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Is there any Processors around South Carolina that will process small quanties of birds? Raising 25-30 cornish cross and not sure i want to try to process my self!!!!

I have OLIVE EGGER Fertile Hatching Eggs for sale $30 per dozen. These are the F1's created by a Ameracauna Rooster and French Black Copper Marans Hens. These are bred back to a Marans Rooster so the chicks that hatch will lay F2 darker olive eggs! I am in Saluda SC which is close to Columbia...

Quote: My second gens Olive Eggers MOSTLY laid dark eggs. They still were green, but too dark for my liking. I am going to just work from the first cross in the future. Well what im trying to figure out is, if i keep breeding back to marans and keep only the peacombs that keep the blue egg...

How many times can you breed an olive egger back to a marans and keep the blue gene? I've seen f2's and f3's but can you keep going? Like could you eventually get back to a dark brown like a marans egg and still be blue on the inner shell?

think this was one of her first that may have slipped back into her overduct and got double and tripple coverage of the dark "spray" before she could get it out of her. But yes its possible, but not gonna be a normal egg they will lay.

My Olive Egger Mixed Ameracauna Rooster over French Black Copper Marans Hen. Her Tri-Color Egg:

I used a Ameraucana over a French Black Copper Marans hen. This is my Olive Egg compared to Leghorn and Buff Orpington Eggs. This is Compared to two RIR eggs:

Thanks!

Here is some pics by the run.

Thanks that was two very good links! Puts the ventilation into perspective! Gonna add long vents under the shingle over hang now! Also might add a Window or prop out on the coop side where its kinda plain and can be opened and closed seasonally and hardware cloth it.

Do you think it will be enough ventilation? dont want to cook the birds in this south carolina heat, but dont want too much to have to winterize it. I added one more tiger paw vent on the front door so it has three now. also the chicken door will stay open to the run most all the time.

Yeah this was a little overboard?! Kinda an addictive hobby.

Specs: 4ft x 8ft x 5.5 ft Tall 1/2 Treated floor 1/2 Treated roof covered with shingles. 1/2 T1-11 Exterior Plywood Stained with Deck Stain 6 large nest boxes (14"x14") 20" from floor 4 Roost poles 25" from floor. Chicken entry door 8"x 14" Acces/Clean out Entry Door 24" x 44" Clemson Tiger Paw...

Here is a few more, anyone tell if its a roo or a hen?

Had a little suprise in the nest box when i checked for eggs! Will moth balls be okay to throw under and around the coop? It wont repel the chickens too? Any other advice would be great. I have a 19 month old little boy who likes to check the eggs and dont wont him finding one of these.