California - Northern

[ChickNmamma]

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Interesting. The chipmunk chicks would not be from the Blue/Black/Splash - so he must have added in other genetics after he got his project back from U of A. I think the U of A Blues you have are cleaner in terms of genetics, they were keeping the B/B/S colors and the Brown Reds separate. I wonder if he crossed the Brown Reds with the B/B/S - that would mess up the genetics. You haven't had any Easter Egger colors hatch, have you? I only recall the "gray" or "white" of Blue/Black/Splash....

 

[ronott1]

Interesting. The chipmunk chicks would not be from the Blue/Black/Splash - so he must have added in other genetics after he got his project back from U of A. I think the U of A Blues you have are cleaner in terms of genetics, they were keeping the B/B/S colors and the Brown Reds separate. I wonder if he crossed the Brown Reds with the B/B/S - that would mess up the genetics. You haven't had any Easter Egger colors hatch, have you? I only recall the "gray" or "white" of Blue/Black/Splash....

No Easter egger colors. They have all been Blue and splash for me. The Breeder was using splash. I will get Black when I get to hatch some from mine. I do not have a Splash Cockerel so I will have a Blue cockerel over two Splash pullets and two Blue pullets.

Now if they will start back up laying.....

 

[chiqita]

I don't have any spare LF BR, but I do have extra LF RIR & NH girls. I am just starting to get pullet eggs from the two pens, so most of them are at POL.

ETA - I have quite a few other older pullets and young hens I need to cut back on as well from multiple breeds.

deb, I keep meaning to ask you if you are going to any shows in the next month i might be able to meet up with you at for the cl girls. Or maybe stockton?
( I just saw this didnt post!

 

[Nikon]

Random question:

Why are there calcium deposits on one pullet's eggs on and off? Is it stress?

 

[Happy Chooks]

Random question:

Why are there calcium deposits on one pullet's eggs on and off? Is it stress?

They are just ridding their body of excess calcium.

 

[chiqita]

OK, Nor cal people with a collectively awesome brain! My friend who is taking his vet boards ( who saved my girls after the attack) needs a dairy vet to shadow for a week or so. Any cow vet would do, but he'd LOVE a dairy vet. Anyone know of one? Ron, is there a referral program at UC davis? KIm, know of anyone through your awesome livestock connections? Ill take anything from anyone .

He is a very nice guy and very mellow to be around ( Something I would want if someone was driving around with me) with a hunger to really know about healing animals. He just got back from San Diago for a horse shadow, but the only dairy vet he has been able to find is in minnesota.

I figure we need more vets out there who can champion chickens!

 

[ronott1]

OK, Nor cal people with a collectively awesome brain! My friend who is taking his vet boards ( who saved my girls after the attack) needs a dairy vet to shadow for a week or so. Any cow vet would do, but he'd LOVE a dairy vet. Anyone know of one? Ron, is there a referral program at UC davis? KIm, know of anyone through your awesome livestock connections? Ill take anything from anyone .

He is a very nice guy and very mellow to be around ( Something I would want if someone was driving around with me) with a hunger to really know about healing animals. He just got back from San Diago for a horse shadow, but the only dairy vet he has been able to find is in minnesota.

I figure we need more vets out there who can champion chickens!

Check with the Vet Med Center. There bunches of them there.

Good luck!

 

[gryeyes]

So, here are some of the finishing furnishings of the new coop.

The "Chicken Holder," AKA roost bars, plus shots of its construction (loosely based on the one in the Building Coops for Dummies book):

These are details of the blocks cut to hold the two by fours bars level and flat. More stable, according to John, than simply screwing them "inside" the angled side bars.

This is the new waterer, holds 20 gallons.

This is the board which will be used to provide a "back wall" to the open-backed ten nest "rollaway" nest box unit.

 

[PetRock]

OK, Nor cal people with a collectively awesome brain! My friend who is taking his vet boards ( who saved my girls after the attack) needs a dairy vet to shadow for a week or so. Any cow vet would do, but he'd LOVE a dairy vet. Anyone know of one? Ron, is there a referral program at UC davis? KIm, know of anyone through your awesome livestock connections? Ill take anything from anyone .

He is a very nice guy and very mellow to be around ( Something I would want if someone was driving around with me) with a hunger to really know about healing animals. He just got back from San Diago for a horse shadow, but the only dairy vet he has been able to find is in minnesota.

I figure we need more vets out there who can champion chickens!

Maybe he could call an actual dairy and ask who they use for their cows. If you do a google search for Northern California dairy, several different ones come up. One is the Strauss Family Creamery in Marshall, CA. http://strausfamilycreamery.com/

Also, here is a page with info for 2 in Lodi and 1 in Stockton:

http://local.post-gazette.com/brentwood+ca/dairy+farms.zq.html

 

[AmyPaperlady]

So, should I be happy that my husband may have found some 7-month-old hens here in Crescent City via Facebook, or sulk that, while they're one of the breeds I want, they're not the right color?

OK, I'll go with happy, but I really did want a BLRW instead of GLW or SLW... Then again, since we're down to one working vehicle right now, not having to go 2 hours away is a good thing (especially since we're a family of 4 and the working vehicle has 3 seats...)

It's looking like I'll have the coop ready for occupants by this weekend

Just need to get the roosts in, get some bedding (if I can work up the guts to go ask, the house down the street is pulling out bushes and running them through a chipper--the pile looks like it might be taller than my 10-year-old), and get the feeder and waterer... Buying feed would be good too, but that's a bit less time-consuming.