Western Massachusetts

[MamaHutch06]

North Adams is a little far for me unless you were willing to meet in the middle somewhere lol I live in millers.

 

[cjh0907]

heath_elisha,

What type of marans are you interested in getting? I have been looking for Black Copper Marans forever and have not been able to find any around here. I think egg swaps would be awesome to do.

 

[heath_elisha]

I guess I would lean more towards splash marans, but really any other would be cool to have too. I like the feather footed ones- something unique and would add something different to the flock.

I have actually been tempted to take a trip to Buckland- because a family member of mine told me about a farm stand that she gets eggs from. They have near black eggs, spotted, blue, green, etc... and it is $3.50 a dozen. Thinking of checking the place out. If they have a nice looking flock and a roo then maybe I will get a couple dozen to hatch out lol. Maybe that is what I will do tomorrow

 

[cjh0907]

that sounds awesome. let me know how it turns out!

 

[heath_elisha]

Well I did go to the farm stand in Buckland yesterday. Purchased a dozen eggs from the stand, although the eggs were not as amazing as described to me. It is possible that I missed the "darker" eggs when I went.... but still neat to finally see some in person, rather then photos. See below- I think there were only two marans egg (certainly not black copper ones) and two welsummers in the box. Pictures show them just a little lighter then they are in person. And I have not cooked them up yet to see if they are fertile. No birds were outside visible to me when I was there- probably because it was so darn windy!

 

[Marct611]

Hi NewBreeder,

I have a couple blue JG's and 4 blacks, and some whites in the incubator now, I also have a blue JG rooster that is about 6 mo old I might be looking to get rid of, if someone is interested.

 

[boxedcow]

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heath_elisha That is a nice looking coop. After discussing a few options and telling my father I was just going to buy one, he got mad and said that we could build one for less than half. I got quite the lecture lol so I guess he is up for building another one after all! YAY!! Thank you for the offer

 

[NewBreeder]

HI cjh0907

I am not fussy about colors just want to get some silkies to work with

what auction do you go to and when

Ed

 

[heath_elisha]

heath_elisha That is a nice looking coop. After discussing a few options and telling my father I was just going to buy one, he got mad and said that we could build one for less than half. I got quite the lecture lol so I guess he is up for building another one after all! YAY!! Thank you for the offer

Glad to hear he wants to help! There are tons of ideas on this website if you are looking for something special. Have fun with it!

 

[Emmalion]

I lost my Silkie Roo about a month ago. If one of the little ones turns out to be another Roo then I will be back breeding them fuzzy butts again. So I will keep you in mind NewBreeder