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I want to start some eggs in the incubator in the next several days to hatch while my niece and nephew are visiting. I'd like to find some hatching eggs within a short drive. Favorite breeds are Speckled Sussex, Welsummer, Golden Cuckoo Marans, and Partridge Rocks. Open to other options, as I...

Beautiful birds. Thanks for sharing the photos!

Yes, these chicks are now pensioners or long gone! I'd have to resurrect some later photos on them to find out how they turned out, sex-wise! But thanks for the input! I'll hatch chicks again, I'm sure!

Wow - thanks for all the info, photos of your lovely birds, and offer to ship eggs! I need to do some studying to follow all the breeding information you volunteered! For now, I'm going to wait and see if I can find clean-legged birds, because my birds are out and about during the day and...

Hi! I'm looking for some hatching eggs for GCMs and wonder if anyone on this thread is selling and shipping hatching eggs, or could recommend a source. I ordered eggs a few years ago from a place in Texas, but now I can't remember the name. Despite a few mishaps, a broody hen hatched out 3 of...

I'm thinking of hatching out some eggs when I have a young niece and nephew visiting in a few weeks - they will arrive on Easter Sunday! I could set some of my own, but if I could get some eggs from someone nearby of some breeds I've been wanting to get back in my flock, I would rather go that...

chickinflo - I'm surprised nobody has jumped in to take your chicks. What kind are they? Where did they come from? How old do they have to be before they can move to your parents' back yard?

What are you feeding her? Coccidiosis is common in chicks and can be bad. Are you feeding a medicated feed? With Amprolium or Bacitracin? Be sure to post on a thread about illness right away.

This is not my theory at all. I read this, probably on this website. I have had 2 and 3 roosters at a time, and they have managed to live together - not harmoniously, but without constant battles, once they learned their places! The GCM roosters were the most cooperative and congenial that I...

I kept 2 or 3 roosters for some time. I think a lot depends on the roosters, how much space they have, and how many hens. When I had 2 Golden Cuckoo Marans, they never fought. Then I had an Ameraucana (really and truly, not an Easter Egger) and a GCM X Welsummer rooster, and they would...

I got 5 Barnevelders from Ideal several years ago, with several other docile breeds. Over the years I had them with Welsummers, Partridge Rocks, blue and black Plymouth Rocks, Wyandottes, Golden Cuckoo Marans, Easter Eggers, and Speckled Sussex. The Barnies were lovely and never made any...

Hmm. I might have to take a trip to North Carolina for Speckled Sussex!

I am not very knowledgeable about the breed standard, but I think she's gorgeous! I'd love to have some that look like that. Where did you get her?

Our thermometer near the house said 23 when I checked it a little before 8 a.m.

It's getting close to that for my roosters. They are definitely eating size - nice filled out breasts. I'm trying to give them a chance to find a new life, though!