The seller says these came direct from GF. Things have been busy I'll post pics asap.
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Well should you find someone selling eggs to hatch send them my way.Good news and bad news! Greenfire can't fill my order of MD until January, that's ok I'm patient! Good news, a member of BYC has been so kind as to allow me to buy a pair! I'm so excited , hopefully I'll have mine next week to add to my slowly, slowly growing flock of MD!!!!! Can't wait!
I will let you know if I stumble across another breeder, hopefully they wont charge an arm and a leg, some of these people out for profit on certain breeds are actually doing more damage with the outrageous prices. It forces some buyers to resort to inbreeding, who do not have the means or the time to line breed. Too bad, so many breeds are showing the results of poor breeding practices.Well should you find someone selling eggs to hatch send them my way.
I will let you know if I stumble across another breeder, hopefully they wont charge an arm and a leg, some of these people out for profit on certain breeds are actually doing more damage with the outrageous prices. It forces some buyers to resort to inbreeding, who do not have the means or the time to line breed. Too bad, so many breeds are showing the results of poor breeding practices.
With the addition of the new rooster and hen I hoping to have soon, I will give them a couple of months, then start checking fertility. Theses are old enough to lay, its a atter of rehoming them. I have found the older they are when rehomed, the longer it takes for them to start laying again. I will let definitely let you know If I hear of anyone else with eggs.
Its like pulling teeth, either no one has breeding pairs, or they are just eating the eggs...Its the only breed I have ran into this problem with. I thought of the possibility of them being sent north, in the colder climate by the GFF the birds may not make it because of the climate difference of what the were originally breed for. Its possible they are just not cut out to survive in dry cold climates. I wish there was a way to do a study...Bus even here, not too many people are interested in the breed! I guess you have to own one, let it mature, then see exactly what you have before you can make that decision. Here, on BYC it seems, people make their mind up before they even give the birds a chance. They sure are missing out...
Back on track...hopefully in a few months, I might have some eggs for you..Sorry still no pics, now the sun goes down before I get home, and trying to take a good pick is close to impossible. Ill try to get one this weekend...
I don't have them with other birds. Just the three. I've been keeping them in the coop since they're fliers and they do go into the woods if I'm not around. The front is open so they can see out. They do like to be where I am. Too my new neighbors have a dog though I haven't seen them out.Rancher Hicks- , I was looking at the pics you posted of your MD...I would almost guess they are already laying. If you have them with other birds, you may not notice the eggs, they are really tiny at the pullet stage. I missed them completely due to having them in with my Cochin Bantam's. If I had read back to the beginning of this thread, DC Chicks made mention of the eggs being so tiny...That phrase is understated. Mine were latterly the size of a Black Japanese Bantam's egg, just a little rounder. Mine do not like their nest disturbed, and constantly move if I tamper or take their eggs, they go to another nest. If I leave their eggs alone, they keep laying in that nest. You might go looking around, they area about the same age of mine. Mine Hatched December 15th, 2014. They will also take over another hens nest, as well as if you have one who is broody, they will leave the eggs for another hen to hatch. They are not territorial, but willing give up their eggs to another hen...Go look around, I bet you have eggs and don't even realize it!