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  1. tfreeman

    What incubator should I buy?

    I have a GQF Sportsman cabinet incubator. I've had it for years and love it. I have read that other people have bought the Nurture Right 360 and have had good luck with it. It holds about 20+ eggs i believe.
  2. tfreeman

    How much are chickens worth?

    Depends on what part of the country you live in. I live in southeastern Louisiana and people do not like to pay over $15 for an egg layer. Specialty breeds in my area dont go over $30 per bird.
  3. tfreeman

    How to Produce BLR Orpingtons

    I could locate two different GL Orpingtons stock, but both of the BLRs would come from the one individual.
  4. tfreeman

    How to Produce BLR Orpingtons

    @sylviethecochin Thanks for the reply. The problem of buying quality breeding stock for a BLR Orpington is that I have only found one person working on this color in Orpingtons and the lacing needs improvement.
  5. tfreeman

    How to Produce BLR Orpingtons

    No pictures to show at this time. Will check with your recommendations. Thanks
  6. tfreeman

    How to Produce BLR Orpingtons

    My poultry gentics are very limited. Any help would be appreciated. Scenario 1: I have a poorly laced BLR Orpington. To get better lacing and more BLR, would i need to mate the BLR Orpington to a Gold Laced Orpington? Would that give me some better laced BLR Orpingtons? Secario 2...
  7. tfreeman

    Importing hatching eggs

    Has anyone ever imported eggs from another country like Australia? If so, was it hard and what are the steps? Also did they hatch? Thanks.
  8. tfreeman

    HELP!!! Is there a chick in there? Embryo hatching question

    Thanks. If it makes it, I'm gonna call it "Lucky". Tracey
  9. tfreeman

    Silkie mating question

    Thanks, I'll give it a try.
  10. tfreeman

    How long should chicks stay in the incubator?

    Yes and provide water and chick starter for them. Dip there beak into the water (just a little bit) and put a little starter on a papertowel. They instinctly start pecking at it. Tracey
  11. tfreeman

    Silkie mating question

    I have a spash roo that will be 1 year old next month. The pullets with him will be the same age. They started laying about 4 months ago. The eggs are not fertile and I do not see him trying to do his husbandly duties. Do you think he's just a late bloomer? I got them from Brown Egg Blue...
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    HELP!!! Is there a chick in there? Embryo hatching question

    I hatched a set of Red Sex Link eggs on 3/1. 13 of 15 hatched perfectly. Today, 3/3, I decided to get rid of the other 2. I cracked both eggs, 1 was not fertile and the other started bleeding. I felt the egg and it had a heart beat or movement. Well, I put some left over shells back on it...
  13. tfreeman

    "Louisiana "La-yers" Peeps"

    Just thought I'd say hello. I live in Bogalusa, that's about 63 miles north of New Orleans for those who may have not heard. If you blink your eyes when driving thru, you'll miss it. I raise Silkies, Delaware hens with a RIR roo, Bourbon Red turkeys, and Royal Palm turkeys. I also raise...
  14. tfreeman

    Maturity age of a tom question

    OK Here are my pics I took this afternoon. The first pic is a full body shot of the bird in question. The next pic shows the jake? on the left and the right is a jenny. I took also a closeup of head and feet.
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    Maturity age of a tom question

    I'll take a couple of pics tomorrow and will post. Thanks
  16. tfreeman

    Maturity age of a tom question

    Hi everyone. I recently purchased what suppose to be a young male Royal Palm turkey, 9 months old. True enough it has better markings than my 20 mth old hens; however, it has not gobbled once and the hens have chased and pecked at it. He has not strutted his feathers, etc. I'm thinking it...
  17. tfreeman

    what makes a red sex-link chicken

    I know about RIR roos crossed with Delaware hens to get red sex link. I've done it. However, would a Red Sussex Roo create the same sex link chick if mated with a Light Sussex Hen? Does the roo have the needed genes to accomplish this? Thanks T Freeman
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