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[Hangtown Farms]

The person we got them from hatched them from a Breeder. Apparently it is common for the Wheaten to be crossed with the partridge because of the way the roosters look. It could also be similar to what happened to me with the SG Dorking eggs. The Breeder did not wait long enough between rooster switches so some of the chicks were SG Dorking and the others were Buff Americana mixed with SG Dorking. Stuff happens like this, especially with a Breed as rare as the Penedescencas.

As a quick other topic, the EE pullet I got from the SG Dorking and EE cross is an amazing egg layer and very pretty looking. She is currently the egg laying champ of my new pullets. The eggs are a very nice blue too.

very cool

 

[Hangtown Farms]

I'm assuming you both (Ron & Jason) got your chicks from the same place. Were they supposed to be pure?

Deb

they where supposed to be pure partridge. On a neat side note though I was hoping to try a mille fluer penedesenca project. Well I guess I got a start.
I was hoping to wait to start though.

I was not going to get into the partridge much but would like to keep some to set up a seperate pen and breed to the crele pene's. It takes a few generations but you can diversify the crele blood lines with partridge.
Their is not many breeders of any of the penedesenca types and birds are very hard to come by. The wheaten and partridge roosters look similar and sometimes get mixed up so you have to be careful who you get them from.

 

[Hangtown Farms]

I Really like the way she looks!
Mine has the partridge pattern but the legs are white. I think the lady we got them from hatched a couple of batches so maybe mine came from a different combo? Are you keeping the Roo?

I do like her. she seems to be getting more of the pattern everytime I look at her

 

[Feathersprings]

Hi Feathersprings,
Do you have me mixed up with someone else? (I don't think I've sold any chicks to anyone.....only re-homed a dozen roosters this last year!)

I'm not sure about the color of the white silkie. Your splash is gorgeous-and looks like a pullet. My two splash are both boys, but I plan to keep them for breeding in my B/B/S pen.

Good luck with your incubator issues.

Im sorry, guess i do I glad I didnt get any roosters from you lol! I have way more than I need haha!

 

[Papa Brooder]

Hello everybody,
I really like this thread and haven't posted on it before. I'm fairly new to chickens and wondering if anyone within a radius if 150 miles or so of redding breeds Cochins?

Hey there, I do have some cochins. All mine came from Sheri at california country ranch in lincoln. I mostly got them to get some frizzled bantam cochins to mess around with breeding to my silkies to get sizzles of different colors... a project that is sort of way back on the burner. That being said, I will more likely have cochins than sizzles from that group but not likely anything until spring. I do have some great bantam cochin roos that my kids love but I only need so many!

I will also have some speckled sussex in the near future. Just getting my flock settled that came from Cheryl. I did get a few eggs that must have been a brewing but then with the move as often happens they decided to hold out on me. I think they are also adjusting to a little temperature spike compared to their clayton digs.

Just catching up after being off the grid for a full two days. no cell, no internet. pretty amazing that can even happen anymore!!

 

[MrsMoonCat]

[COLOR=0000FF]Go little chickies, GO! [/COLOR]
[COLOR=0000FF]It's nice to know others that have silkies.  They are my snuggle buddies.  I love my "normal" chickens, but my silkies are SO sweet![/COLOR]

[COLOR=0000FF]By the way, does anyone on this thread breed Buff Orpingtons?  If we move to Pilot Hill, I would like to get a BO cockerel or rooster for my layer flock.[/COLOR]

I am just catching up on the thread and don't see where anyone answered this. Karen aka sewandgrow has some fantastic Buff Orps. Her big rooster is gorgeous, I may chicknap him someday She is in Turlock.

 

[chiqita]

I am just catching up on the thread and don't see where anyone answered this. Karen aka sewandgrow has some fantastic Buff Orps. Her big rooster is gorgeous, I may chicknap him someday

She is in Turlock.

MrsMOONCAT!! How goes the bucket?

 

[debs_flock]

Quote: Believe me, I know how this goes. I struggled to find a decent line of non-hatchery Lakenvelders. I ended up with two separate lines, but that was after countless emails and months of waiting to locate eggs. I even wrote to a big breeder in Europe hoping he had been communicating with someone in the US and could point me in the right direction. He knew of no one breeding good ones either.

Rare breeds are a definite challenge!

Deb

 

[Hangtown Farms]

Believe me, I know how this goes. I struggled to find a decent line of non-hatchery Lakenvelders. I ended up with two separate lines, but that was after countless emails and months of waiting to locate eggs. I even wrote to a big breeder in Europe hoping he had been communicating with someone in the US and could point me in the right direction. He knew of no one breeding good ones either.

Rare breeds are a definite challenge!

Deb

yes lol. I think only 3 other people may even actively breed my white empordanesa. crele penedesenca a few more but not many

 

[debs_flock]

I've got four pips so far this morning (a Lakenvelder and 3 Silkies)!

Deb