California - Northern

[tommysgirl]

I do love my blue wheaten Ameraucanas! They just keep getting prettier as they get their feathers in. The dad of these chicks is in my Avatar.

I have hatched chicks from the Polish, BLRW and Buff Brahmas. Some of the cockerels were sold as breeders, some went to the local feed store (Auburn) and some to the Roseville auction.

Beautiful Avatar!

Your welcome!

I hope Deb gets back soon and that her chickens are all ok!

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I have bantams! Two buff brahma bantams, three easter egger bantams, and a black frizzle cochin bantam. But they are all girl pets.

If I got any I would be getting a straight run or hatching so I would for sure end up with boys...with my luck all boys

I do see a frizzle in my future at some point.

We have a few bantams up here Tommysgirl. Buff Brahma, SLW, BBS Orp, OEGB, Dutch bantam. We only have our ORP boy left. Last year was the first year we hatched any of them and the 3 boys that hatched we gave away so can't be of much help on size after processed. I don't imagine they are very big under all the feathers, not much bigger than DDs roller pigeons. When handling them I think Cornish games are bigger. What they lack in size they make up in personality!

I am sure. I just was curious what happened to all those bantam cockerels that hatched in bators and under broodies. I know what happens to them at My Pet Chicken

 

[farmhand]

(edit: I like the @ feature, but it seems strange to not just call you Ron!)

How does one use the @ feature?

 

[OR4-hmom]

We ordered our Slw, bb, quail d'anver, db from Ideal 4 years ago. We ordered 4 times, bantams don't ship well, and 90% of the chicks that survived past 3 days were males. That was a terrible year for shipping chicks.

 

[ronott1]

How does one use the @ feature?

If you type @farmhand starting with the first letter of the username, usernames will pop up. when you type enough to see the user you want to mention, click on it and you will see a blue link. If your settings are set for it, an email will be sent to the person mentioned.

It is very useful and others know who to contact if they want to.

 

[farmhand]

If you type @farmhand starting with the first letter of the username, usernames will pop up. when you type enough to see the user you want to mention, click on it and you will see a blue link. If your settings are set for it, an email will be sent to the person mentioned.

It is very useful and others know who to contact if they want to.

Thanks @ronott1

 

[juststruttin]

I've also got my groovy isbar x marans OEs -- but none available right now.

ooooh, put me on the list!!!

 

[juststruttin]

Here are my latest olive egger pullets that are laying.

Purdy

 

[juststruttin]

They look like @juststruttin s Blue Barnveledner OEs. I have one that is an F2 that missed the Blue egg shell gene. Barnveldner is the Brown gene contributor so no feathered feet.

Interesting, you are the first I have heard of that missed the gene. I'l make a note on my website. I guess I was feeling overly optimistic about the project.

 

[juststruttin]

i think the white dot is supposed to look like a bulls-eye if fertile? those look like solid white to me...


and here's a question for the hatching experts: I'd decided yesterday to set some of my own flock's eggs in the incubator, and just got them started around 6pm last night -- but just now, i heard back from someone i was hoping to get some shipped eggs from -- so i've turned the incubator off & taken the eggs back out. question is, can i hang on to these eggs for a few days and then start them again, since they were only at incubation temps for ~12 hrs -- or should i just ditch these and start collecting new ones?

thanks!

Depends on the size of your bator. If you have the space, I would try them again when you get the other eggs. If they develop, great. If not, no harm no fowl. I just set eggs that spent the night in the coop on an evening with below freezing temps . It will be interesting to see if they develop.

 

[tommysgirl]

We ordered our Slw, bb, quail d'anver, db from Ideal 4 years ago. We ordered 4 times, bantams don't ship well, and 90% of the chicks that survived past 3 days were males. That was a terrible year for shipping chicks.

Sounds awful. Thanks for telling me that about shipping. I didn't know. I will probably go the hatching egg route