California - Northern

[Happy Chooks]

I am staring to get impatient for some eggs!!!!! They are only 10 weeks, but I want some now. I know the laying breeds especially the Stars and the RIR's can lay really early, around 18 - 19 weeks, but does anyone know the approximate time frames for: Polish: Orpington: Leghorn: (These are MFL's so it may be different than a White Leghorn) I know Welsummers take FOREVER! My last Welsummer was around 10 months and the last holdout. Ameraucana: Making this list I realized I didn't end up with the diversity of breeds I was hoping for. I ended up with all Roosters for the CL, and DLBB's I do have a second list of must haves for the second hatching go around though. Is that a surprise to anyone?

24-32 weeks for welsummers. Hatchery welsummers will probably lay sooner.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Welcome! Point of lay pullets are hard to come by. That being said deb might have something. I have yet to have a single chick I don't intend to keep for breeding not get a home before pol so I'm no help.

( got i n before chooks, mwahaha)

Ya beat me to it! Hahahaha!

 

[lawatt]

They are fixated on the spot they are sitting on now. Some are easy to move some break immediately.

just moved the sussex, into the empty pen with a nestbox with three fake eggs in it -- no fuss, no squawking, no flapping, and she seems to have tucked right into the nest box. of course, will see what she does tomorrow, but if she breaks, i don't exactly need more chicks anyway -- and if she doesn't, i can either try to consolidate both broodies into one pen, or, given my experience last time of broodies attacking each other's chicks, maybe best to keep one in the layer pen and one on her own!

pleased that this first step went smoothly, at least!

hope everyone's having a lovely friday evening!

 

[ronott1]

just moved the sussex, into the empty pen with a nestbox with three fake eggs in it -- no fuss, no squawking, no flapping, and she seems to have tucked right into the nest box. of course, will see what she does tomorrow, but if she breaks, i don't exactly need more chicks anyway -- and if she doesn't, i can either try to consolidate both broodies into one pen, or, given my experience last time of broodies attacking each other's chicks, maybe best to keep one in the layer pen and one on her own!

pleased that this first step went smoothly, at least!

hope everyone's having a lovely friday evening!

I am so relieved that the heat is back to normal. I won't need the misters tomorrow--I turn them on when it gets over 100.

I am going to move my Fogel RIR back in with the flock tonight. She is looking fully recovered from whatever was wrong with her. The beaten up Bresse is looking much better too.

I hope your Sussex stays broody for you!

 

[debs_flock]

Quote: Yup, what you said,

 

[chicksnthestiks]

Hey all I am in N Ca smack in between Sac & SF! Trying to find 6 mos old Amercauna's???? Anyone have resources???? Kathie

Hi welcome to the thread! I am sure you are looking for pullets, right?

 

[mendocinosunris]

It was .... Well, not cool, but not hot enough to keep me from going grocery shopping at Pokerville in Plymouth. Sometimes I go that way, into Amador County, instead of the other direction on Mt. Aukum Road to the Holiday Market. Prices are a bit better at Pokerville.

Then I treated myself to a breakfast/brunch meal at Marlene & Glen's Dead Fly Diner (also in Plymouth). I am working my way through all the Eggs Benedict varieties offered. Today's was "My Big Bad Benedict" with bacon, tomato and avocado under the poached eggs. The cook brought me my meal, apologizing that she'd broken the yolk on one of the two eggs and she would bring me another. I told her I was only going to break the yolk myself anyway, don't bother!

My part-time house BR (lays egg in laundry bin, goes outside all day, comes in to roost on TV table at night) scared me a couple nights ago when she didn't come inside at night. She showed up when I was grating the flock to BOSS. Didn't come inside again last night.... So I went looking for her.

My Beth has decided to coop up with the flock IN the coop at night! <*happy dance!*>. She came back inside to lay her egg this morning. Her buddy Punkin went broody again three days ago, but NOT in the dog bed. She found an old wicker cat bed stored under the incubator table, instead. Very, very private. Much better than the dog bed in the living rom.

Out in the coop, Sister 1 is raising her duckling and a black chick hatched the following day. It's a real double-take to see that little black duckling following a huge blue Orp! She hasn't taken her babies out of the coop yet

Kevin the Free Peacock got interested in the open office door off the deck, where those chickens and chicks go in and out.... He perched on the deck railing for some time before dropping to the deck to investigate more closely.

Sparkle the House Silkie went ballistic on him! No wierd birds allowed near her four chicks! He changed his mind and direction to amble down the steps into the garden, then jumped out to perch on the pergola.

Awesome story! you just made my day.

Hey all I am in N Ca smack in between Sac & SF! Trying to find 6 mos old Amercauna's???? Anyone have resources???? Kathie

Welcome! Glad you're here. I don't know where to find them, but there are several good people here that have them. Good luck with your chickies!

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Hey, Ron - I didn't know you were in IT - that's cool!
I work in the IT dept at the local County Office of Education.

OK the stupid stag was at it again. Orlando walked up when he rushed me and pecked him on the head.

You could see him saying " dude if you ruin this I'll personally stick you in the pot"

Then he did a little dance for me. God I love Orlando.

Yay Orlando! I'm thinking a stag stew might be in the future. Bet he tastes just like chicken.

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Good luck! I've never been successful at moving broodies. This sounds like a good plan - I think I'll try it next time.
Thanks!

 

[Miss Molly]

I do have Ameraucana (now how did you know I would say that?), but I don't know if I have any available.  I was raising a batch of BBS & lavenders so I would have something to breed to my three lonely cockerels (a black, a blue and a black split to lav.).  Literally I have never bothered yet to look as see what I have in that growout pen.  If there are LOTS of girls, I may have something, but my luck generally doesn't run that way.

I can try to check through them in the next few days.  The problem is there are lots of other birds in that pen, the same age, size and color (marans and black rocks).  I need to go through them before I can say.

I have the same problem..I'm trying to sort through all the grow outs ...it's a lot of work !

 

[SilkieRose]

HOLY PIPS!!!! I think!!! I think I have 9 Coturnix pips!!! aaahhhh!!! I can't stand it!! Ok!! HELP! What to mark them with? Fabric paint? Nail polish? and where?? I have about 110 in there & 56 are from my flock That's what I see pipping Yay!!
Thoughts??

 

[OR4-hmom]

HOLY PIPS!!!! I think!!! I think I have 9 Coturnix pips!!! aaahhhh!!! I can't stand it!! Ok!! HELP! What to mark them with? Fabric paint? Nail polish? and where?? I have about 110 in there & 56 are from my flock That's what I see pipping Yay!!
Thoughts??

Congratulations, it is some wonderful when they start pipping!

Wish I knew of something. I tried sharpie on yellow chicks and still couldn't see it, I might not have gotten enough on them for fear of hurting them. I was afraid of nail polish also, they peck each others toes enough as it is. I'll be watching for hints.