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Not wheaten/blue wheaten Marans, but I took this picture tonight and thought it might be of interest to this thread. 9 week old Ameraucana cockerels - wheaten, light and dark blue wheaten, and splash wheaten from left to right. Plus a couple of Marans and a blue wheaten Am pullet hiding...

Dot, the Sussex, is the first of 15 to come up going "Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii! Whatcha up to??" I generally don't pick up my birds but would guess that she'd handle okay. The Delawares are just kinda there. Not scared, not particularly friendly. The Exchequer Leghorn is flighty, but...

Yup, they were fine. Here's the first batch at 4 days - looking at it now, you can tell the wimpy chicks from the others. They're the ones with their eyes closed - center black/white and bottom right. Everyone else was perky and ate/drank fine. I do buy the Gro-Gel; don't know if that helps...

I've had two orders from Meyer - both had meaties and the first had layer pullets as well. I didn't lose any in shipment but had a couple wimpy chicks in the first batch that I had to cull. I really, really like the Speckled Sussex hen I got and the Exchequer Leghorn is also pretty cool. The...

Okay, I put mine back in the tractor. It's a bit small (35 sq ft for 20 birds) but they're back outside and can be a bit cramped until Saturday. I noticed that some of mine have yellow beaks/legs and some have white. I have hens and roos of each type. Has anyone noticed this as well? And...

Mine are still around, and I want them gone! Planning to process in a week to get them off my feed bill. Not sure whether it's this strain, the weather (last batch was in the Spring), the feed (organic non-soy starter/finisher), or the feeding protocol (fed set amounts twice a day, not free...

Riella Farms in Manteca did mine for me a year and a half ago - just call and schedule the drop off, then go hang out somewhere for an hour and come back with coolers and ice. http://www.riellafarms.com/cms/ I believe there's also a place in Sacramento, which may or may not be closer.

I'm going to have to try this - I'm pretty sure mine are straight run. Lost one the first night, but the remaining are healthy and chowing down. I'll probably set them outside for an hour or so tomorrow since it should be warm, and then I can strip the brooder and rebed fully.

Mine are here, too! I think I have 26 if I counted right - one looked like it had a green smudge, so that may be a random freebie. They all made it safely to CA. I have a 3'x4' wooden crate with two heat lamps, since they wanted to pile up too much with just one. You'll be happy that you...

Since I know I wasn't the only one suckered into this special, let's use this as a thread to follow the "same" birds in different locations and feeding plans... I'm in the CA Bay Area and I'm planning on raising mine on no-soy starter and finisher. It's also organic but that's not my main...

It worked! 2 lavenders out of 6 lav/lav split Ameraucana eggs (local) out right on time. Now to wait on the others and the two B/B/S Jersey Giant eggs (shipped) that are a couple of days behind... I would put money down that this is a roo. The other one runs and hides under mom, but...

Day 12 for my shipped Jersey Giants and day 14 for the local Ameraucanas. I had 2 of the 7 B/B/S Jersey Giants get going, so I'm hoping to get at least one chick - of course, with my luck it will be a black roo! The 6 lav/lav split Ameraucanas look good from what I can see, but the shells are...

I'm in - put 6 lav/lav split Ameraucanas under my Silkie on Tuesday and just added some B/B/S Jersey Giant eggs that I had shipped. This hen has raised chicks for me but neither she nor I have ever tried hatching eggs! I'm totally expecting either nothing or only black roos...

Finally decided to order a few eggs to put under my broody Silkie and thought I should get the other breeds I want if possible. Chicken math... Wanted: 6ish eggs per breed *Quality* Wheaten/Blue Wheaten/Lavendar Ameraucana and/or Wheaten Marans eggs Needs to ship Monday or Tuesday, 7/2 or...

Okay, I'm inspired. I've had a broody Silkie for about 3 weeks who was *very* determined and a feed store who had Cornish Rocks... I just gave her 4, so we'll see how that works out. I plopped them under her and then moved the whole next box out to the meatie tractor. My plan is to keep her...

Okay, double posting because I just finished up getting the birds in the freezer... I left 8 whole (5 going to my husband's uncle, 3 for us) and parted out 5. It was my first time(s) breaking down a chicken, so a great skill to learn anyway. One chicken breast stayed in the fridge for my...

*sniffle* Final live weigh-in from Thursday... We had a hot spell here and the meaties were getting stressed - panting and holding their wings out, plus one flipped a few days before the weigh-in. Of course, this was the weekend that everyone was busy/out of town, so I decided to take them to...

My Cornish cross are 6.5 weeks and ready to go, honestly. They weighed between 4.0 and 5.5 lbs. last Saturday, and they're obviously bigger and more awkward now. It was hot today, and they were panting and holding their wings out when I got home. All of my processing helpers/supporters are...

Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! My dog is a saint. (I needed something for scale...) 42 days old today.

I have a roo from Meyer with a few black smudges that have been there since I got him. He was the biggest for the first two weeks until a different one took the lead!