I know Dave Lefeber, from WI raised some nice bantams, I bought my trio from him last year. Sadly, Dave, lost his battle with cancer a few months ago. Dave told me when I bought mine that he had been raising them for a long time but had never thought about showing them until I saw them in Richland Center last June, then bought a trio at the Portage show last Sept. When I had my trio, I had hatching trouble too. Only had 2 hatch both died days after birth. could it be a weak line?
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Yup, I'm working on SS. Not very successfully though. I got eggs from several sources and only had luck hatching from one source. I'm getting picky on where I get them from now since I'm trying to breed towards the standard, but I guess I can't be too picky since I only have a 12 week old pullet (I hope). I have 7 that hatched from a friend that has hatchery stock, but they look a lot better than most hatchery stock. I'm also getting eggs from another friend that bought out somebody's SQ flock. I'm looking at getting some day olds from Tony Albritton this Spring, but only if I can find somebody to go in on an order with me. I'd like to get some SLW and SS from him. I need too check with Gary Overton to see if he sells chicks. He had an add in the Poultry Press that he will be delivering SS to Crossroads. I'm not going plus I don't have the extra cash right now for any adults, though I'd sure like some.
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Yup, I'm working on SS. Not very successfully though. I got eggs from several sources and only had luck hatching from one source. I'm getting picky on where I get them from now since I'm trying to breed towards the standard, but I guess I can't be too picky since I only have a 12 week old pullet (I hope). I have 7 that hatched from a friend that has hatchery stock, but they look a lot better than most hatchery stock. I'm also getting eggs from another friend that bought out somebody's SQ flock. I'm looking at getting some day olds from Tony Albritton this Spring, but only if I can find somebody to go in on an order with me. I'd like to get some SLW and SS from him. I need too check with Gary Overton to see if he sells chicks. He had an add in the Poultry Press that he will be delivering SS to Crossroads. I'm not going plus I don't have the extra cash right now for any adults, though I'd sure like some.