Hello All
This is Jonathan @ Heirloom Orpingtons. I wasn't aware of this thread until shortly ago otherwise I would have tried to assist and answer queries etc sooner.
This year has been a terrible one, and whilst some state excuses - I would state reasons.
Weather was terrible for...
First egg from one of our Rees girls yesterday - I would consider it blue but it's a very pale blue. Not saturated at all. It's a good size for a pullet egg - probably as large as the second ear layer I kept. I'm a little disappointed but egg color isn't my top priority right now. She is a...
We are working with Mottled Ameraucanas this year. We have a Blue Mottled rooster, a split Blue Mottled hen and a solid Black hen we will be working with. The Blue split girl has a decent egg color but a little green and the Black girl had a nice blue egg so they will live as a trio and just...
From Tennessee to central Florida. The main thing we have struggled with in Florida is Fowl Pox - had to vaccinate every bird almost immediately because it's so prevalent here. The weather isn't any worse heat wise than Tennessee but the winters are better. Before we moved we sold everything...
Since we moved in July we only started hatching then so we are behind in setting up pens etc. But does anyone here live near/close to Florida and is attending the Inverness show? We want to show some Legbars but would like to have others along with our own there. :)
The males do tend to get more white on them than the females. We have grown out Greenfire, Heirloom and a combination of the two and it generally holds true. I have seen a couple of pullets who have a lot of white at an early age but 98% of the time, white at 6-7 weeks indicates male. :)
For shipment TOMORROW (5/29).
Hen's choice mixture. 25+ eggs for $75 including shipping. ($100 if you wish to upgrade to express). We are in zip 38310 so please check mailing times before you decide between priority and express. We are moving shortly and need to sell all of our eggs. :) These...