Yesterday was having a conversation at work about my chickens with non chicken owners. One girl(a nurse by the way) asked me how do chicks get into the egg? I said "well you need a rooster to mate the hen to create a fertilized egg". Well she and another nurse thought the hen layed the egg...
I know there is a maran thread but it is really so long and I just want to learn a little more about the maran blood lines especially the black copper.
I already have some bc from valentines line which really does not tell me where they come from. I currently have some davis/wade bloodlines in...
I know there are alot from western pa/ohio region on here anyone interested in having a swap or chicken stock? I thought we could have this possibly at butler county or lawrence county fairgounds since they have chicken facilities(cages/shelters ect) we can rent. I thought sometime early...
I have some quality black jersey giants from great breeder bloodlines. Pm me and I can give you more info on the bloodlines. They are 3 weeks old and will be selling them for 7.00 each at 6 weeks or longer. I have 4 roos to go. I live near youngstown and pittsburgh area.
I was at work the other day while my marans were hatching. We had 6/8 eggs pipping and I already had two beautiful chicks out. I called my daughter for updates who was home and all was well with 4 chicks by 7pm. I unfortunatley could not make it home til 11pm and when I called at 8pm she...
We have been very lucky with our babies this year. I've been blessed with a colt named dakota and a filly named raine.
Dakota is 4 weeks today, officially will be one month on monday the 20th
Man look at that butt!
sweet raine who is a week old today!
What is that thing?
I just ordered from mcmurray last night I have ducks coming on may 11! So excited! I have had some pekins which are so sweet. I'm really wanted some blue swedish and buffs and I like the fact you can actually order females versus straight run. Anybody ever order from them for ducks and how...
I've been wanting some javas. I've seen mottled javas at the hatcheries but wanted a good purebred bird. I found some eggs for black and white javas of good breeder quality.! I'm getting some black javas next week, her whites are going to be my next batch.
For those of you with javas, mottled...
We have a new baby foal this morning another dun. I think it is a dunolino or very light red dun. She was just born in this pic in the barnlot. Mom and baby are now in the barn and doing great. I'll take better pics later. Her name is raine.
I'm looking for some legbands that are numbered or ones I can write on. I got the plastic bandettes but prefer one I can keep track of each bird. Any online sources?
A friend of my dh's who wants to run a pheasant ranch is looking for a breeder to sell eggs. Anybody know of any? Welp has the chukar patridges for 3.00+ each but If i could get hold of a few eggs to experiement for now.
I took my jerseys off the turner this morning I distinctly heard peeping just now. No pipping, is this too early? I usually will hear it on day 20. I candled last l=night and thought some were really close to top of air cell. Should i worry?
Right now I've been hatching my chicks in the bedroom/spare bathroom. I have two incubators going most times. Dh has been promising to get me the sportsmen soon and we have a spare bedroom that he suggested to use for the hatching. Anybody have a "incubating/hatching room"? or where do you...
I ordered some eggs from a maran breeder found on maran club usa who lives near me. He sent me 12 for the 6 e g g s I bought and some are darker than others. He calls his rating a 4-7 for color They are golden salmon marans. They will go into the genesis tomorrow. Edited to add, I ended up...
I put in an order for ducklings awhile ago and just got notified they will be coming to arrive june 19. I know a while to wait. I got some buffs, khaki campbells and swedish non crested(total of 15). I love baby ducks!
My mare had her first baby this morning a bay dun filly. I will post pics tonight as soon as sprint downloads them to my email. We were a little surprised. We did not know when our stallion covered her vet was saying may but surprise she came the first day of spring.
This is my first hatch of the season in the 1588 I bought last year. I love the 1588 still got up to temp with no adjusting in the first hour though it's been ready for two days. These are the first hatch from our chicks we got last year.