California - Northern

[alibra]

Out of 16 eggs I set (chicken) - 1 was fertile. 1. One. Uno. ONE??!!!!  GAH! What in the world??? It was THE one egg from my favorite hen. She is an EE, that lays dark brown eggs with brown speckles. Covered by a CL roo. ONE egg. Dude. Somebody better go broody in the next 2 weeks! I saw it doing flippy doodles, there is no way I can destory a baby Dumpling (hen's name). I only set one of hers thinking - no way would hers be fertilized. 

I set about 8 bantam (4 diff hens) eggs- that means my bantam roo is NOT doing his job. At all. And the rest were large fowl chicken eggs from about 6 other hens, covered by my CL boys (still young yet, not even 7 months old). They are mating, or attempting too. Mostly it looks like a WWF match with the roosters losing.

Anyone ever have that happen? ONE egg? :\

I just set 14 Silver Appleyard eggs. I need to test their hatchability. I am SO hoping I can sell these babies off once they hatch. I do not want to brood anything right now. lol

Did I mention ONE egg? Rooster fail!

What's a silverappleyard

 

[ChickNmamma]

To my No. Calif neighbors...I'm about 40mi North of Sacramento in Yuba City and we are fairly new to the raising of chickens we have two hens....this will be our first winter was wondering how you all protect them from the weather. Our is in a coop...I attached a picture

Hello and Welcome to the Nor Cal thread!
Coop looks fine for winter - as long as all your chickens fit inside when they are cold. Just look out if chicken math strikes...

 

[debs_flock]

What's a silverappleyard

It's a duck. They are lovely, I have a group of them as well. They are a large duck, good for eggs and meat.

The males look somewhat like a large mallard colored duck, the females are a soft shade of blondish brown.

http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/Ducks/Apple/BRKApple.html

 

[Hangtown Farms]

To my No. Calif neighbors...I'm about 40mi North of Sacramento in Yuba City and we are fairly new to the raising of chickens we have two hens....this will be our first winter was wondering how you all protect them from the weather. Our is in a coop...I attached a picture

welcome. Like everyone else said it wont get too cold. just keep them dry. Make sure there is plenty of air flow in your coop when its cold and soggy

 

[CackleJoy]

I love that each breed only counts as one chicken! That gives all sorts of latitude!

 

[lawatt]

made a little video clip today -- let's see if it will work here:

(remind me to hold the phone/camera horizontally next time!)

 

[ronott1]

made a little video clip today -- let's see if it will work here:

(remind me to hold the phone/camera horizontally next time!)

They are all so nice looking!

Thank you for sharing the video.

 

[ronott1]

I need to buy an automatic door but I can't make up my minds which one to order. I would love to hear the pros & cons of certain brands from those of you who have one.

@gryeyes just installed one at her place. Maybe she has some opinions about automatic doors.

I had 2 Bresse eggs hatch along with the rest of the shipped Langshan eggs that didn't hatch back in April or May. I was worried about having just 2 so I got 4 RIR chicks from Ron. I never planned on having RIRs but I love them now and so does my farm friend. I guess we might be adding them to our list of breeds!

I am happy that you like them. I have two pullets from that hatch. They are from Dick Horstman's Single Comb Rhode Island Reds. They are Kettle line and are fairly nice. Mine do not have the complete beetle black in the tail but that may come in later. The color and body type are good though.

They are very calm and peaceful.

 

[PetRock]

@gryeyes just installed one at her place. Maybe she has some opinions about automatic doors.

I am happy that you like them. I have two pullets from that hatch. They are from Dick Horstman's Single Comb Rhode Island Reds. They are Kettle line and are fairly nice. Mine do not have the complete beetle black in the tail but that may come in later. The color and body type are good though.

They are very calm and peaceful.

Since I'm new to RIRs, please tell me about the beetle black in the tail!

 

[ronott1]

Since I'm new to RIRs, please tell me about the beetle black in the tail!

The back part of the tail feathers are supposed to be black like this:



My Horstman reds have Red in their tails with some black, so the tails are not perfect yet. The Angle is correct on them though.