Calif. N.Central Valley/Foothills - Page 13

I don't know where Somerset is but there is a breeder in Newman California that has White Faced Black Spanish. I drove over there last week & bought a started pair of Black Minorcas from her & she is going to get me a couple more pullets. She has the nicest set up I have ever seen. Her birds are sooooooo lucky. If I didn't hink I would put my husband into cardiac arrest I would tell him I want to redo everything & be like hers......LOL.
She has many different breeds too.
Salmon Favorelles
Shamos
BFBS
Black Minorcas
Light Sussex
Russian Orloffs
Ameraucanas
and I can't remember what all else....LOL.
I was so impressed & she is so nice. I love talking chicken to others that actually like to & are not just tolerating me.....LOL
  You are so right I have connected with many semi locals here & traded eggs. Thats how I got my White Rocks & I hatched out 13 chicks.

What fun Sarah,
  I let my Silkies hatch their own & they do such a good job of it. I have 3 hens & a roosters & all 3 hens lay together in one nestbox & then brood it together too. It is hilarious to see them all piled on top of each other in there. I use 5 gallon PVC buckets for nest boxes & the 3 of them are one big ball of white fur with faces poking out. When they brood they hatch eggs out over about a week or so. Everyday once they start I check for new chicks & bring them into the brooder in the house. We lost the whole clutch when I left them out there during the winter then the last hatch the babies were wondering ( they are so tiny) & being killed by the bigger birds. I don't need to keep them anymore but can't give them up.....LOL I have 14 babies in the brooder so far from this hatch.

I am looking for Yokohamas around here. Does anyone know of any??? Out of 14 shipped eggs only one hatched. The rest were all clear. What a bummer of a hatch. The breeder says the Xray machine at the P.O. kills the eggs???????
Karen in Turlock

Hi Karen, I'm flying to Washington in a couple of weeks and wanted to take some eggs along onboard the plane. I've been reading posts that say the X-ray maching at the airport kills the fertile eggs too!

Hi Karen, I'm flying to Washington in a couple of weeks and wanted to take some eggs along onboard the plane. I've been reading posts that say the X-ray maching at the airport kills the fertile eggs too!

Don't get me started on the PO. We used to have an AWESOME postman.  He would bring my eggs all the way up the bumpy driveway to the house.  But 2 months ago the PO reorganized, and now I am having to worst luck.  I can't help thinking that possibly most of the rough handling comes from my delivery DRIVER! 

ANYWAY,  I can't think of anyone with Yokohamas.   

~~~~~8 Toulouse goslings available.  2-4 days old. ~~~~~
(This flock includes a Sebastopol gander also, but the babies appear straight Toulouse.)
$10 each. Quantity discounts.  Pm me if you are interested.
Can arrange pick-up in Placerville, Sacramento, or any place in between.

My pot lady is great she honks her horn & waits for us to come out to her to hand off my eggs or if we don't appear she stops & walks them up & puts them inside the glassed in frontporch for me. I had to fill out a form to give her permission to do that though.

Sew&Grow- I want your post lady.  I think our new postman plays soccer with the packages.  I have never had broken eggs like this before!

Yeah she is pretty neat & takes a casual interest in the eggs too.

Hi everyone, I'm in Oakdale. I have a little flock of Barnevelders and some Bantam Cochins.  I just hatched some lemon blue cochins from shipped eggs, I'm so in love with them.   Whats so great about the bantam size is it takes 4 of them to equal one large bird.  Well that's what I try to get my husband to believe    

I'm setting 10ish Barnevelder eggs tomorrow and 4 bantam cochins,  All but one of my cochins are broody right now or happy momma's. I love this time of year.