California - Northern

[tommysgirl]

Hi! I don't know if Gilroy (20 minutes south of San Jose) counts as Northern California for most people, but here I am.

Welcome!!! This is the most knowledgeable, nicest, most enabling thread on BYC.

 

[ronott1]

Here is Ginger I haven't wanted to freak them out too much so have left them alone for the most part. This weekend there will be "Be my Friend" time. Both of them were easy to catch initially so I hope that goes well. Pretty sure Ginger is the egg layer from yesterday. She is pretty pink.


And here is Mary Anne



Tom is now calling their rooster "The Skipper" so I guess their coop is "Gilligan's Island"
Miss Mary Anne doesn't have much of a rump. Hoping that means a bluer egg.

Both of these girls originally came from Mt Healthy. They came from a friend who buys and resells hatchery birds locally. Why do I feel like I have to apologize for that? I am hoping that at some point I can convert her.

The Pea comb is closely associated with the blue shell genes. As far as I know, rumpless is only associated with a lethal gene--Araucanas die in the shell if they have it.

If Ginger is laying eggs, she is already happy with you.

Very nice looking pullets\hens.

 

[tommysgirl]

The Pea comb is closely associated with the blue shell genes. As far as I know, rumpless is only associated with a lethal gene--Araucanas die in the shell if they have it.

If Ginger is laying eggs, she is already happy with you.

Very nice looking pullets\hens.

Well they do both have pea combs as do my other two who are not yet laying. The egg last night was nice and blue. Not CL blue but a nice bluer then green blue

 

[ronott1]

Well they do both have pea combs as do my other two who are not yet laying. The egg last night was nice and blue. Not CL blue but a nice bluer then green blue

I have an ee that lays an egg like that too! It is just slightly green and a good size for a small Large Fowl Hen.

 

[debs_flock]

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You're correct, there does appear to be a connection between the blue shell gene and the pea comb gene.

In Araucanas it isn't the rumpless gene that is lethal, it's the tufting gene. If a chick doesn't inherit a copy from either parent, they are clean faced. If they inherit a copy from only one parent, they have tufts. If they inherit the gene from both parents (a double copy of the gene), they will die in the shell late in the incubation process.

That is the same as the dwarfing gene in chickens (Japanese bantams for example), dwarf rabbits, people, etc. One copy of the gene equals dwarfism, double copy means the fetus will not survive. My son raised a couple of varieties of dwarf rabbits. With rabbits the kit will be born, but it dies within a few days. In rabbits they call them "peanuts", but basically it's a baby with double dwarfing genes.

 

[PetRock]

My SIL sounds like your daughter. I thought about getting Crocs or something like them but with narrow feet I just walk out of them. I prefer mucky shoes to barefoot. I have never been a "barefoot" person, I feel every pebble. I just take the hose to my shoes before coming in if they are nasty. I just accept that with 3 people and 3 dogs there is going to be footprints and dust. I have a small sign in the entryway, Welcome to our house. You can touch the dust just don't write in it!

That would be the perfect sign for my house, too! My daughter and her husband are so concerned about me having the incubator and brooders in the house that they want to buy me a shed to keep them in. I told her that it would need to be wired for electricity and she said, "We can do that!" I watch my 2 little grandkids around 15 days per month while they work. They don't like that the chickens are in the house but the kids love them!

I have a pair of garden clogs that I wear in the backyard, at least most of the time. They don't have holes like Crocs and since I am always making mud, they work much better! I like the easy slip on but do occasionally lose one while walking!

 

[ChickNmamma]

Hi! I don't know if Gilroy (20 minutes south of San Jose) counts as Northern California for most people, but here I am.

Hello and Welcome. I always say "Northern California" is a state of mind, not a location. If you think you live in Northern California, then you do...

Here is Ginger I haven't wanted to freak them out too much so have left them alone for the most part. This weekend there will be "Be my Friend" time. Both of them were easy to catch initially so I hope that goes well. Pretty sure Ginger is the egg layer from yesterday. She is pretty pink.


And here is Mary Anne



Tom is now calling their rooster "The Skipper" so I guess their coop is "Gilligan's Island"
Miss Mary Anne doesn't have much of a rump. Hoping that means a bluer egg.

Both of these girls originally came from Mt Healthy. They came from a friend who buys and resells hatchery birds locally. Why do I feel like I have to apologize for that? I am hoping that at some point I can convert her.

Very pretty girls! Don't apologize about your friend's hatchery birds, I would say 99% of us started out that way - and they can be great birds for eggs and personality. I had Americanas (EEs) for over 20 years before I realized they weren't a breed - but I never wanted to show them so that didn't matter. What mattered is they are healthy and happy and produce lots of eggs!

I got a "Blue" girl like your Ginger last year from McMurray - her name.. is Bluee... Well ok, not real original - she is a Blue EE - but its what I called her and it stuck. She is the friendliest of the lot. She lays a lovely big blue egg.

They may quit laying while they get used to the move. Sometimes they lay the one egg "in the chute" and quit for awhile. I have only had one that I moved and she continued laying, quitting is normal.

 

[MossyoakLane]

. I have a small sign in the entryway, Welcome to our house. You can touch the dust just don't write in it!

I make wood signs.....I am so going to steal this! Love it!


On the prolapsed vent front.......I went to give her a bath this morning, and the prolapse seems to have gone back to normal overnight. I am still going to keep her in the house over the weekend so I can keep an eye on her. I am also keeping her dark with no food to stop laying.
We were supposed to go to my parents in Yuba city, but decided to stay home. to keep an eye n her. My sister, who usually watches our chickens, gets squeamish and I just can't see her being able to deal with any problems that may arise.

 

[ronott1]

I make wood signs.....I am so going to steal this! Love it!


On the prolapsed vent front.......I went to give her a bath this morning, and the prolapse seems to have gone back to normal overnight. I am still going to keep her in the house over the weekend so I can keep an eye on her. I am also keeping her dark with no food to stop laying.
We were supposed to go to my parents in Yuba city, but decided to stay home. to keep an eye n her. My sister, who usually watches our chickens, gets squeamish and I just can't see her being able to deal with any problems that may arise.

That is good news!(the Australorp recovering--not missing out on the trip).

She should heal up fine.

 

[PetRock]

I make wood signs.....I am so going to steal this! Love it!


On the prolapsed vent front.......I went to give her a bath this morning, and the prolapse seems to have gone back to normal overnight. I am still going to keep her in the house over the weekend so I can keep an eye on her. I am also keeping her dark with no food to stop laying.
We were supposed to go to my parents in Yuba city, but decided to stay home. to keep an eye n her. My sister, who usually watches our chickens, gets squeamish and I just can't see her being able to deal with any problems that may arise.

Great news about your girl! And, do you sell the signs you make????