BYC Café

[ValerieJ]

Four University of Arkansas blue egg layers, one pita pinta hen and one hen hatched from trader joes eggs

I love it! A hatched Trader Joe's egg!!! What ever made you think to do that?

 

[ronott1]

I love it! A hatched Trader Joe's egg!!! What ever made you think to do that?

Well, they sell fertile eggs here and I could not resist!

I hatched a lot of them too

 

[ValerieJ]

the two cockerels in my avatar are pita pinta chicks

They are so handsome.

 

[ronott1]

They are so handsome.

I know! I was the first person to hatch them in the US. A fellow BYC member brought them over as carry on from Spain

The two in from are Pita Pinta chicks. The one in the back is a Basque hen

This is them grown up

 

[ValerieJ]

I know! I was the first person to hatch them in the US. A fellow BYC member brought them over as carry on from Spain

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The two in from are Pita Pinta chicks. The one in the back is a Basque hen

This is them grown up

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They are beautiful! How will you get two new ones this year? Are you able to keep that rooster? And then hatch your own?

 

[ronott1]

They are beautiful! How will you get two new ones this year? Are you able to keep that rooster? And then hatch your own?

Pet Rock has the latest generation of them. She lives up past Pacerville so the plan it to buy hatching eggs from her.

Sadly I cannot keep Roosters here.

 

[ValerieJ]

Pet Rock has the latest generation of them. She lives up past Pacerville so the plan it to buy hatching eggs from her.

Sadly I cannot keep Roosters here.

It's just as well. I can tell you they are not easy! I'm trying to get 2 cockerels through the crazy hormonal stage. They are separated from the girls right now and that's upsetting them, but I had to do it for the safety of the girls! I hope I'll be able to keep both. I've had a lot of trouble with cockerels and roosters in the past, so I'm spending a lot of time in their pen making sure they know I'm not the enemy and that I will definitely peck back. Right now they are getting close to 5 mos. I've heard this will last for two or three months and I've also heard I'll have to wait until they are a year. That will be a long time!

 

[ValerieJ]

Pet Rock has the latest generation of them. She lives up past Pacerville so the plan it to buy hatching eggs from her.

Sadly I cannot keep Roosters here.

It's nice to have a source for the eggs so close now! I hope I will be able to use my own eggs in the future. That would be the point of juggling these cockerels every day.

 

[N F C]

There's a fresh pot of coffee in the Cafe, help yourselves!

 

[ValerieJ]

There's a fresh pot of coffee in the Cafe, help yourselves! View attachment 2008661

Ima getta cup. thanks.