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  1. mrquacker

    Barred Holland breed of chickens

    Cross Creek, I've hatched my Barred Hollands under broody game hens for two years so I have no experience with them in the Brinsea. Back in march I found a Brinsea Oct auto with humidity pump on craigslist. On June 1st I set 12 Bourbon Red eggs in the Brinsea. On June 3rd I went to Illinois to...
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    Barred Holland breed of chickens

    MHollow, I don,t know much other than my own observations but your cockrels look pretty good. They have finer barring than the line I have and they also seem to have a deeper chest than mine. I,ve culled down to 2 cockrels and three pullets from this years hatches hope there better than last...
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    Barred Holland breed of chickens

    Cross Creek, Broody hens work great for hatching eggs. I;ve got a game hen 7 years old that can pull off 3 hatches a year. I let her do all the raising up of chicks.I just busted her off a nest she had hidden with 14 eggs. Only 1 of my hollands acted broody this year and that was two weeks ago...
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    Barred Holland breed of chickens

    Mhollow, I have a year old roo over here, your welcome to him if you come up short on roos. He was my backup for this year, but I am not going to keep him over again. quack
  5. mrquacker

    Barred Holland breed of chickens

    My original birds came from AJ farms/Domini Ranch near senaca falls ny. I have no idea where they got there stock from. I started with 11 cocks and 14 hens, culled down to 2 cocks and 4 hens.I culled all birds that layed an offwhite egg, and tried to save the largest birds,MHollow I am an hour...
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    Barred Holland breed of chickens

    MHollow, I too live in southwestern ny. Im on my second season with BHs. Would be interested in maybe exchanging some birds and or info. I trapnested this spring and culled all hens that didn,t lay white eggs. I,ve got two small hatches from these white eggs. I love these hens, they are really...
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    Barred Holland breed of chickens

    Smoothmule, I got my barred hollands in april 12. The legs on them were also quite black, but now they are more or less orange. They came from AJ Farms/Domini Ranch in Senaca Falls NY. I do not know where they got there stock from.I got 25 birds and culled down to 4 hens and 2 cocks. One of the...
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