Recent content by briesberrypatch

Thanks for the clarification, Cynthia! I'm glad to know they really are blue.

I ask because I have two blue Ameraucana hens that have splashes of black in them. They look similar to my splash roo, except with a blue background instead of white. I don't know what to call their color...

Is blue with splashes of black considered splash or something else?

I'm looking for Dorking eggs or chicks - any color except white.

So is your goal to re-develop the BBR Orloff using the Malay?

Did anyone go to the Waynesville swap meet? I ended up not having time to go, but I might head over there next month.

Feathersite has pictures of Black-breasted Red Orloff from Desert Poultry, but the Desert Poultry website is abandoned. I'm wondering if there's anyone in the US with this variety?

It was just posted to Craigslist. NIMAL CHICKEN SWAP AND FLEA MARKET 8AM TILL 3PM ALL VENDORS WELCOME THE THIRD SAT OF THE MONTH IF YOU ARE LOOKIN TO BUY OR SELL RABBITS,DUCKS,TURKEYS,OR CHICKENS THIS IS THE PLACE TO BE LOCATION RT 73 BETWEEN SPRINGBORO AND WAYNESVILLE.AT FOX HOLLOW NEXT TO...

Has anyone been to the Waynesville swap meet? I won't be able to get there until 10:00 because of a meeting I have Saturday morning. I'm wondering if it is still worth the drive if you don't get there first thing? Are there many vendors yet?

I tried the trash bag method I mentioned earlier and I really didn't like it. It's too hard to get the bird in the bag, and it's still messy. I don't like the powders at all because it's so easy to get them on your skin or inhale them. So I looked around, and I found Poultry Protector. I bought...

My sympathy to everyone. I lost 30 chickens (27 pullets/cockerels and 3 adult hens) in one day - during the day. I've found eight bodies in the chicken yard, all with broken necks and usually no other injuries. I kept the survivors inside today, but they didn't even look at the door when I...

I ended up with 31 beautiful b/b/s Ameraucanas - 86% hatch rate. Last time (my first hatch) i hatched them in egg cartons. This time I tried hatching just on the mesh floor of the incubator. I think all the early hatchers smothered the late hatchers by laying on the eggs. Two of the eggs got...

One hatched and one is zipping! Around 50% have pipped, I think, but are still resting. This is so exciting - I love hatch day! The first to pip was also the first out of the shell.

I have 38 B/B/S Ameraucanas that were due tomorrow, but I saw the first pip late last night and I'm up to about 30% pipped now. Still none hatched, though - they haven't even started to zip yet. They're very vocal, and I can hardly wait to see how many hatch and what they look like.

Quote: That seems like two different birds. When my hens change they still look like hens. Just odd looking. The change is never that big. The source listed for that "article" is The Daily Mail, a British tabloid. I doubt it is a true story. The Daily Mail has been sued in the past for...