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Hope it snows for you and you post pics. Pics of snow is all I really need for it to feel like winter. Last winter we got about 1/4 inch of snow total. Would like to see that little again!Merry Christmas & Happy New Year everyone.
Everyone's birds look so wonderful, I am sorry I cannot help to take any, I have so many of my own right now...
Finally got our rabbitry going !! yeah!!! They are all just small so it won't be till spring-ish till we have babies.
That is okay with me cause I am already tired! hahaha
Will be getting seeds stated in just a few weeks..humm, does it not feel like we just put things to bed folks?!?!?
Wish it would just snow up in these mountains and get it over with..so very tired of the rain. I know I am going to hear it from the snow haters, but the rain makes things so blah. At least snow is pretty! hahaha
Haven't been on for quite awhile, so hope all is well with everyone!!
Here's to 2024 & all things possible & great to come!!
Oh you know I love to post pics!!Hope it snows for you and you post pics. Pics of snow is all I really need for it to feel like winter. Last winter we got about 1/4 inch of snow total. Would like to see that little again!
Are you raising rabbits for meat or pets?
I am still working out all the breeding pens for the chickens, I need more than 24 hours in a day, and more days that are not rainy would be nice too!
I am working on several new hybrids and breeds this year. One I am excited about but will not likely be too popular are the Tomaru, a Japanese long-crowing breed. They have impressive long legs and are quite attractive, but of course it is all about how the rooster's crow sounds.
I bought a new incubator and a new hatcher this year. Each holds 700 eggs. I am selling 3 of my 6 cabinet incubators to make room and prevent me from expanding any more. My largest hatches last year had close to 700 eggs going into multiple hatchers. I hope that by consolidating all those that management becomes easier.
Hope everyone is having a happy and blessed holiday season!
Do you already have a buyer for your incubators?I am selling 3 of my 6 cabinet incubators to make room
I have sold 2 of the 3, still have a Dickey cabinet, upgraded with a digital thermostat and an acrylic door.Do you already have a buyer for your incubators?
Your maran eggs look nice & dark. I have bought several maran chicks last spring but they don't lay dark eggs, then I read that not all marans lay extra dark eggs but if they are hatch out of dark eggs then they should lay dark eggs too.I am also getting a few Marans eggs from my flock. Not very many yet, but here is what I have now.
Not completely true, much of the egg color produced by a pullet is from her father (let's say half). If the father is a hatchery Copper Marans, even if the mother laid dark eggs, her daughters will lay much lighter. It is very easy to lose the dark egg color with indiscriminate breeding. The very dark eggs also give some breeders trouble hatching and the hens that lay dark eggs definitely lay fewer eggs than the hatchery stock.Your maran eggs look nice & dark. I have bought several maran chicks last spring but they don't lay dark eggs, then I read that not all marans lay extra dark eggs but if they are hatch out of dark eggs then they should lay dark eggs too.
I always find it interesting to learn more about chickens. If I buy eggs for hatching I definitely want to buy from someone who focuses on breeding for dark eggs.Not completely true, much of the egg color produced by a pullet is from her father (let's say half). If the father is a hatchery Copper Marans, even if the mother laid dark eggs, her daughters will lay much lighter. It is very easy to lose the dark egg color with indiscriminate breeding. The very dark eggs also give some breeders trouble hatching and the hens that lay dark eggs definitely lay fewer eggs than the hatchery stock.
The truth about dark eggs is that the genetics of the line matters more than anything else, but not every breeder can be trusted to keep breeding for darker eggs. I reduced my flock a lot from last year and decided to focus on the darkest eggs from both my Copper and Lavender Marans. My intention is to raise my prices since chicks will be scarce and focus on selling to other breeders, then they can produce the dark egg Marans to sell in future years.