I have 1 roo and 3 hens. Free to a good home. They do have rose combs. Don't know anything about the quality and do not have pictures. They are very healthy and laying, but not great layers. Roo is friendly but very active. Likes to fly out of the pen and roam all over the property. PM...
I want to buy about 6-8 BCM eggs from good laying lines. The 4 birds I have are Wade lines but I need to add another line. Mine don't seem to lay very well. Does anyone have really good, pure BCM's that are laying and would be willing to sell me some close to West TN? I need them before next...
I have 6-7 barred rock laying hens and 2 roos that I need to sell to make room for this year's crop of chicks. These were hatched last May 2010 and stopped laying Oct. 15-Dec. Started laying again right after Christmas and have been laying since. This is not a breed I normally keep and just...
I hatched some EE's last year from a black/white/gold mixed roo over one white EE, one wild-type colored EE, and one brown/blue EE. From that group I have gotten 3 solid white birds. 1 solid white EE hen-lays pink eggs and 2 solid white EE roos. The other EE's from that group all lay blue...
How long is this man off for the holidays? He just walked by and asked me if the BYC stood for Bring Your own Chicken. I said, "Of course, I have invited everyone from the Internet to come to my house and BYC." It will be 3 days of total chicken!! It could be a total chicken immersion...
I need a homozygous rooster to breed with my EE's. He doesn't have to be show quality just homozygous for the blue egg gene. I will pick him up this week if anyone in the West TN, West KY, East AR, N. Miss., S.E. Missouri area has one. Please PM me if you have one you will part with.
For Pick Up only--6 barred rock hens and 1 barred rock cock; 2-3 hens are in the 2nd year and the others were hatched this past spring. Started as hatchery stock; cock is very nice, large, great feathering, and gentle. Four hens are currently laying, others will lay again in the spring...
Do any of the feed companies make a higher calcium laying pellet/crumble? My older hens need the extra calcium and they won't eat the oyster shell pellets. I wish someone would make a higher calcium laying pellet for older hens. Any ideas about how to get calcium down them. I have about 50...
Any of you guys spend way too much time on this forum when you should be doing other stuff like: studying for your grad. finals, cleaning the house, cooking supper, etc? I have got to get off of here. Why is this stuff so addicting??
Question 1: Is feathering on the legs correlated in anyway to the darkness of the egg? Can you have clean legged Marans that lay an 8-9 egg?
Question 2: Are missing/loose feathers on Marans related to nutrition, genetics, or breed vigor in anyway? (assuming there is no roo jumping them all...
Which breeds lays for eggs and larger eggs--the RIW or the Delaware? I want to hatch my own sex-links from my production red roo. Should I use Delawares or RIW's? I want a large brown egg and at least 5 a week. Does anyhone have experience with these two breeds and hatching sex-links?
I have several roos that I need to get rid of. I have one White Rock roo (14 mo. old) with a healed comb that was frost bitten. I have a 15 mo old BO roo, and about 8 BR roos that are 10 weeks old. I am NPIP certified and will not ship. PM me if interested. I also have many pullets for sale...
I have used Sevin dust for several years to control for parasites. Now I can't get it? I have tried DE and wood ash to no avail. Anyone have other ideas? I have about 200 birds so small scale controls won't work.