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Thanks for the offer, but my electric bill is high enough
I wait until April/May to start brooding chicks!
One of these days all of us that go to local swaps are going to have to go out for coffee (or whatever) after a swap to get to know eachother. So far, I've only met a few BYCer's and have yet to be disappointed.
Keep an eye on the weather. This could be a good one
Our plans to drive an hour to my Mothers on Christmas Eve day may have to be changed?
What we really need is a Chickenstock type event. I know there are a few folks down this way that would be interested.
And while were on the subject... I have a 1948 Packard for sale if you have an interested customer.
Like the way I sneaked that in there?
How about if I hatch the chicks for you? One of my Serama just tipped over and went broody. She'll be that way for a month.
Buckeye chickens are one of my favorite breeds. http://www.purelypoultry.com/buckeye-chickens-p-242.html There are some very nice Buckeye bantams around here at the county fairs and such that I see as a county fair judge. I really think that the Buckeye is certainly not one that will die out. Too many diehard Buckeye breeders and it is way too great of a bird.
Very nice website. You have a lot of nice breeds available. If you don't mind me asking & if you know their history, what is the source of your Buckeyes?
Hi Y'all, no one replied to my question and I'm thinking that I got so long winded with the last post that it must've got missed. Hope you don't mind if I ask it again...
I have not given any thought of darkening the egg color & have not really been concerned about egg color. I will leave that to the breeders of the dark egg laying breeds: Marans, Welsummers, Barnevelders, Penedesencas.
I have noticed that most of my Buckeye eggs are a nice, sufficient brown color but as they lay further in their cycle (i.e. later in their laying cycle) (or the older the hen), the eggs lighten up to a light brown & yes, one here or there, an almost off-white. A new pullet lays a nice medium-dark colored brown egg.
Thanks Chris. As a Welsummer breeder and now Barnevelder too, that was just my natural curiosity popping up. The Barnie eggs need a LOT of work to get them back to where they were so I was also thinking I might learn a thing or two from y'all that might help in that area too if you had.
I will say that egg color is pretty far down on my list of things I breed for. Egg size is more important to me, but before that even is frequency of lay (and before egg related issues come type and color!)