Recent content by Laurel Chicks

  1. Laurel Chicks

    German New Hampshire

    I'm excited that I now have my first 3 chicks hatched from both a rooster and a hen that I hatched out early last year. From that original hatch, I selected my favorite rooster and favorite hen and crossed the two. I only put 3 eggs in the incubator because of the constant changing weather...
  2. Laurel Chicks

    Need Help Identifying Breed and Gender

    Thanks for the info, everyone. It's all been very helpful.
  3. Laurel Chicks

    Need Help Identifying Breed and Gender

    I think so. I noticed the odd feathering about a month or so ago. I really like the looks of this guy, but I want to breed the best, so not sure if I should cull him from the group.
  4. Laurel Chicks

    Need Help Identifying Breed and Gender

    Well, heck! I collected the opposite of eggs apparently. I had collected eggs from both the GNH hen and the Red Star hen, thinking I was collecting the most from the GNH. Now, as I thought was possible, and confirmed by your post, I collected more of the Red Star hen eggs and less of the GNH...
  5. Laurel Chicks

    Need Help Identifying Breed and Gender

    Yeahhhhhh ... the system is now letting me post pictures!!! THANK YOU TO WHATEVER MODERATOR FIXED THIS. So, here's the youngsters (all but one are German New Hampshires ... the other I believe is a GNH x Red Star). Drats ... now I see that the rotated pictures didn't rotate correctly. Argh!!
  6. Laurel Chicks

    Need Help Identifying Breed and Gender

    I've been wanting to upload pictures from my desktop (not my cell phone), and I've gone through all the tutorials and read all I can about picture posting, and yet for whatever reason there is NO link (the mountain with the sun) showing up at all on here. Like right now, from all I've read, I...
  7. Laurel Chicks

    swimming pool

    This is a fantastic idea!! It's getting over 100 degrees now here in Texas, and I feel bad for the chickens at times ... they don't have a way to escape the heat, even though they have shade. I'm going to set up a very small pool like this, and maybe even try the Walmart boot mat shown above...
  8. Laurel Chicks

    Rattling breathing open mouth!

    I had my hen doing this 3-4 days ago, and she was in the hottest spot of the coop. I thought maybe she sat too long with the intent to lay an egg (outside her hen box), and got overheated. Brought her out into the main portion of the coop, offered her water, and blocked her from going back in...
  9. Laurel Chicks

    posting pictures

    I've been going through all the 'new member' stuff and can't figure out how to post pictures either. There is no mountain w/sun avatar/link to click, so I'm assuming I have to do much more posting before I can add any pics or even put a picture to my BYC avatar.
  10. Laurel Chicks

    Need Help Identifying Breed and Gender

    I think because I haven't visited BYC enough, and made enough posts, it doesn't allow me to upload photos. GRRRR!!! So, I guess I'll have to get busy and start visiting her much more. Will be so glad when I retire and have extra time in my life!
  11. Laurel Chicks

    New Hampshire Breed for Exhibition & SOP

    Matt, When you talk about the tails being too high on the New Hampshires, are you referring to the hens? I've heard that a high tail on the NH roo should be high for a quality bird. Also, I'm a new backyard breeder, but trying to breed the best New Hampshires I can ... of the German line...
  12. Laurel Chicks

    Need Help Identifying Breed and Gender

    So, I started out by buying a mature German New Hampshire rooster and hen (both were just under 2 years of age). After trying to hatch out 3 batches of eggs in the incubator, and candling them at the appropriate time, none were fertile ... no chicks! This was crossing my roo with my GNH hen, a...
  13. Laurel Chicks

    Winter has begun ... so when can I get my first chicks?

    Thanks everyone for your great responses. No, i don't have a breeder lined up yet that i will be buying from, but have several in mind I've seen on here that have what I'm looking for. I will reach out to each of them right after Christmas. I'm looking to start with approx 15., or maybe 10 each...
  14. Laurel Chicks

    Winter has begun ... so when can I get my first chicks?

    Ok, now that I have my coop all set up, and I've been reading many great things on BYCs, I'm most anxious to purchase my first chicks. I'm in Texas, and seems breeders are more to the north for the German line New Hampshires .... soooooooo, when do most breeders start shipping chicks to buyers...
  15. Laurel Chicks

    German New Hampshire

    I just joined BYC today, after completing the construction of my chicken coop. I'm soooooooo ready to purchase my first German line New Hampshires chicks (or mature hens) ... so this is one of the threads I will be frequenting to get more info from all of you 'experts' for this breed!
See more
Back
Top Bottom