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Congratulations!! I hope you DO get those trios. As an aside, I recently got some shipped eggs (Marans), and although they were rested first, the air cells in a few are off kilter. Hopefully they will hatch out fine, as yours did!

That's great news! I hope they turn into lovely little peepers! Please post some pictures once they are hatched. :)

I will have to look up the "back to Eden" method...I haven't heard of it. I'm sure your fall garden will be amazing! And next year you will be ready for a wonderful spring and summer garden. Sounds like you have all your ducks in a row. Timing doesn't always work out well for us, but as long...

Wise choice. We kind of jumped in with both feet, but it was a small puddle. I'd had chickens before, though just for meat and eggs and not for breeding.We've also both done quite a bit of gardening in the past. This year I have chicks, incubating eggs, breeding birds, laying birds, and a...

Go for the goats, and get a dairy variety so you can have the added benefit of fresh milk, along with meat or income from their offspring. We would like goats. Right now we only have about 3/4 of an acre and we are renting here in Eastern NC.

We are doing the same! Its a lot of learning. I love making things myself from scratch, though, despite the extra effort it takes. We are hoping to be able to buy our own land within the next ten years and raise most of our own food as well as make many of out own necessities. Are you still in...

Congratulations! I hope you have a great turn-out and I am interested to see what you've got! I wound up getting Marans for production purposes, but I have a whole bunch of other breeds for their egg colors for now. I hope the Auburns can be brought back for good, as they are gorgeous birds!

I know this an old thread but I was searching for breeds I would eventually like to keep and Java was one of them, and I love the red-brown color. Is anyone still raising this breed and color? Do they do well in warmer climates? I live in Eastern NC and it gets pretty hot and humid here in the...