Thank you for answering my question. No wonder they cost so much! That is a lot of trouble for only a few blues. I guess I'll be looking to breed something a little easier...
The more you talk about those beautiful chocolates, the more you make me want some. lol I have never heard of mauve Orpingtons. Wish I could see a picture of one...
Well, I live in Tennessee and I'm not up to speed on the cross state shipping laws for birds yet. Not to mention the only ones I'll have for sale is the extra toed chicks, so I don't think they would be very good for a show. I hope you can find some closer to your area. Thanks for asking :)
Admittedly, this was my first time using an incubator to hatch chicks, and they hatched late-day 22-25, so I will have to adjust the temp. setting with the next hatch. I also realized (afterward) that I should have been giving the adults a vitamin supplement, which I promptly went to the Tractor...
Question- Is it normal for Jubilee Orps to have extra toes? A couple of my newly hatched chicks have a little feathering on their legs, which I found out can happen in the English breeds, but I just noticed that two of them have an extra toe on their left foot, looking a little like a silkie...
Thanks for the reply, I don't want to over or under price them for my area. I live close to Jackson in West TN. The breeder these came from is located in Memphis, and his 2yr old laying hens/rooster were on Craigslist for $50 each. The birds I got were juveniles and cost me $30 each. My...
Hi! I'm new to raising the Jubilee Orpingtons, and I just got a starter flock of Greenfire Farms and Mark Sacre bloodlines last fall which I'm hoping to hatch several chicks from this spring. I'm not too sure on how to price them though, any advice?