California - Northern

[Hangtown Farms]

Okay, the Icelandics and then I'll stop hogging the thread with pictures (at least for awhile).

I already posted a head shot of Arne, here's his body.

This is Heimo

This is the third place boy, he'll be going. He is timid though and I could NOT get a picture of him walking around the run.

Here's one of the pullets..........they should be so close to laying.


Deb

nice..

 

[Miss Molly]

I got 11 eggs today. that is a couple more then what I have been getting lately with them moulting. I hope egg production is going up now. I am going to clean out the straw in one side of the coop and put in river sand that hubby brought home. I am going to wait til it cools down a little. I wanted to do it this morning but some hens were laying already and didn't want to bother them. I need the eggs. and also a couple hens that have been nesting all summer the other day they brought out 3 chicks and now today hubby counted 5 chicks. few more eggs there I am going to just leave them alone and see what hatches.

Congrats on the babies. Also, I hope your hens keep up the good work..

 

[Happy Chooks]

My Icelandic broody hatched out 4 welsummer chicks for me a few days ago. She's a fantastic mother at only 8 months old herself. And I have 2 other broodies that will hatch more wellies and a few black sex links (welsummer roo/BR hen) and maybe a couple olive eggers later this week.

 

[Hangtown Farms]

My Icelandic broody hatched out 4 welsummer chicks for me a few days ago. She's a fantastic mother at only 8 months old herself. And I have 2 other broodies that will hatch more wellies and a few black sex links (welsummer roo/BR hen) and maybe a couple olive eggers later this week.

congrats. what are your olive eggers crossed with?

 

[Happy Chooks]

Quote:

You would think that would be an easy question to answer.

I started with pure black ameraucana's and crossed to this multiple generation olive egger rooster:



I got 2 pullets from him, 1 blue and 1 black. Here is the blue girl:


She lays a light olive egg with brown speckles. The olive egger rooster is no longer with us because he turned into a turd who liked to attack me. My black olive egger is currently raising babies.

So the eggs I have now are this blue olive egger covered by my barnevelder rooster. Hoping for more blue chicks and a darker egg color.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Oh, and that blue girl at 2 years old is a stellar layer. She lays 7 days on, 1 day off, 7 days on..........and so on.

 

[Hangtown Farms]

You would think that would be an easy question to answer.

I started with pure black ameraucana's and crossed to this multiple generation olive egger rooster:



I got 2 pullets from him, 1 blue and 1 black. Here is the blue girl:


She lays a light olive egg with brown speckles. The olive egger rooster is no longer with us because he turned into a turd who liked to attack me. My black olive egger is currently raising babies.

So the eggs I have now are this blue olive egger covered by my barnevelder rooster. Hoping for more blue chicks and a darker egg color.

I asked because you breed Barnevelder and welsummers. I have 2 Barnevelder x lavender Ameraucana crosses that lay a pretty nice medium olive egg. One has a straight comb and one a pea comb. both lay the same egg.

 

[capayvalleychick]

The Tolbunt Polish chicks.

Those look like the bad boys of the chicken world!

I have my first blue egg from my Americauna(yes a real one--buff) Dorking cross

Very nice!

My Icelandic broody hatched out 4 welsummer chicks for me a few days ago. She's a fantastic mother at only 8 months old herself. And I have 2 other broodies that will hatch more wellies and a few black sex links (welsummer roo/BR hen) and maybe a couple olive eggers later this week.

Congrats on the hatch! Good broodies are wonderful. I need to figure out a better management system for mine.

 

[Miss Molly]

Some of my Cream Legbar Chicks from my Hens... One white one so far.. Eight more babies hatching today!

 

[Hangtown Farms]

Oh, and that blue girl at 2 years old is a stellar layer. She lays 7 days on, 1 day off, 7 days on..........and so on.

next spring or summer I plan on trying 2 types

Crele Penedesenca x Cream Legbar ( roosters have similar looks , hens colors not the same but similar patterns)

Wheaten Penedesenca x Wheaten Ameraucana