Calif. N.Central Valley/Foothills

[sewandgrow]

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I don't know where Somerset is but there is a breeder in Newman California that has White Faced Black Spanish. I drove over there last week & bought a started pair of Black Minorcas from her & she is going to get me a couple more pullets. She has the nicest set up I have ever seen. Her birds are sooooooo lucky. If I didn't hink I would put my husband into cardiac arrest I would tell him I want to redo everything & be like hers......LOL.
She has many different breeds too.
Salmon Favorelles
Shamos
BFBS
Black Minorcas
Light Sussex
Russian Orloffs
Ameraucanas
and I can't remember what all else....LOL.
I was so impressed & she is so nice. I love talking chicken to others that actually like to & are not just tolerating me.....LOL
You are so right I have connected with many semi locals here & traded eggs. Thats how I got my White Rocks & I hatched out 13 chicks.

 

[sewandgrow]

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What fun Sarah,
I let my Silkies hatch their own & they do such a good job of it. I have 3 hens & a roosters & all 3 hens lay together in one nestbox & then brood it together too. It is hilarious to see them all piled on top of each other in there. I use 5 gallon PVC buckets for nest boxes & the 3 of them are one big ball of white fur with faces poking out. When they brood they hatch eggs out over about a week or so. Everyday once they start I check for new chicks & bring them into the brooder in the house. We lost the whole clutch when I left them out there during the winter then the last hatch the babies were wondering ( they are so tiny) & being killed by the bigger birds. I don't need to keep them anymore but can't give them up.....LOL I have 14 babies in the brooder so far from this hatch.

 

[sewandgrow]

I am looking for Yokohamas around here. Does anyone know of any??? Out of 14 shipped eggs only one hatched. The rest were all clear. What a bummer of a hatch. The breeder says the Xray machine at the P.O. kills the eggs???????
Karen in Turlock

 

[discoveregg]

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Hi Karen, I'm flying to Washington in a couple of weeks and wanted to take some eggs along onboard the plane. I've been reading posts that say the X-ray maching at the airport kills the fertile eggs too!

 

[discoveregg]

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Hi Karen, I'm flying to Washington in a couple of weeks and wanted to take some eggs along onboard the plane. I've been reading posts that say the X-ray maching at the airport kills the fertile eggs too!

 

[Diamond Wire Farms]

Don't get me started on the PO. We used to have an AWESOME postman. He would bring my eggs all the way up the bumpy driveway to the house. But 2 months ago the PO reorganized, and now I am having to worst luck. I can't help thinking that possibly most of the rough handling comes from my delivery DRIVER!

ANYWAY, I can't think of anyone with Yokohamas.

~~~~~8 Toulouse goslings available. 2-4 days old. ~~~~~
(This flock includes a Sebastopol gander also, but the babies appear straight Toulouse.)
$10 each. Quantity discounts. Pm me if you are interested.
Can arrange pick-up in Placerville, Sacramento, or any place in between.

 

[sewandgrow]

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My pot lady is great she honks her horn & waits for us to come out to her to hand off my eggs or if we don't appear she stops & walks them up & puts them inside the glassed in frontporch for me. I had to fill out a form to give her permission to do that though.

 

[Diamond Wire Farms]

Sew&Grow- I want your post lady. I think our new postman plays soccer with the packages. I have never had broken eggs like this before!

 

[sewandgrow]

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Yeah she is pretty neat & takes a casual interest in the eggs too.

 

[SierraView]

Hi everyone, I'm in Oakdale. I have a little flock of Barnevelders and some Bantam Cochins. I just hatched some lemon blue cochins from shipped eggs, I'm so in love with them.

Whats so great about the bantam size is it takes 4 of them to equal one large bird. Well that's what I try to get my husband to believe

I'm setting 10ish Barnevelder eggs tomorrow and 4 bantam cochins, All but one of my cochins are broody right now or happy momma's. I love this time of year.