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I'm in Wisconsin and will have Svarthona, aka Swedish Black Hens, this spring :) One girl has finally started laying again, so just waiting on the others! We are part of NPIP.

@U_Stormcrow I've seen you helping a lot of people - is there any chance you might be able to share your feed mill's recipe? We might need to tweak it a bit to support all our species, but it might be a better starting point than what our mill makes now. Something they have in there as-is is not...

Our largest client has MS, and has noticed that eating eggs from chickens that have eaten soy causes her symptoms to flare up. It may be psychological, it may not - but we don’t want to lose her business.

Hi all! We've been getting feed at our local mill, but our birds aren't really thriving on it like they were on their fancy expensive stuff (Scratch & Peck). The mill is willing to blend a custom feed for us - does anyone happen to have a full recipe with ingredient amounts/ratios? We have...

Thanks! He's my fave, too. We're debating now whether to hang onto #2 as a spare or hope that one of our littles in the brooder turns out better.

Here are a couple more pics I was able to get. Sorry again that they're not great! #1 is our most confident Marans but still hangs behind our Welsummer most of the time. #2 won't stand up straight. He can, but he won't stop bowing every time I look at him, so it's hard for me to get a good idea...

Thank you! Unfortunately, the space is tight and isn’t conducive to very good pics, but I’ll try again! #2 is verrrrry timid after a couple beatdowns by the others and is locked in an Omlet Eglu with a Jaerhon buddy.

Hi everyone! What do you think of these three BCM cockerels? I was hoping to have time to let them grow out a bit more, but unfortunately have to cull 1-2 tomorrow :hit

It depends what your specific goals are! On our little homestead, it's vigor > personality > looks > utility. We chose our Buckeyes from a line that everyone says is the friendliest - Bill Dyke's. He started his line with Lay & Shumaker stock. We started with them this year and have got some...

Redo of Submission 3 since the other one had a turkey in the background LOL - a curious Bielefelder

Submission 4, one of my favorite Buckeye hens

Submission 2, a sweet Deathlayer

Submission 1, a nosey Ameraucana

Hey all! Just wanted to give those of you seeking Jaerhons a heads up that we’ll have hatching eggs & can have chicks/started birds for people willing to pick up in NE Wisconsin in Fall 22/Spring 23! Ours are from a line straight out of Norway and NOT Ideal or Sandhill. We got our first egg...

I was gifted some from a lady who doesn't usually share but felt bad after I got two dead batches from Ideal. She brought her line from her family town in Norway back when that was legal! If all goes well, mine will start laying next year and I'll have eggs available (or chicks for pickup) :)

Thanks for the suggestion! That chick passed away that day and I'm still trying to save its sibling - this one's neck is so twisted that it can't eat or drink without me straightening it out and syringe feeding egg yolk, and then holding the chick upright for a while so the food doesn't come...

Watch out if you order from them - I placed an order for hatching eggs in January and requested that they send them around a certain date. In February, they tried to charge me $65 extra for more shipping fees and at that point, I asked to adjust the order to remove some breeds because our coop...

Mine haven't started laying yet, but a lady who brought them from Norway gave them to me after I got two batches of sick/dead ones from Ideal. She's had hers for years and years, so I've got my fingers crossed!

I think my Norwegian Jaerhons are probably my most rare 🇳🇴 ❤️

Over the weekend, 5 Langshan chicks hatched from a place called Spectrum Poultry. The last 3 came out with issues and are in my hospital brooder - one has wry neck, one didn’t fully absorb its yolk and is generally weak, and this third one I had to help because it was shrink wrapped. The other...