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post #11 of 17
4/13/12 at 7:58am
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Snoggle, I am indebted to you!  I found the mottled Javas on The Fancy Chick site. I have never seen mottled javas! Simply gorgeous!  That is what I will be raising! I am very excited, thank you! MiF

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post #12 of 17
4/13/12 at 3:12pm
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Snoggle, I am indebted to you!  I found the mottled Javas on The Fancy Chick site. I have never seen mottled javas! Simply gorgeous!  That is what I will be raising! I am very excited, thank you! MiF


Yeah!  I'm happy to hear it!  I think they're so beautiful.  I'll be getting mine in about a month.  We'll have to keep in touch.  If I start breeding them, we can trade roosters out someday to mix up the gene pools a bit.  Maybe we can bring this heritage breed back!  Good luck!

Owner of: 1 Great Dane, 1 Yellow Lab, 2 house cats, 4 barn cats, 4 horses, 2 calves, 21 chickens, and 1 very patient husband 

 

By day we are both family nurse practitioners.  By night we run Nutwood Farms in NE Ohio, a small hobby farm and horse boarding facility.

 

Expecting our first, long-awaited child in December 2012!!!!!  

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Owner of: 1 Great Dane, 1 Yellow Lab, 2 house cats, 4 barn cats, 4 horses, 2 calves, 21 chickens, and 1 very patient husband 

 

By day we are both family nurse practitioners.  By night we run Nutwood Farms in NE Ohio, a small hobby farm and horse boarding facility.

 

Expecting our first, long-awaited child in December 2012!!!!!  

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post #13 of 17
4/13/12 at 3:19pm
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Originally Posted by Nigellas View Post

I LOVE my Javas.  They are dependable layers, spunky, as well as excellent broodies/mamas. 


Since you have Javas too, we'll need to keep in contact with you as well.  Do you breed them?  What colors do you have?  I'm actually not too far from you.  I'm headed to Bay City, MI this weekend, but could easily drive up for a chicken trade in the future!  wink.png

Owner of: 1 Great Dane, 1 Yellow Lab, 2 house cats, 4 barn cats, 4 horses, 2 calves, 21 chickens, and 1 very patient husband 

 

By day we are both family nurse practitioners.  By night we run Nutwood Farms in NE Ohio, a small hobby farm and horse boarding facility.

 

Expecting our first, long-awaited child in December 2012!!!!!  

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Owner of: 1 Great Dane, 1 Yellow Lab, 2 house cats, 4 barn cats, 4 horses, 2 calves, 21 chickens, and 1 very patient husband 

 

By day we are both family nurse practitioners.  By night we run Nutwood Farms in NE Ohio, a small hobby farm and horse boarding facility.

 

Expecting our first, long-awaited child in December 2012!!!!!  

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post #14 of 17
4/13/12 at 7:32pm
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That is a GREAT idea! I think it is important to have self sustaining Java flocks spread all over the country. That way if something bad were to happen to one flock, the breed would continue. I had never thought about being a breeder, but as I was doing "honey do's" today, I started considering it. Not for profit,or as a business, but to help others interested in Javas get started. Who knows?  This is cool!

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post #15 of 17
4/13/12 at 9:15pm

For better management of the cockerals (no fighting, no crowing) and better weight gain learn to caponize them.  When you do place your order for chicks, consider ordering a few inexpensive cockeral chicks to learn anatomy and try caponizing. It really isn't too difficult, and the resulting birds are delicious!

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post #16 of 17
4/14/12 at 9:47am
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I looked it up...because I didn't know anything about the subject...and found it was an internal surgery. Do you have to use anesthesia?MiF

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post #17 of 17
4/14/12 at 6:19pm

For information on Java breeders throughout the USA, consult the Java Breeders of America website:

http://www.javabreedersofamerica.com/

 

Or the corresponding Yahoo Group:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Java_Chickens/

 

There are many flocks all over the country - and using these two sources is THE best way to find what you're looking for - eggs, chicks or even full-grown birds.  Someone was selling their flock of 8 hens and 1 roo due to too many birds....so it's possible. 

 

Great people on both these sites - very very helpful!  The Yahoo group you might need to register first - I believe you do.  Sorry for missing that point....

 

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-- Blessed are the flexible, for they will not break --

Beloved spouse of wonderful husband, Mom to two men-in-training, 6 Eastern 3-toed box turtles, 1 spoiled parrotlet, 1 pompous feline and a jealous dog.  Growing Black Java laying flock - 5 hens (hatched 4/1/11) - with 1 hen added (5/20/12)  - with 5 incubated models (2/7/13) and now 5 eggs in the bator!  Love our Java's!  Meaties on order...

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-- Blessed are the flexible, for they will not break --

Beloved spouse of wonderful husband, Mom to two men-in-training, 6 Eastern 3-toed box turtles, 1 spoiled parrotlet, 1 pompous feline and a jealous dog.  Growing Black Java laying flock - 5 hens (hatched 4/1/11) - with 1 hen added (5/20/12)  - with 5 incubated models (2/7/13) and now 5 eggs in the bator!  Love our Java's!  Meaties on order...

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