welcome to the threadHi everyone, I am new to the board. having chickens all the time and now getting into breeds and so much more out there. I love learning about it. I am in Lincoln, ( Roseville- Rocklin area) just an hour north of Sac. on 5.5 acres out skirts of town. here having fun and learning. hope to see you here. tina
some nice chickens you got there. I really like the coloring of this darker sweedish rooster. standing by your favorite pullet and the pic above her.So, the swedes are starting to kick it into gear. If all goes as planned I should be having these guys giving me 8 eggs per day! still trying to figure out my breeding strategy... as far as cresting goes, as far as color goes. i know some folks separate into like color pens: red, white, mille fleur, etc. I think for now I just want them all together and want to see what they hatch out. I know there has been some discussion regarding breeding crested to crested... well I have 4 roosters that are of age and all are crested even though they are from three different sources, my females are split about 75% not crested to 25% crested. my favorite hen is the one with the blue lacing pattern below. She's still coming of age so I can't wait to see how she matures over the next month or so. Right now, just two have been laying for about two weeks but the others should be starting up in about 2 weeks. I've got the up and comers separated already so that I don't have to worry about purity whenever they do start to lay. Also, so excited that one of my rhodebars has started to squat and has turned bright red in the past week or so. I'm liking how some of those pullet are developing and have 7 roos to choose from. anyway, just blabbing about my chickens!
this hen has an opinion and is not afraid to share!
my main roo
the swedes day to free range
the up and comers
my favorite pullet... looking forward to seeing her come into her own
my biggest crest
Hi everyone, I am new to the board. having chickens all the time and now getting into breeds and so much more out there. I love learning about it. I am in Lincoln, ( Roseville- Rocklin area) just an hour north of Sac. on 5.5 acres out skirts of town. here having fun and learning. hope to see you here. tina
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Heat is more of a problem for us. Several of us are working on some rare medeteranian breeds, EO Marraduna Basque, Penedesenca and Pita Pintas. they are supposed to lay well in the heat. In the winter, the stop laying because of less light. It is not the cold that stops them, especially here in the valley and low foot hills.
They are still going after the color?Just wanted to share my cream legbars with you guys. Anyone from norcal who has been following any of the color debates regarding the legbars, I'm curious if anyone is getting males with less of the "chestnut" coloring on the back? Also curious how your females compare in regard to the coloring. they are more similar to me but have varying size crests and slight different crest coloration, one lighter and more "greyish" than the other too.
Here is my roo. when compared to the UK pics, he has a lot of the chestnut coloring which I have to admit I prefer to the UK pictures, but again curious how those of you who have them in norcal are seeing the boys grow out in regard to color?
The girls have been fantastic. been getting two eggs a day from the three girls. my one who almost died has been a bit slow to resume but she did lay... and on the ground instead of the nest box! Grrrr. As you can see my ground is not so hospitable to eggs! My Blue copper marans lay a beautiful egg only to have it crack on the rock she decided to lay on.. she was new to her coop so I'll give her a break for now, but man i wanted to hatch a chick from an egg so dark at the end of the season!
Anyway, gonna post some of my swedes photos as well!
We are in the US, so in 20 years when they are accepted into the standard we can choose Chestnut if we want. We could work on getting white into the standard too if we want to. We do not have to follow the British Standard for color do we?
I just gave away two Legbar Roos at a chicken swap in OrangeVale. No one even looked twice at them. One was all grey with a crazy white crest. All of my Roos have crazy fallen over combs. The one I kept has chestnut on the back.
Ron
Hi everyone, I am new to the board. having chickens all the time and now getting into breeds and so much more out there. I love learning about it. I am in Lincoln, ( Roseville- Rocklin area) just an hour north of Sac. on 5.5 acres out skirts of town. here having fun and learning. hope to see you here. tina
My basques are some of my friendliest chickens - so curious and interested in everything I am doing when I am outside. Be sure to post pics of the new babies!
SOOOOOOOO cute...enjoy them!the baby chicklets are here! intolerable levels of cuteness!
one cream legbar (dark on right), two basques (yellow), two lavender orps PLUS one blue orp.
so happy to have them alive and peeping!
laura
Hi, you are up the hill. i am off Virginiatown road, 2 mins from Newcastle.. Thanks tinaWelcome
I just live up the hill from you... Newcastle .. You will learn so much on this thread. So many fun nice people....Molly
