California - Northern

[chiqita]

Wow I have never seen that. I know they are working on a gold quail egg. But the Emi thing is new keep it.

Oh Shantih (and Mario), I have a question for you. With the coturnix, I know they have a blue shell, with an overlay of color which causes the spots. Once in awhile I get a solid blue egg with no spot overlay. It's always cool and I like them. However, last night I got something different. I'm guessing the spot overlay is solid. I'm debating between incubating and just letting it dry out to add to my odd egg collection. But I got a SOLID black egg. My question, you ever get one like this? (bobwhite on the left)

 

[Hangtown Farms]

Picture time! I wish I had a nice camera, alas I am stuck with my cell phone for now.

Most of the bunch enjoying some outside sun time. Herding these guys back into the coop was interesting...



Grocery store hen - she still needs a name... any suggestions?


The blue orpington roo, looking for a good home.



Lucy - my prettiest girl


Jojo - but I can't remember if this is 1 or 2, at least I can tell them apart now! One has a black toenail. I'm still hoping that he is a girl...

maybe name it after the store or the egg brand . pretty birds

 

[lizanne]

When does the average rooster start crowing? My 13 week old Cornish X roo has been crowing for about a week now. It sounds more like a drunk yodeler than a rooster though (I'll try to take a video of it later). For some reason it is quieter, and the sound doesn't carry like other roosters that I have heard - thank goodness. Around what age is a rooster able to fertilize eggs?

 

[Hangtown Farms]

My black penedesenca and layer flock run is about done. Just need to nail the no climb fence to the last post and add my gate that I have.
I forgot the heavy duty tent stakes while at the Home Depot yesterday so need those for a few spots and to hang the rest of my netting. I need to move my small pallet coop in there until I get my other bigger one situated. Then I can put both my Easter eggers from Candy and older Black Penedesenca in there.

Ron I put the young roo with the U of A blues. he is slightly bigger and already showing them he is the boss. There are 3 white empordanesa that are younger in there too and he is way bigger but is not messing with them.

Candy I think I have a few roosters in there from you. None are getting any roostery color like the wheatens can get so maybe they are taking on buff looks? However a few are getting red combs and pointy feathers.. I know 3 are hens at least for sure. I think 1 is a wheaten or blue wheaten ameraucana. will try and get better pics once They go in the larger run.

 

[Hangtown Farms]

When does the average rooster start crowing? My 13 week old Cornish X roo has been crowing for about a week now. It sounds more like a drunk yodeler than a rooster though (I'll try to take a video of it later). For some reason it is quieter, and the sound doesn't carry like other roosters that I have heard - thank goodness. Around what age is a rooster able to fertilize eggs?

ohh boy. Rocky my crele rooster crowed at 5 weeks . I most of the alfa roosters start earlier in my experience. if you have more in the same run the others may not or wait longer. I had a black ameraucana I though was a hen for months until I got rid of its brother and the icelandic was killed. Then it crowed and got all the feathers shortly after

 

[tls_ranch]

I swear I'm going to hang a calander in the coops. Yesterday I said I was expecting a bantam hatch on Tuesday. Look what was in the coop when I got home today. There are 5 more under her I hope to see soon. The chick is a dutch/OEGB mix.

I use google calendar to set dates and alarms... its the only thing I have found to keep me from forgetting!

I was surprised by early hatchers last night too. I thought I could wait till this morning to set the eggs up for hatching. I wrote it on the calendar for the eggs to start hatching Tuesday or Wednesday. But, last night at 11pm I heard peeping! Lots of eggs were pipped and still rocking in turner..oops! Humidity was only 30% too. I pulled the eggs out of the turner and bumped the humidity up as fast as i could. The first chick just hatched as I am typing this post, LOL. Trisha

 

[tls_ranch]

A second chick has now hatched. I have about 63+ more to go. My bator is packed, LOL.I was going to stick some of these eggs under Broody hens to hatch , but because they started early, I didn't have time to shuffle grumpy broody hens around in the dark last night.

Trisha

 

[tls_ranch]

Oops, double post.

 

[tls_ranch]

Wow I have never seen that. I know they are working on a gold quail egg. But the Emi thing is new keep it.

Oh Shantih (and Mario), I have a question for you. With the coturnix, I know they have a blue shell, with an overlay of color which causes the spots. Once in awhile I get a solid blue egg with no spot overlay. It's always cool and I like them. However, last night I got something different. I'm guessing the spot overlay is solid. I'm debating between incubating and just letting it dry out to add to my odd egg collection. But I got a SOLID black egg. My question, you ever get one like this? (bobwhite on the left)

Hatch it! That is a really neat egg Trisha

 

[redriver]

Alright Chickee, you have me intrigued. I have a couple of Wheaton EE (Ameraucana?) that have slightly different color variations. What color would you call these gals? And yes, those are really their names. Princess #1 Princess #2

My EE's are bigger, 6 weeks, and do not have the beard yours does. I sure hope it comes soon. I love this color though. I have one white with some black and two brown and black.

These girls are actually 9 weeks old. I could tell when they hatched which ones were going to have muffs because they had really cute puffy cheeks.