I'm looking for purebred Black Minorcas to add new blood to my breeders. Preferably with the classic s-flop comb in the females where the first point tends to lean one way over the beak and the rest twisting and flopping over the eye on the opposite side of the head. If that isn't possible,, I...
This year I had ordered some Black Minorcas from Murrays because I have always had a special place in my heart for them. My grandmother had a flock of them when I was a kid and it is what got me interested in chickens oh so many years ago. Along with them I got my usual odd assortment of layers...
I'm just curious as to what day people set there eggs for lockdown. I have set them on day 18 and 19, and personally tend to get slightly better hatches if I let them turn for the full 18 days and then set them in the hatching tray on day 19. This is not a right or wrong thread so please don't...
Ok this is a bit opposite of what this section usually does,, ie, post a pic and guess the breed.
But I would like to know if anyone has any pics of what the Phoenix pullets from Murray's hatchery looks like? I know these birds actually have different color patterns like the games do and was...
long time reader of the forum and finally decided to join. a long time raiser of chickens,, my grandmother got me interested wayyy back with her flock of Black Minorcas,, still my all time favorite breed. am now raising different breeds for different purposes,, egg sales and meat sales as...
Just recently aquired a used Little Giant styrofoam incubator with a wafer type thermo on it from my recently deceased grandmother. (She is the one who originally got me interested in chickens years back with a flock of Black Minorcas,, still my all time favorite bird) Anyway,, I decided to test...