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[InWrongCentury]

A steampunk cyborg roo! The artist guest of honor was Ursula Vernon, who does a good job with some of the most random ideas!

 

[chiqita]

Ok I think I need a real cyborg steampunk Cosplay rooster!!

 

[AmyPaperlady]

A steampunk cyborg roo! The artist guest of honor was Ursula Vernon, who does a good job with some of the most random ideas!

I know I know that name...








Digger!

 

[InWrongCentury]

That's the one! I'm actually reading Digger right now and am really enjoying it

 

[sewandgrow]

He got his Golden Cuckoo Marans from me

How was the egg color on your GCM? I had some for a short time from 2 different sources but the egg color was way low on the chart. I assumed it was the breeding & I needed better ones.

 

[sewandgrow]

Pretty good for GCMs since they are still a project color.

These are from my darkest egg layer.

Fantastic color...If the ones I had laid eggs that color I would still have them. I love crele coloring & have just hatched out 2 Bielefelder pullets. They were shipped eggs, I think old & in bad shape I will never buy from that seller again.

 

[sewandgrow]

My babies are growing soooo fast! I really hope they are all girls. I am assuming so until they show signs otherwise... anyone have any guesses so far? They are all chicks from feed stores, supposed to be pullets.

They have all been developing such personalities, they crack me up. They are also very hard to get good pictures of...

The lighter colored EE, 3 weeks old. Will she keep the yellow/gold feathers developing on her chest?


The darker EE, 3 weeks old. She is my most aloof chick so far, and she also likes to peck others' tail feathers. I've been discouraging it when I see it, and so far no wounds or anything.


The Australorp, 3 weeks old. She is the smallest of the crew, but she's very perky and follows the Sussex and Barred Rock around, doing whatever the bigger girls do.


The Speckled Sussex, 4 weeks old. She used to be more aloof but has come around. She's also surprisingly heavy for her size, although not too surprising because she seems to eat more often than everyone else. Except for maybe the Australorp, who follows her like a shadow.


Last but not least, the Barred Rock, 4 weeks old. She is the most social of everyone. As soon as I open the brooder, she is out and on my arm, hanging out and generally is very curious.


On a somewhat related note, I found an awesome chicken-related print at the sci-fi convention I worked this past weekend! I just couldn't pass it up

sounds like you have a nice selection & will have lots of fun with them. I hope they are all girls for you. I would wait to guess on 2 of them but have not raised those breeds so don't know.
As to the cute print you found. I have it too on my Pinterest Rooster board & make greeting cards with it.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Quote: Agreed, it could be any genetic issue. I don't know the color of the Isbars overseas, but the eggs are much lighter than the egg picture on Greenfire's website.

Quote: Very cool!

 

[Audio51]

My oldest DD finally sent me pictures from a couple of hatches ago.

They are Blue Egg layers, OEs and a pair of Partridge penedesencas to the middle left. The light one with a slight eye liner is a boy and the brown one is a girl

Nice lineup!

I get to candle my eggs tomorrow night!! First time handling them all since setting. Two weeks until hatch.

I am SO excited. When I peeked in the TJ's eggs I saw several were developing.

YAH!!!!! just be very gentle and don't handle more than needed.

So can you guys believe the size of that quail egg!!!! It's next to a olandsk dwarf, next to a New Hampshire red. Checked them for bleeding and everyone looks good .... I was already blown away at how they lay the size they do for how small they are and then this was found!

Wow! That is huge!!

My babies are growing soooo fast! I really hope they are all girls. I am assuming so until they show signs otherwise... anyone have any guesses so far? They are all chicks from feed stores, supposed to be pullets.

They have all been developing such personalities, they crack me up. They are also very hard to get good pictures of...

The lighter colored EE, 3 weeks old. Will she keep the yellow/gold feathers developing on her chest?


The darker EE, 3 weeks old. She is my most aloof chick so far, and she also likes to peck others' tail feathers. I've been discouraging it when I see it, and so far no wounds or anything.


The Australorp, 3 weeks old. She is the smallest of the crew, but she's very perky and follows the Sussex and Barred Rock around, doing whatever the bigger girls do.


The Speckled Sussex, 4 weeks old. She used to be more aloof but has come around. She's also surprisingly heavy for her size, although not too surprising because she seems to eat more often than everyone else. Except for maybe the Australorp, who follows her like a shadow.


Last but not least, the Barred Rock, 4 weeks old. She is the most social of everyone. As soon as I open the brooder, she is out and on my arm, hanging out and generally is very curious.


On a somewhat related note, I found an awesome chicken-related print by Ursula Vernon at the sci-fi convention I worked this past weekend! I just couldn't pass it up

ETA the artist's name. Must give credit where credit is due.
...I really shouldn't post late at night.

Nice selection! That Speckled Sussex is looking very roo-ish with that big comb. Barred Rock could go either way, but the comb is not huge so leaning toward pullet. The others look like pullets though. I really love the print!

 

[tomarcs]

Hi all,
I've been wanting to post here for a bit and finally thought of a legit question to ask instead of, "You like chickens!? Me too!!"

Where do you get your feed from? I live in Sonoma County and get a #40/#50 bag of Bar-Ale for $20 from a little feed store. Haven't bought from anywhere else, tried Ace and they have the same stuff for $40.

Posted here because I'm not set on brands or stores, but more looking into lower costs and maybe local mills.