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congratulations on a great hatch!

I can't wait to see these little guys. I have fallen for this breed and can't wait to get some of my own. Until then I will live through everyone else's hatches. I'll be waiting for pics!

Good hatching thoughts to you immyjay

And yo know what that means? It means you will have 21 days to get your camera ready! I am marking my calendar right now.....

Quote: Well it depends on each individuals circumstances as well as breed of chicken. For example, if they are good layers and you waited a few months before deciding to cull you can sell the hens as layers and in most cases you can recover their feed costs since they are at point of lay or...

That first F2 female is pretty. Wow 200 to only get 3? That's a lot of chicken dinners I'm so glad you'er working on these two projects, you have the best New Hampshires in the country and I bet pretty soon you'll be boasting the best Delawares. Seriously Kathy, you'll be a legend in the...

Kathy, I like the body of the first rooster, but like you said the tail is too high, but the body of the second rooster is all compacted together. What is easier to correct the tail or the body? And also whatever happened to your Barred Plymouth Rock/New Hampshire cross project you had going...

Quote: And you didn't bring us any pictures? Okay, I'll give you a little break because MAYBE it still needs to dry off a bit, but after that you better get a picture for us. I'll be waiting

Thank you Walt for explaining line breeding. I've raised chickens most of my life but I am very new to breeding birds to continue desired traits/standards and I would like to understand exactly how to do it without messing things up. If I wanted to break things up into two groups like you said...

Just thought I'd pop in here and tell you guys how much I LOVE these birds. I have never seen these before this evening, not this strain anyway. But wow they are gorgeous, congratulations. Kathy you always have the prettiest birds, how do you do it?? Now I must go find DH and remind him I HAVE...