Mine on Silkies
Offer: 6+ BBS Orpingtons
or if anyone would like to wait 3 weeks (All of these were separately penned a little over a week ago):
6+ Black and Blue Copper Marans (Davis/Jeanne lines)
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6+ bantam White Ameraucanas (from Jerry Segler)
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6+ bantam Lavender and...
I had this same issue last summer. I read somewhere (can't remember where?) to provide the younger birds with an adjoining area (run, etc.) separated with chicken wire, fencing, etc. A hole should be cut in the chicken wire/fencing that is large enough to allow your biggest young chicken to...
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I'm planning a SMALL cooler size incubator because I have seen what chicken math does. IT's a contagious disease! Trying to keep it under control with a small incubator.
Good luck with your plan. I originally planned to have only one or two small incubators for hatching my own...
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It's a good thing you took them I was going to give it one more min and take them again
I would have grabbed them again, too, if I had the opportunity. I received mine Wednesday and they were very well-packed.
I won an auction of yours on eBay last month for some of these eggs. Although it USPS 4 days to deliver the eggs, I still had a nice hatch and ended up with seven beautiful chicks--one Splash w/Frizzle roo, one Black/Lavender, one Buff Columbian, one Partridge and three marked 'RFC'--not sure...
Your Ameraucanas are absolutely spectacular!!! I have a serious weakness for these gorgeous birds--don't yet have any LF White Ameraucanas. I would LOVE adding these beauties to my farm after some flock reduction. For now, I'll just enjoy my beautiful bantam-sized counterparts.
I have a Serama roo that is the same color/pattern as the roo in the bottom picture, too. His breast looks like my bantam mottled cochins. Seramas are WONDERFUL!!!!
I received 7 multi-generaltional Olive Egger eggs from Bhen in the April Swap. Although Designer Eggs were not on my 'Want' list, I did hatch 4 extremely cute, fat chicks two days ago. Sometime in the near future, I'll take/post pics of some the beautiful chicks and chickens I've hatched from...
Mine on the 6 Lav Orp project eggs
Offer 6+ BB LF Orpington eggs - black roo (half english--and will be adding lavender orp roo this weekend) over 2 blue and 2 splash and--just added lavender orp hen, too, so here eggs may be pure lav orp or lavender split (lav orp hen has been with lav orp...