Recent content by mountaindog66

  1. mountaindog66

    Farming and Homesteading Heritage Poultry

    Arielle, there is a pretty good thread here on BYC regarding the Woods-style house, 240+ posts and quite a few pics of various adaptations: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/445004/woods-style-house-in-the-winter/240#post_11744221
  2. mountaindog66

    Hudson Valley NY *chat thread*

    Good Morning Hudson Valley! I've been away from this forum a long time and have a lot of reading to do. I've been busy between work and house-painting. 1 side completely done, 3 to go. Hopefully I'll be done before the snow flies. Lisa, good luck with the shower and congratulations on your...
  3. mountaindog66

    Farming and Homesteading Heritage Poultry

    Agree, good lessons here, thanks all. I never would have thought to look into those lighter breeds if not for this discussion. The Dominique has always interested me as well, I like rose-combed birds, cold here in upstate NY. However, we are interested in good meat birds too, and can settle for...
  4. mountaindog66

    Farming and Homesteading Heritage Poultry

    Do any of the lighter Mediterranean breeds lay large/xl eggs, or do they mostly produce small to med. ones?
  5. mountaindog66

    Farming and Homesteading Heritage Poultry

    Oooh, good, I was hoping you'd throw Wyandottes in there... I've been quietly reading through every post in this thread since I last posted here, such a lot to learn, I'm very grateful for the knowledge shared here. It was a revelation to me that the SOP is designed around form following...
  6. mountaindog66

    Hudson Valley NY *chat thread*

    lol, I'm here finally, it's been a real busy week at work and same at home in the evenings. Tomorrow we are heading up to VT for my nephew's wedding and we'll be offline all weekend, it is on a farm ! I'll be sure to report back on any chicken sitings And what great sleeping weather! Hated to...
  7. mountaindog66

    Meyer Hatchery Chicken pics anyone??

    Those are some beautiful eggs. Don't you also have a Black Australorps from Meyer? I'm curious to know how the BA compares to your BR for eggs when she gets going. Notable Nancy, I meant to comment quite a few pages back on how beautiful your olive egg from your Izzy is., and I also love the...
  8. mountaindog66

    Hudson Valley NY *chat thread*

    Wow, 7 yrs old and still laying, those must be from great stock! They are so pretty too, are they a flighty bird like a lot of the light breeds or do you find them calm and friendly? Thank goodness it finally cooled down here tonight, hope everyone enjoys the lower temps and sleeps well tonight!
  9. mountaindog66

    Meyer Hatchery Chicken pics anyone??

    Really beautiful eggs, love the blue-green! I'm sure you're new EEs will also give you some gorgeous eggs. The video Meyer has on their EE sale page shows all those chicks hatching from some lovely light blue eggs, so it seems like they are selecting for blue as much as possible. Thank you for...
  10. mountaindog66

    Meyer Hatchery Chicken pics anyone??

    Ah, oh well, that shoots down that theory then, may be better off going to a good local breeder for Marans. I'll still be interested to see how your Meyer chicks grow out and eventually lay, though.
  11. mountaindog66

    Hudson Valley NY *chat thread*

    Great Lisa, who do you think is the second egg layer? LOL at pole-dancing hens...I would return those shavings to TSC if you just bought them! I hope the weather holds out for you, at least it is much cooler today than yesterday, enjoy the wedding - nice location!
  12. mountaindog66

    Meyer Hatchery Chicken pics anyone??

    Greetings, I've been lurking following this thread for a long time because I've considered using Meyer for some EE chicks someday, people who have gotten their EEs from Meyer seem to get a lot of nice large blue eggs from them. I've always wanted Marans also, but figured I'd go the breeder...
  13. mountaindog66

    Hudson Valley NY *chat thread*

    Lexi, both the chicks and your hamburg are so cute! Is one of those chicks a SLW - the middle one? Oh, I didn't mean the Palisades Mall, I used to work at Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory (now called Earth Observatory) in the town of Palisades. I did some of my graduate research there, a...
  14. mountaindog66

    Hudson Valley NY *chat thread*

    Lisa, I wish that we're my coop! That is a photo I took in France 2 years ago of the farm next door to my DH's uncles house in Burgundy. DH was born there and we go back every couple of years to visit his family. We had the best eggs and meat from that same little farm while we visited, so I...
  15. mountaindog66

    Hudson Valley NY *chat thread*

    Welcome Sallysec! You mean town of Rockland? Not far at all. Hope your hatch goes well. What breeds do you have? So cute! Hope you got a few more by now, what kind are they? Wow, what a hot day. I sure hope everyone's animals are OK this week. It was 99 this afternoon in Kingston when I...
See more
Back
Top Bottom