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Kindercare, are you in Colorado? These are without a doubt the calmest chicks I've raised of any breed. I've recently been letting them out of their pen to forage with the flock during the day. When it's time to go back in the pen I can walk up to them, reach down, and just pick them up. No...

Beautiful flock of pure Hlesey line Icelandics available for local pickup in Colorado. Nine hens that just started to lay and one gentlemanly rooster.

My boy 'Gus' from Greenfire Farms most recent import lines. Great guy to his ladies and babies! Anyone else in this group in Colorado?

Anyone in the group in Colorado? Looking for someone local I can get hatching eggs or chicks from.

Any breeders here in Colorado? I'm near Colorado Springs. Just noticed today that one of my Svart cockerels(?) from Greenfire Farms is wooly. How common is that? Question for those with a bit more experience... Are the Svarthöna roosters aggressive? I love the calm, confident personalities...

Beautiful birds! What are the qualities and characteristics of this landrace fowl? Did they originate from low-lying jungle areas or high-altitude mountainous areas? I assume they're very good at foraging their own grub? How are they as broodies and mamas? Are they good meat birds? Do the...

Metella, Do you currently have Appenzeller Spitzhauben hatching eggs (or chicks) available?

So happy to find this thread! I'm also in Colorado but up around 9,200 feet. I've had abysmal hatch rates the past 3 years no matter what I've tried. I recently found a couple of helpful studies/articles on the topic: https://ucanr.edu/repositoryfiles/ca1311p8-64807.pdf This is an old...

Thank you for this post. I'm having the same problem with my Ova-Easy 100. It always pauses about 25 degrees past level. Any further suggestions would be much appreciated.

The Sheriff, Wow, what beautiful birds!! I happened to have my computer monitor view enlarged to 200% when I landed upon your old post, the very first in this thread. The photo of 'Ici' caught my eye because I have a nearly white young cockerel and was imagining he may end up looking much the...

Wow, that's a ton of great information. Thank you for posting! I'm brand new to color genetics and not sure I understand. I have a flock of Saxony ducks and I have a pair of Khaki Campbells. Is there any cross between them that would give me sex-linked ducklings? If I bred the KC drake to...

Hello all. I'm in the Colorado Springs area and I have about 15 SFH cockerels from Greenfire Farms new bloodlines, currently 2 and 3 months old. If anyone is interested, please PM me. I'd like to find them homes soon or it'll be off to freezer camp. :( Local pickup only. I'm not NPIP yet...

Does anyone on this thread have a white Hedemora rooster? If so, can you tell me if white in the Hedemora landrace is dominant or recessive? I know that varies by breed. I am trying to keep as much color in my flock as possible and need to choose between my white roo and my black roo. Also...