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  1. Sierra987

    Whiting Farms in Co. What do you know about them?

    Normally he's been very prompt answering my emails. But this is hatching season and I'm sure he's busy. I've seen him in the store in GJ delivering and putting out the chicks last year. And last year he sold 68.000 chicks - with no advertising. And this is just a sideline that's grown, not his...
  2. Sierra987

    Whiting Farms in Co. What do you know about them?

    Thanks for the info. His disposition sounds very reasonable. Peyton is a good looking boy for sure!
  3. Sierra987

    Silkie Cross Thread!! PICS!!

    And here he is mostly grown up.
  4. Sierra987

    Whiting Farms in Co. What do you know about them?

    I don't have any Whiting roosters; just a little mixed laying flock for my own enjoyment. One of my NN pullets went broody after she laid her first dozen eggs in hidden nest last summer and I let her hatch a couple green eggs but my rooster is a black Silkie. The surviving chick is a rooster and...
  5. Sierra987

    Whiting Farms in Co. What do you know about them?

    That would be nice to see. I've only had a couple of the green egg layers and they were rather unique in having single combs and yellow legs. I think the started pullets at Murdochs last year were too. I'll see if I can find a pic. Here were mine - And some started pullets at Murdochs...
  6. Sierra987

    Whiting Farms in Co. What do you know about them?

    Usually you can find Whiting chicks at several of the Murdoch's stores on the western slope. They'll have them in Grand Junction (Clifton) from what he said in our email conversation last winter. I only have one of his green egg layers at the moment. This was her second winter and she laid...
  7. Sierra987

    True Blue Whiting info please?

    If it helps you out at all, when I emailed Dr. Whiting about the McMurray birds, he said they were a feather sexable breeder package he sold to them. And they were the latest generation so the same genetic potential as he has here in CO.
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    True Blue Whiting info please?

    @shortgrass I don't know where in northern CO you are but the Whiting chicks are offered at some Murdochs stores on the western slope every spring. If you really wanted a more uniform color, it might be worth a trip to pick some up yourself. Just call the store and find out what day they come...
  9. Sierra987

    True Blue Whiting info please?

    I would guess that the reason the chickens in the photos from MMM look a bit "rough" is their age. They're young and feathering in - chickens are never very attractive at that stage. MMM could do themselves a favor by putting up better pics of the adult chickens but oh well. I think anyone...
  10. Sierra987

    True Blue Whiting info please?

    Here is a pic some point of lay Whiting blue egg layers that were for sale at the local Murdochs this past summer. Again these are not necessarily the same as what McMurray is offering but come from the same background.
  11. Sierra987

    True Blue Whiting info please?

    I have a few Whiting hens purchased locally. Blue egg layers, green egg layers and a Rhode Island (Production) Red. I purchased these at point of lay from a woman who purchased the chicks when a local store cancelled their order. They were raised free range and were pretty flighty when I got...
  12. Sierra987

    Naked Neck/Turken Thread

    I picked up 3 chicks on a whim last spring and had no idea how much I was going to like them. And it was their personalities that won me over - so funny and social.
  13. Sierra987

    Naked Neck/Turken Thread

    Well then don't come here and look at them. I love mine.
  14. Sierra987

    Silkie Cross Thread!! PICS!!

    My silkie cross chick at 5 weeks. Black Silkie dad, Easter Egger mother.
  15. Sierra987

    Silkie Cross Thread!! PICS!!

    I love your dark skinned NNs. Hopefully I'll have some down the road. Of course I want them to lay blue and green eggs too so it may be a bit before I have that particular combination.
  16. Sierra987

    Naked Neck/Turken Thread

    Way behind on reading this thread! In the meantime I just have to share this pic I took of my broody and her 4 1/2 week old chick. I have had so much fun watching her raise this chick.
  17. Sierra987

    Naked Neck/Turken Thread

    I have limited experience but I impulsively bought 3 NN pullets this spring. One of them went broody very soon after she started laying and hatched a couple eggs by the time she was 6 months. I didn't let her hatch her own eggs but put a few Silkie X green eggs layer eggs under her. She's been a...
  18. Sierra987

    Naked Neck/Turken Thread

    Mama and chick spent their first day with the flock (chick is 3 1/2 weeks old). I know she has a hard time protecting him because of her age and rank in the flock. He was not happy this evening when I got home and fussed and hollered until she took him to bed! I think they got separated more...
  19. Sierra987

    Naked Neck/Turken Thread

    You guys need to be careful with these head injuries. Yikes!
  20. Sierra987

    Naked Neck/Turken Thread

    And I think that's probably the best way. I've just been reluctant thinking I might not do it quite right. But considering my track record with other methods, that seems ummm.... a bit ridiculous.
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