I was completely blown away when I received these eggs:
I ordered 7 and got an extra!
I remembered how it felt to get a present for my birthday or Christmas (and it has been many, many years).
BIG thanks to Acornewell for the most beautiful egg shipment EVER.
Looking (desperately) for bantam salmon Faverolles hatching eggs. Only need a few since my incubator only fits 7 eggs. I've reached out to LOTS of breeders with absolutely NO response whatsoever. Please help! Thanks.
Whoa, Linda... That's wonderful news!!! I used to live in El Cerrito, right off of Central Ave. (very close to the 99 Ranch Market) and I remember somebody keeping chickens a few blocks from our apartment complex. I thought it was wonderful. I now live in Hercules, where I know I'm not supposed...
I have a GORGEOUS "Favington" bantam cockerel that I need to sell. His mother is a salmon Faverolles bantam and the father is a black Orpington bantam. This, I'm told, is the ideal "first step" in crossing breeds to put hybrid vigor back into the Faverolles. I think you'd breed him to a...
This morning, my daughter found our EE bantam hen in a secret nesting spot. She didn't come home last night and I had a feeling that she was pulling this stunt (again). We discovered she was sitting on TEN eggs! Any chicks that hatch would be fathered by a black Orpington bantam rooster.
Would...
CABean? I don't know how close you are to SJ, but here's somebody selling Marans:
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/grd/1010198671.html
Doesn't say what color the eggs are on the Marans scale, so they may not be impressive, but who knows...
Here's another seller in West Marin, but he doesn't...
Heya, Christie!
My pullets are WONDERFUL!!! I was just so heartbroken when one of them got killed by a hawk on New Year's Eve day. She was my daughter's favorite, too. I REALLY want to breed my two remaining girls plus my older hen, but I just have NOT had any luck hatching out a cockerel...
Yes, I have two beautiful pullets that I hatched from Mothergoose's eggs last year. I had three, but lost one to my first (and hopefully last) raptor attack. I have another hen from Isgrigg line and my oldest Fav hen (from a completely different line) doesn't lay eggs at all, though I love her...
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That's Paula, right? I've never bought eggs from her, but she's definitely a sweetheart! You really find some "good eggs" on CA Chickens. I mean really great folks. If any of them are local to you, all the better.
OOohhh! Are/were you a banana slug? My husband went to UCSC.
You're pretty far from me, but I do believe there are a number of CA Chicken members in your area. I know they were dealing with the awful fires during fire season. I hope they didn't affect you!
Sure, I'd be game for being on a...
You should join California Chickens (a Yahoo group). I can PM you the link to the site - it's a little hard to find.
I breed black Orpington bantams and I'm TRYING to get a breeding group of salmon Faverolles bantams started, but I'm limited to a VERY small-scale "operation" here. I don't...
Ahhh... EXCELLENT!!! Okay, now I feel very reassured that what I have are NOT Australorps. Whew!!! I guess I'll just have to work on better type, then, so there's no room for confusion. I actually preferred my first rooster, but he was SO LOUD (and at odd hours, no less), I was forced to part...
Okay, I think my panic level has been brought down significantly. THANK YOU, ALL!!! Jody, your pullets are just BEAUTIFUL!!! I agree that the pullet from my first pair looks a lot like them (that's really a terrible picture of her - she's got a lot more sheen), but my second pullet (the one that...
I apologize BIG if this is like the umpteenth time you're seeing a post on this matter (I've posted this at two other sites). If you have already responded on one of the other sites, don't worry about posting here. I'm keeping track of ALL replies.
I hatched and raised what I was POSITIVE to...