How are the hatched chicks doing? The offer of shipping eggs still stands. From Germany it's not that far. There is a young farmer here in Germany that is doing all he can to set himself up with dual-purpose birds and not support hybrids. He now has chicks from all lines of Swedish Isbar and will hopefully offer hatching eggs next year. Maybe this is a breed you would be interested in? He is also testing old german breeds to see what works on his farm.How are all your hatchings going? I managed to pop 5 of my murdered Araucana eggs (not sure what the dad will be though so hopefully some easter eggers although 25% chance it is the Araucana roo) and a few of the dead silkies into my neighbours incubator and now my other silkie has cleverly gone broody. I've just moved her into the broody coop and she has settled back onto some eggs in there. All being well I'll pop the eggs that are in the bator under her tomorrow evening. I actually can't remember when it all happened - gosh just looked and that was 10 days ago so we are half way though already, or less as they seem to only go about 19 days I find for those breeds! Poor Doris may get a shock that they arrive so early bless her!
WOW that is steep! What were they?
Same here the coop only sells hybrid chicks - red, black and if you are lucky a coucou! I do have a garden centre in Mussidan that sells some silkies (adult though not chicks) and the Gamme Vert in Bergerac has a few more varieties of POL hens (from Beaumont I think). Never seen eggs in any of them. I have also bought all my hatchign eggs from lovely local breeders found on LBC
I'm sorry for the chicks you lost, but congratulations on the 5 healthy chicks! I lost some chicks this year too very early on. But before they grow up to be sickly birds, it is better they pass soon.
Sometimes, these mixes are the hardiest birds you can get!
Welcome! You know, I have been following a fellow from Norway on Instagram and am in contact with someone in Sweden and their weather almost appears better than Germany's.Hi!I'm from the illusive and distant northern part of Europe called Norway. Living in snow half the year makes us a little odd, but we're generally sorta nice, if you manage to get us talking. (Pro tip for starting a conversation with a Norwegian: talk about the weather. It tend to be a lengthy topic.)
Living between the ocean and a forest called Sweden, we're sheltered from a lot of diseases and problems. For instance, salmonella is not an issue in small poultry population. We have strict rules for import of animals, so our poultry population is mostly bred within the country (inbreeding, so much inbreeding!). I for one have a dream to import brown Muscovy ducks someday, a color that does not exist here.
I always though I'dlike to move south to warmer weather, but northis looking appealing.Welcome Papa John! Greetings from the Palatine Forest...
Kudos to you for making sure your children grow up in a safe and loving environment.
Germany has been horrible! 28° one day, 14° the next. Just stay hot and nice rain showers every night would be great, thank you.
Hi Ana - thanks for thinking of me! All my new chicken plans are on hold at the moment - been having a bit of a rough time with them with too many roosters which I got sorted and now a bad red mite infestation! I have a new job which is taking lots of time so it is all just a bit much so I'm going to regroup, not grow my flock (too much!) until I get everything a bit more sorted! The 6 chicks are doing so well running around with Doris the mama silkie still - not sure what I've got yet though!
Hello PouleChick.
The two most active ones are fox and mink but hawks are here in the area as well.
