.

We got a bit of snow the other day, Fri/Sat night iirc, but the ladies didnt seem to upset over it. I am expecting when they see REAL snow on the groupnd the little ones will be a bit more OMG over it lol

Everyone got a warm breakfast this am tho... took them out a warm mash with some peas and corn mixed in and they are scarfing it down as I type. Esther should be laying in an hour or so if she is on schedule, so I wnat to be sure I get her egg before it gets too cold.

We are so grateful here tho atm, to know that the girls are really doing well, and we have firewood if needed, and food in the freezer/pantry. We are prepared if the power goes out in the next ferw weeks due to winter storms like last year. Hopefully we wont have that much snow again!

Keep warm everyone!