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I was wondering if it’s possible to hatch chicks from hens that have been treated with ivermectin pour on? Has anyone ever tried this before, does it affect egg fertility?

Thanks! I think I will try both ways and see what the results are. I don’t know much about color genetics but I think it would be a good project just to see what happens, honestly the lacing probably isn’t the best to begin with since they are from hatchery stock. I also have some nice...

I’m getting some Silver Laced Cochins from McMurray hatchery in the spring, I’m assuming they are going to be far from standard. I was wondering if it would be better to breed them to show line white or black Cochins to improve type, which would preserve more of the lacing if any in the offspring?

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Did you ever find anyone offering Blue Wyandotte hatching eggs? I still haven’t had any luck :(

I forgot to mention the feed they were on 20% all flock when the first hen died and now I use the pictures below, I do mix layer with the start and grow to increase protein

I just asked the breeder and she said she has started having her birds die from fatty liver also so she said it was genetic most likely. I had the first one that died sent to a lab and she was formally diagnosed with fatty liver disease and died from it rupturing, so I figured since she didn’t...

Your right about the bleeding, I now see and realize that it’s large blood clot in some of the pictures. Maybe fatty liver and it ruptured but I’m not sure why my hens are overweight and overeating if that’s the case.

@Wyorp Rock maybe you can help me with this

This is my first necropsy so I don’t really know what I’m doing or what I’m looking at lol but I did the best I could to provide lots of pictures. 1 year old Wyandotte hen, laying eggs daily and no sign of illness. Got up this morning and went out to feed the chickens and this hen was laying...

12 Silver Laced eggs are $75 12 Blue Laced Red eggs are $75 12 Silver Penciled eggs are $85

I’m making a waitlist for hatching eggs, I’ll probably start shipping hatching eggs around March. I have a very small flock & breeding pens so I can’t take large orders, I can ship 12 eggs plus any extras I get from each variety at a time. NPIP certified flock located in Fountian, North Carolina...

The cockerel is from Watercolor Creek Farm, Elizabeth Mills in NC and some of the pullets are from Nittany Wyandottes, Meta Lexon.

Okay, thanks! I’m definitely excited to keep working with them, doesn’t seem like many breeders are. I’m definitely going to aim for shorter backs and higher tails next year. This is my second year breeding to standard so I’ve still got a lot to learn about it.

I started working with these LF Silver Penciled Wyandottes last year, tails aren’t very good on them but they are the only Silver Penciled I could find from a breeder that was willing to ship chicks or hatching eggs. Tail carriage is very low, most of them are missing a lot of their primary tail...

Some of my Silver Laced Wyandotte pullets and cockerels at 6 to 7 months old.

Splash/Blue Laced Red pullets and a black laced red cockerel I hatched at the beginning of this year. Very happy with how they look so far!

The Elector PSP worked! The permethrin dust helped a lot for putting it on surfaces like on top and in the nesting boxes, where I was seeing them the most. I also filled in the cracks in the wood of my nesting boxes with caulk, I think that’s where they were mostly hiding.

He is only 3 months so that may be why he looks like a hen but he is definitely a cockerel, looks totally different from the pullets his age, same breed. (pic below) I was thinking maybe an eye injury also, crazy enough my grandma just had cataract surgery so I should be able to get the eye...