Hi all,
I primarily raise chickens but recently I have started to keep ducks and guineas as well. Currently I have Salmon Faverolles, Delawares, Mottled Java, Black Java, White Java, Auburn Java, Blue, Black, Splash, and Buff Orpington, Welsummer, Barnevelder, true rumpless and tufted Araucana...
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First of all both are good breeds to keep. As far as the breed selectors go I don't agree with many of the charts that I have seen. I have found many to have too much misinformation in them. We have been keeping heritage breeds of poultry at my farm for quite a few years and I have...
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I think a few of them are mottled. I'll let you know when they grow up a bit more.
Anything that has yellow on areas other than the belly should be mottled. ie chick on right in 1st pic and then on left in 2nd pic. Other chick is black.
These colors are so much fun. I'm so excited...
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Are they both supposed to be black chicks? The one on the right does not.
I think a few of them are mottled. I'll let you know when they grow up a bit more.
Good luck with the chicks.
I am curious to see how yours look when they are older. We ended up culling all our birds from Urch...
If you don't have a website to sell from and are not having any luck on BYC I would hatch your own eggs and offer the chicks for sale. We have a waiting list for some of our birds but then we have some types that don't sell as well also. I hatched over 1,000 chicks last year and sold them...
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and can you believe how quick these are getting up there?
You guys are too much. If this hits $90 I'll have to add 6 more eggs!
Bring on the extra six.............
You guys are killing me, this is the first time I have ever tried to buy something here since...
I guess fitting into my egg turner is out of the question, lol. I have been thinking about getting the american blue or lavender for a while but I don't have an egg turner for goose eggs.
We are NPIP certified #14-1305 and are in Massachusetts. We breed Javas (black,white,mottled,auburn), Delaware, Plymouth Rock, Barnevelders (3 lines) Speckled Sussex,Orpingtons, Silkies(partridge, blue, black,lavender) and D'Uccles