Recent content by Yardegg

Firedove, I feel your concern. I have some Partridge Wyandotte Bantams that look pretty good -- with that one exception. Last summer my two kids each showed a cockerel and a pullet. The judge just dismissed them out of hand for being "bunny tailed." He was referring to the pullets, but...

Our first order from McMurray Hatchery about nine years ago included their "free exotic chick." Ours was a Golden Sebright pullet who we named "Freebie." She lived eight years, and was a real pet. Yardegg

Kesha, Since you say you ordered "layers" I don't think you have anything to worry about. I've ordered from them for eight years in a row, and have no problems with the company itself. Now that we are showing more, we will probably buy a few from breeders. My order of 26 birds came in on Feb...

Really? Only one breed? Well, I have to agree that the Brahma's are hard to beat for sweet disposition, and general laying ability. But, I've gotten out of the Brahma birds simply because the feathered feet and legs are so hard to keep parasite-free where I live. I have had really good luck...

digitS' I like the cardboard box method. I'm all about using whatever is available -- especially if there is a recycling component involved. If I use your method, I could burn the soiled boxes in the burn barrel which would help eliminate a host of pests and their eggs or larvae. Now to...

Dear BYC'ers, This weekend my wife and I did some rearranging in the barn so that the chickens can have half and the goats can have the other half. This meant that we had to move our ten-hole front roll-out nest battery. Sheeeeeeesh! I wish I had never bought that thing. It cost about $200...

Dear hinkjc, I'd like to help out in some way. As you can probably tell, I'm very hopeful for this breed. Someday I may be able to buy some eggs for hatching. Let's keep our poultry heritage alive. Yardegg

Keep working on those Pyncheons! I have become very interested in preserving this very important heritage breed. I bought a copy of The House of the Seven Gables just to read the few passages where Hawthorne mentions them. Hawthorne actually raised this breed around 1850. I wish the SPPA or...

Overrun, Can you post a couple of pictures of the Meyer Hatchery Wyandottes? I'd like to see how they compare to McMurray's. I haven't mastered the technique of posting pictures myself, but I need to learn. Thanks, Yardegg

The design is way cool. I gotta have one, or two, or three... Yardegg

Dear Newegg, I have about a dozen or so Partridge Wyandotte bantams from Murray McMurray Hatchery. They are very healthy and tame. HOWEVER; they are NOT show quality. Their coloring isn't too bad, but all of them are too tall (ie. long legged) and have incorrect tails, often called "bunny...

Is there a benifit to having a rooster in the hen house????? There certainly is; especially from the rooster's point of view. Yardegg

Dear BYC Folk, Just checking to see what you thought of the Lebanon show. Did any of you exhibit? I didn't exhibit but I bought two trios of Red Brown Old English bantams: two cockerels and four pullets. I thought it was a pretty good show, and I got to meet some really nice people who breed...

I think it opens to the public at that time.

We live just south of Lyford. You could bum a ride with us but we have a carload and we are going over on Friday to spend the night. The show opens at 6:30 am. Yardegg