ALABAMA!!

[bamadude]

Lol. Im just being funny. I had to google lgd but it kept insisting lgbt

 

[Wisher1000]

I'm into some things, but none of that! LOL!

 

[wwarren8200]

Anybody near the shoals need a cockerel or two? They are 8 weeks old and ready to go to coop.

those are all the chicks together as of last week.

here is an adult. They are my own breed for those who don't know already. You can look at my profile and read my post "my own breed"

 

[Tomtommom]

Without the flash which casts a greyish hue on all the eggs, compare the white paper plate to the white egg. It deepens the actual color a bit.


With the flash (and my foot!) which washes out the color. The actual shade of blue ( and the other egg colors as well) is between this pic and the one above. The light brown egg is from my production red hen that is over three years old so it is quite light for a brown egg.


My BCM eggs and my Silver Campine eggs. The BCM hens are also with the EE rooster and the BCM rooster so those eggs would hatch either OE or pure BCM chicks. I will be separating the EEs and the BCMs in a couple of weeks. I brought a nice Blue/Black splash Ameraucana cock back from the Ohio Nationals last week and he is still in isolation (quarantine) for another couple of weeks. He will be over the hens at that time. My EE rooster will be over the egg flock, free ranging to his heart's content. Once they have been separated, the price I charge for the chicks will be more than double what I ask for them now.

They're gorgeous!

If anyone ends up ordering from you, I can pick them all up and they can get them from me later that day, if needed, if Tuscaloosa is too far for them. Chick delivery chain

 

[Orps]

My ferocious LGD has made his first kill. He is 10 1/2 weeks old.

My house dog, Paisley, was digging after moles in the yard and managed to unearth one. Paisley takes it upon herself to protect the household from loathsome moles and homicidal squirrels. They are stealthy and cunning and she rarely catches them but this day she was victorious. She flung it aside to sniff and nose prod it a bit, as is her habit, before she applies her ninja death flea. The LGD pounced, taking the spoils of her hard work in his mouth, and making both DH and Paisley angry. They both felt that the house dog should have had it. She, after all, dug it up! So he chased the pup, who was trotting around happily with live mole hanging out each side of his mouth. DH caught the pup and had to pry it's fearsome jaws apart to release the prize. When the mole was released and fell to the ground, DH let go of the LGD pup to retrieve the mole for Paisley, but he was too slow. The pup was on the mole in a flash and this time swallowed the wicked beast whole. DH and Paisley looked on in bewilderment and the pup sported a look of triumphant satisfaction. Paisley stayed mad at DH and the pup for several hours. It does not help her ire that every time she finds a secluded spot to do her business and the pup notices her in mid evacuation, he runs full speed and bowls her over! She snaps and snarls and tries to reset to continue, but he does it again.

Good boy. Although I would be kind of grossed out that he ate the mole. I'm sure it was a great snack but you know what I mean.

Oh, come on Dude, you know you want to call me an animal....

I wouldn't go that far, Tom, but thank's for the compliment.

I have collected 8 of your blue eggs so far. The color looks good, they have just come off a molt, but the size could be better. That's okay, though, they should hatch out just fine. The dad will be either an EE (mostly white) or BCM rooster which will give you either EEs or OE chicks. I am starting your batch as soon as I have 15.

There is plenty of room in my incubator. If anyone else wants some, I will make you the same deal - you tell me how many to set, you buy all that hatch and agree to pick them up the first Saturday after they hatch. The are all running together right now, so I can't make any guarantees on purity, but the possibilities are EE, OE, or BCMs. I will add pics of my eggs in a bit.

Was just talking to one of my co-worker. He wanted to replace some of his old chickens but can't find anyone that had any chicks. He is not particular. He just want good egg layers. Will have to check with him if he would want some and if Tomtom could bring them up if he wanted some. How much are you going to sell the chicks for?

 

[kimberly35042]

My ferocious LGD has made his first kill. He is 10 1/2 weeks old.

My house dog, Paisley, was digging after moles in the yard and managed to unearth one. Paisley takes it upon herself to protect the household from loathsome moles and homicidal squirrels. They are stealthy and cunning and she rarely catches them but this day she was victorious. She flung it aside to sniff and nose prod it a bit, as is her habit, before she applies her ninja death flea. The LGD pounced, taking the spoils of her hard work in his mouth, and making both DH and Paisley angry. They both felt that the house dog should have had it. She, after all, dug it up! So he chased the pup, who was trotting around happily with live mole hanging out each side of his mouth. DH caught the pup and had to pry it's fearsome jaws apart to release the prize. When the mole was released and fell to the ground, DH let go of the LGD pup to retrieve the mole for Paisley, but he was too slow. The pup was on the mole in a flash and this time swallowed the wicked beast whole. DH and Paisley looked on in bewilderment and the pup sported a look of triumphant satisfaction. Paisley stayed mad at DH and the pup for several hours. It does not help her ire that every time she finds a secluded spot to do her business and the pup notices her in mid evacuation, he runs full speed and bowls her over! She snaps and snarls and tries to reset to continue, but he does it again.

I have never laughed so hard!

 

[kimberly35042]

My BCM eggs and my Silver Campine eggs. The BCM hens are also with the EE rooster and the BCM rooster so those eggs would hatch either OE or pure BCM chicks. I will be separating the EEs and the BCMs in a couple of weeks. I brought a nice Blue/Black splash Ameraucana cock back from the Ohio Nationals last week and he is still in isolation (quarantine) for another couple of weeks. He will be over the hens at that time. My EE rooster will be over the egg flock, free ranging to his heart's content. Once they have been separated, the price I charge for the chicks will be more than double what I ask for them now.

I think I have egg envy.I don't NEED more chickens....

 

[Wisher1000]

Was just talking to one of my co-worker. He wanted to replace some of his old chickens but can't find anyone that had any chicks. He is not particular. He just want good egg layers. Will have to check with him if he would want some and if Tomtom could bring them up if he wanted some. How much are you going to sell the chicks for?

I get $2 each for these (unsegregated, but EE, OE, or BCMs) as straight run chicks on the first Saturday after they hatch. I am pretty good at timing it so they hatch on Thursday or Friday. I charge more if they are older or if the parent stock has been segregated by breed/variety. This time of year, I require that the buyer tells me how many to set and that he/she agrees to buy every live chick that hatches, up to that number. For example, if you tell me to set 12, 6 blue and 6 dark brown, then 10 chicks hatch, you must pay me $20 for the 10 chicks and pick them up on that Saturday. Sunday, they will be for sale to whomever wants them.

It's different if I am hatching your eggs. If you provide the eggs, I charge .50c per egg set, then $1.50 per chick hatched as long as they are picked up the Saturday after they hatch. Starting Sunday, I will charge $5 per day for each day that I keep them for you, and will sell them at a week old if not picked up.

 

[kimberly35042]

Could I order 2 POL blue egg layers and 2 POL dark brown egg layers?? My incubators are empty right now and I'm OK with that!

 

[Wisher1000]

Maybe next year.

I meant to keep more than I did last spring. The chicks just kept selling as fast as I hatched them. By the time I was sick of brooders, dust, and cheeping, all the chicks were gone. This spring I have to raise a few to refresh my parent stock.