I need hatching eggs or roosters badly. I got some from McMurray and the roosters were dark brown and red. Very beautiful but not the correct colors. I really really, have my heart set on a Golden Campine flock. If anyone has hatching eggs, chicks, or roosters, please let me know.
I just had several chicks hatch. Father is a purebred Welsummer. Potential mothers include golden campine, silver campine, and silver leghorn. The chick on the right in the first pic was mothered by a RIR, but the black one and the chick in the second pic could be from any of the hens listed...
Hi! My name is Suzanne and I live in the PNW. My kids, age 12 & 14 are super excited to FINALLY be getting chickens! The entire family has worked to build the coop and yard: dug deep, hardware cloth, build up, fence it in... They even built a special solid door with jigsawed eggs, a chicken and...
In the spirit of helping to educate people about the virtues and history of the Campine breed, I have uploaded three historic, public domain articles on Campines.
They are as follows:
The Campine by Judge Card (1914)...
A Village Poultry Plant
by C.S. Valentine
(Country Life in America; August 1916)
When the latest United States census enumerated poultry, it took no account of any except that kept on farms, and thereby committed an egrarious blunder. Not only are large numbers of poultry kept in towns and...
In writing this article on Improved Campines, I do not want to belittle any other breed, for I have bred various breeds for fifteen years and a found a number of breeds to be profitable I handled properly, but I find the Campine is the most profitable breed under all conditions.
Breeders who...