California - Northern

[tommysgirl]

My first Langshan from Privet hatchery went broody last spring when she was 1 yr old. She was a great sitter but on day 18 we made the mistake of leaving our young cattle dog out with the chickens and when we came home, Bijou was dead in the middle of the yard. She had no wounds on her but we are assuming that the dog tried to play with her when she didn't back down. That was a hard lesson to learn. We popped the eggs into the incubator and 3 out of 4 hatched. I think that she would have been a wonderful mama hen if she had gotten the chance.

Ohhh I am so sorry that you lost her. My favorite hen was a Delaware who went through or maybe over the fence and met the JRT next door :-( . My shipment from Privett is coming in two weeks. What did you think of their birds? I ordered from them because they had CA Greys and they are closer than any of the other hatcheries that I have found and I figured the babies wouldn't freeze coming from NM.

I am getting and sharing with two other people

5 CA Greys...supper excited. These will be my white egg layers along with any Dorkings that hatch
5 Speckled Sussex for sweet broodiness....Dorkings are also broody mamas
5 Partridge Rocks for their Partridgeness and as it turns out their broodiness too
10 EEs for obvious reasons actually getting 10 but picking my 3 out of the mix based on color, leg color and puffy cheeks
5 Black stars...don't know if I want to keep any of them I will see. I can see myself buried in eggs and as I said before I want colorful eye candy for my lawn

 

[MossyoakLane]

Pretty pretty egg display!  I was referring to color as in feathers AND eggs   I like the darker brown, they look almost red brown like my red stars lay and I am interested but I think that for awhile anyway I have to hold off. Thanks though.  Have yours gone broody.  I hear they are good mommies.
I am not sure of the difference between barred and cuckoo...I think barred is more defined or something but yes this is a barred something or other and very cute! SandHill preservation sells frizzled chicks and if I can't find any locally I may go that route when the time comes though I am reluctant to go with a hatchery now that I know all of you all can help me get my fix.  MossyOak if I end up ordering some I will let you know and you can get in on the order.  It wouldn't be for awhile as in Months down the road but I will let everyone on the thread know when I do it if I do it.

That would be great! We are in town, but looking for a place outside city limits. Hopefully by the end of the year I can add more girls (ssshhhhh, don't tell my husband I said that).

 

[ronott1]

Quote: A little bit goes a long way. I just toss in several hands full and then cover with pine shavings. You will be amazed at how much better the brooder will smell.

 

[PetRock]

Those of you who use sand in your brooders, what do you use to clean the poop out? I just switched the quail to sand and now I need to clean all of those little poops!

 

[PetRock]

Ohhh I am so sorry that you lost her. My favorite hen was a Delaware who went through or maybe over the fence and met the JRT next door :-( . My shipment from Privett is coming in two weeks. What did you think of their birds? I ordered from them because they had CA Greys and they are closer than any of the other hatcheries that I have found and I figured the babies wouldn't freeze coming from NM.

I am getting and sharing with two other people

5 CA Greys...supper excited. These will be my white egg layers along with any Dorkings that hatch
5 Speckled Sussex for sweet broodiness....Dorkings are also broody mamas
5 Partridge Rocks for their Partridgeness and as it turns out their broodiness too
10 EEs for obvious reasons actually getting 10 but picking my 3 out of the mix based on color, leg color and puffy cheeks
5 Black stars...don't know if I want to keep any of them I will see. I can see myself buried in eggs and as I said before I want colorful eye candy for my lawn

I have only had 5 birds from Privett. Our local feed store gets their birds from there. I have been impressed with them. My blue Langshan had good coloring and a decent body shape & tail for a hatchery bird. I would have used her in my breeding program with no problem. My buff Brahma is a big beautiful bird, too. Then we had 3 speckled sussex who were also nice looking birds but not as big as SQ birds.

 

[PetRock]

I have been selling my ccl pulled for 25 - 30. Look for ccl legs on bYC rather then Rba. They are all the same stock unless you want the new lines ccl, then you are going to pay for it.
The went gong for 60/egg anymore, more like 50/6 or less.

What is Rba? Rare breed auctions???

 

[ronott1]

Quote: Rare Breeds Auction.

I would try Molly, Deb or Shantih first though Deb.

 

[chiqita]

Those of you who use sand in your brooders, what do you use to clean the poop out?  I just switched the quail to sand and now I need to clean all of those little poops!

They have scoopers at Petco supposedly. I actual ave a wire kitchen thing I decided to use. I usually just take off the first layer every week or so.

 

[ronott1]

Bargain Barn on Campus here at UCD has two Humidare RedWood incubators for sale. Sadly they are for Department sale:

$500.00

$450.00

If they go onto Public Sale I will post here...For now we can Dream.....

 

[Deerling]

THERE'S A PIP
THERE'S A PIP!!

I can't even...!