WANTED: Quality Delaware and Light Brahma breeding stock. Prefer over 20 weeks old. Will consider buying younger though. Prefer Sandhill stock but as long as they are LARGE true to breed birds would consider any bloodline. ABSOLUTELY NO HATCHERY STOCK.
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11 Swedish ducks. 3 blue non-crested. 4 black crested. 4 blue crested. All currently laying. High fertility.
Text for more info or pics. Cell number 2one7-3one3-one3one5.
Pickup in Morrison, Illinois only.
Must be a quality dual purpose strain. Must be good layers. Need to be healthy, under 2 years old and laying now. White Pekins hens only please.
Located near Clinton, Iowa
I have hatched out two batches myself this year and my brother hatched out one large batch of Iowa Blue eggs.
My first batch had a humidity problem and only 6 out of 24ish fertile eggs survived and hatched. There was only one chipmunk colored chick in that group. That batch hatched a day early...
Jake,
I am located near Clinton, IA but on the Illinois side. I'm about 45 minutes from the Quad Cities and about 2 1/2 hours from Chicago.
If anyone else has pics of their Iowa Blues please send them to the [email protected] email address. I am going to try and create an album with as...
I'm the guy in Illinois that has started raising some Iowa Blues. Here is what I have found with my birds. Most of my birds are from Ideal with a few from Sandhill. Although I have heard Ideal outcrossed their Iowa Blues to get new blood they seem to be very similar to Sandhill's.
MOST...
$0.90 each straight run from Schlecht Hatchery in Miles, IA. Best Cornish Rocks you will ever raise. NO leg problems and do excellent on either free range or confined. Out of the 15+ hatcheries I have tried in the past years no one comes close to Schlecht.
30 Iowa Blue Hatching Eggs.
Ideal and Sandhill bloodlines.
What I breed for:
Males: Silver or white lacing on head, hackle, and saddle. Pencilling on breast. Dark brown eyes.
Culling against light eyes, yellow color to head, hackle, and saddle.
Females: Glossy black hens with silver/white...
My computer is down but I should have it back later this week. It has my pics and standard (in detail) that I am breeding towards. The birds originated from Ideal and Sandhill.
The Iowa Blue is a breed of Chicken that originated near Decorah, Iowa in the early 20th century. In to the 1960s, several hatcheries around Iowa sold the breed, but after these hatcheries either closed or stopped selling them, the Iowa Blue nearly disappeared. Dedicated breed enthusiasts have...