California - Northern

[OR4-hmom]

Hi everyone,


I live in Northern Ca In Redding, anyone close by Redding Ca?

Welcome Peacheschic.

I'm lost! Actually, I'm about 3 1/2 hours north of you. It's the same travel time to get to Salem but the people on this thread are Wonderfull!

 

[OR4-hmom]

I've been busy the past 2 days and haven't kept up with the thread. I hope everyone's chickens are well!

I need some advice, I saw one of my chickens eating a dead bird today. I know this was the same sick bird that I saw on my feeder earlier, its feathers were all fluffed up and it was clearly not doing well. My cat killed it and then one of the chickens thought it would make a good snack. I managed to keep the chicken from eating it but she still got exposed to whatever that bird had. Any suggestions on pre-emptive steps I should take here? I'm not sure what diseases wild birds can commonly transfer to chickens.

It's been about 8 years now, but I had finches and other songbirds dying all around my house. I called regional Fish & Wildlife and was told the birds were bringing Salmanella with them when they migrated in. You might try them and see if there is an outbreak of something locally. They would be a place to start anyway.

Mine find the tiny watersnakes when they hatch here in August, I hate it when they get the little snakes and frogs.

 

[OR4-hmom]

Peacheschic,

There will be a small poultry show in Red Bluff on the 30th if you're interested. If you go and see someone with white hair and wearing a chocolate brown sweatshirt with lime green paw prints going up the sleeve, that's me!

 

[OR4-hmom]

Adding an egg turner will change the temp. in the incubator correct? I've done still air, hand turned so far. May just break down and put a fan in also.

Just dawned on me that I won't be here to turn eggs and DH won't remember.

 

[Chickengirl1304]

Does anyone have 2 extra teenage or young (under 1 year) hens? We are not getting enough eggs and we don't want chicks again right now.....

What kind?

 

[Chickengirl1304]

Adding an egg turner will change the temp. in the incubator correct?  I've done still air, hand turned so far.  May just break down and put a fan in also.

Just dawned on me that I won't be here to turn eggs and DH won't remember.

Yes it will rise a bit and you'll have to adjust it

 

[Chickengirl1304]

Welcome Peacheschic.

I'm lost!  Actually, I'm about 3 1/2 hours north of you.  It's the same travel time to get to Salem but the people on this thread are Wonderfull!

I'm in dunsmuir

 

[chickee]

Who sells chicks/pullets in the Nevada County or Placer County? I'd like to hit up MissMolly for some cute Orps. But also interested in Ameraucanas, Easter Eggers, Wyandotte's, and Marans. We will be looking into buying and picking up some chicks or pullets around the 20th of this month.

So excited!

I have 3 LF Blue Laced Red Wyandotte eggs in the incubator due to hatch on the 17th. OOPS . . Jason, I told you Friday and they are really due Saturday . . Anyway, there are also 7 EEs (Jason has first pick of 6) and one pure Ameraucana egg in there for sure, possible colors will be blue wheaten or splash wheaten. I know you would prefer sexed chicks and are anxious to get chicks now, but if you change your mind, those 2 chicks and the 3 BLRW chicks will be available. I also just started a combo of 26 EE and pure BW/SW Ameraucana eggs (mostly EEs since I only have 2 pure Ameraucana hens) which are on day 3 for a March 29th hatch.

 

[Hangtown Farms]

Who sells chicks/pullets in the Nevada County or Placer County? I'd like to hit up MissMolly for some cute Orps. But also interested in Ameraucanas, Easter Eggers, Wyandotte's, and Marans. We will be looking into buying and picking up some chicks or pullets around the 20th of this month.

So excited!

Molly might have most of those too!

Jason has two types of nice dark egg layers--Crele Penedesenca and White empordanesa.

I don't know about Wyandottes, but Debs_Flock probably has the others or all of them too.

Noob question, what's a Penedesenca?

Noob question, what's a Penedesenca?

They are very dark egg laying chickens from Spain. Go here: http://www.ithaca.edu/staff/jhenderson/chooks/chooks.html#p

And look them up. There are links to more information including pictures if you click on the links below the name. They are Ultra Heat Hardy.

I have 42 crele penedesenca eggs in the bator do to hatch Thursday

I've got BC Marans in the incubator now. I just sold the last batch last weekend. The first guy out took them all. My egg color has been pretty good and my breeding group have done fairly well at the shows.



I don't have the other breeds you're looking for, but do have "reject" Araucana that will work as EE's. Reject only because of being clean faced and sometimes a tail. The last two I hatched out (one yesterday) is going to be a blue. They do lay a lovely blue egg. I'm in El Dorado Co.



Do you have West Nile virus in your area? That would be my biggest concern.

nice eggs Deb. Id take the other Reject For the blue/green layer flock

I have 3 LF Blue Laced Red Wyandotte eggs in the incubator due to hatch on the 17th. OOPS . . Jason, I told you Friday and they are really due Saturday . . Anyway, there are also 7 EEs (Jason has first pick of 6) and one pure Ameraucana egg in there for sure, possible colors will be blue wheaten or splash wheaten. I know you would prefer sexed chicks and are anxious to get chicks now, but if you change your mind, those 2 chicks and the 3 BLRW chicks will be available. I also just started a combo of 26 EE and pure BW/SW Ameraucana eggs (mostly EEs since I only have 2 pure Ameraucana hens) which are on day 3 for a March 29th hatch.

Yes I still want them . I am glad they are close to the ones I am hatching Thursday

 

[ronott1]

He All!

Lots of Pictures of the OEs form Juststruttin.

These are Blue Barnie OEs:

Pullet



Cockerel




First from yesterday and then the other 6 cream Legbar x Crele Pene at 17 weeks old.














I am wearing my Angry Birds shirt and it is appropriate! The were angry....

None of them look like the Cockerel at 22 weeks.