Oooooo....mulberries are my favorite! I have fond memories of gorging myself on fresh-picked mulberries back in Ohio as a child. I'm so jealous of you!!!
Thanks. I think it has to be Silver laced. I don't think MPC distributes golden laced cochins only SL, Mottled, blue, white, partridge, and black frizzle. I took another pic in better lighting though. She hasn't started any wing feathers yet. I did order a silver laced and they've been really good about sending me exactly what I ordered even when I listed hatch day substitutions I'd be willing to take. I have never had this many chicks at once before, and so many that looked similar to each other, so it was tricky for me to determine I got everything I ordered. My previous batches the chicks all looked very different, there was no mistaking who was who.
Right now I'm still getting the Faverolle and the Sultan mixed up. I'm hoping the sultan's little crest bump comes in quickly so I can start Identifying them easier. The polish already has her crest bump and I thought the Sultan would have the same sort of head bump from the get go. The Marans and the Olive Egger are hard to tell apart right now too, currently I am having to check the legs for the black spots to tell them apart.
Here's the little cochin.
MPC = MyPetChicken.com My last silver laced was a Polish and she was much more black and grey so it wasn't what I was expecting but I'm sure she'll be adorable.
http://www.burntridgenursery.com/Mulberry/products/20/
http://www.burntridgenursery.com/Mulberry/products/20/
This nursery has a nice selection of mulberries. It is too late to have one shipped bare root now, but think about it for this next year. I have a Silk Hope that I got from them. It has delicious fruit, but it's outgrowing my covered garden. But that's the only place I can grow one and get fruit before the birds. Once they discover the fruit, they will clean you out. I also bought a smaller black mulberry bare root this winter. It is still in a 15 gal pot. It is supposed to stay small. Not sure if it will. Mulberries come male and female plants. Only females make fruit, but they don't need a male to make fruit. The fruit just won't be fertile. In Pima County, they outlawed mulberries because of allergies to the pollen. But only the males make the pollen. They are normally a long-lived tree, but our harsh desert climate will shorten their lifespan.
Where I grew up in PA, mulberries were native. We had one right across the fence from us, in the steer pasture that was owned by King Ranch. I think that tree could have set a record for the species. At times, the whole herd of 10-12 steers would congregate under the tree. We would climb it and stuff ourselves and have purple bare feet. A bowl of mulberries with milk and sugar, yum! Decades later, I went back to visit my old haunts and found they had cut the tree downWhy, I have no idea.
I lived in Downingtown for a little while back about 10 years ago not too far from there. I grew up in South East PA. Lived there 23 years. I moved a ton when I was there I lived in Hatboro, Horsham, Huntingdon Valley, Perkasie, Quakertown, Manayunk, Downingtown, and Phoenixville then moved down south to the Carolinas for a few years before moving out west. I go back to PA at least once a year to visit.
You can have one too! This is who I got mine from, and he had a good 40 dwarf trees plus the "standard" size Pakistan that can reach epic proportions.Oooooo....mulberries are my favorite! I have fond memories of gorging myself on fresh-picked mulberries back in Ohio as a child. I'm so jealous of you!!!
Great memories! There was one on the way to my middle school that had sweet white berries. They over hung the back fence and we would eat all we could reach. I remember the birds liked them too but the tree was so big there was plenty for everyone.
