Doing a test hatch in the new incubator. Set 3 Arkansas Blue eggs, then all eggs on hand, including Buff and Black Orpingtons, imported White Orpingtons, Australorps, Buckeyes, White Wyandotte Bantams, and lonely Buff Wyandotte Bantam egg laid yesterday.
I am beat! Yesterday we hauled a huge load of saw dust from a local sawmill ($6 because they loaded) and then with a wheelbarrow and 5 gal buckets we hauled it 20+ yards to the chicken coops. But all our birds are happier. Especially the Arkansas Blues. We had severe storms almost every day for...
It should be noted that the UofA strain of Blue egg layers we have are not the same as what Whiting is now selling. Whiting's site states some of his chicks hatch with the chipmunk color pattern. None of the offspring from the UofA flock hatches with this pattern. They hatch with the standard...
Jahdan's incubator went out. Its a Genesis and it spiked at 107 full of Arkansas Blue eggs. We now have 18 in a friends incubator and Jahdan is buying a new incubator next month. So we have been "sharing" a few more eggs.
Ours laid right thru the winter. X-large light blue eggs. Ours nearly...
Ronott1,
Heads up. get the incubator ready. Eggs are shipped today. Mine finally kicked themselves into gear! We should not have any issues with them laying from now on.
Jim
FINALLY! We got a Blue egg today!!!!!
With all our flocks have been through this felt so good to open the egg door and find a lovely BLUE egg! Will start saving for the orders we owe now! Just pray they stay laying!
We are working on our flocks. They were "forced molted" in October (long story, but not my idea) and then the rains set in. We have no running water at the farm now (it was severely damaged by the mobile home movers) so we carry and use rain water. A 55 gallon barrel sits at the carport corner...
with all this in mind.... and the well known fact I love buff..... what about crossing an Ideal Buff Leghorn with a Buff Araucana? An Arkansas Buff Blue Egg Layer?
The photo of the "Shaver" Leghorn in post #1 was just an example. We have not been told which parent line was used. In fact, we do not even know if these originated in or even near Arkansas. Dr. Bramwell travels around the world. This month he was at our Arkansas Backyard Meetup Seminar one week...
Each strain is different. Some strains lay better than others. It is my understanding that these came from the "parent line" white leghorns. That is different than what the hatcheries have. Hatcheries sell the offspring of the parent lines.
Its not going to happen. The records went with the flock. If we knew the researcher/developer's name, maybe we could locate the information. But Dr, Bramwell is not at liberty to reveal his name. So we may never find out the exact how he developed these. Which parent line Leghorn did he use? No...
In 5 to 6 months my chicks should be laying! Ours started laying at 4 1/2 months old. Most of us with these Blue egg layers have what can be considered hatch mates. They are from the same large breeding pen. Banjo, what ratio male:female do you have in your breeding pen? I know you hatched more...