We have 3 layers! My husband found an egg this morning, my older daughter found one when we got home from church a bit ago, and she has just brought me a nice warm just-laid one! (Curry laid that one). So it looks like all of my "suspects" are "guilty"
woot woot!!We have 3 layers! My husband found an egg this morning, my older daughter found one when we got home from church a bit ago, and she has just brought me a nice warm just-laid one! (Curry laid that one). So it looks like all of my "suspects" are "guilty"
What crosses are those ? I have a blue copper Marans I'd like to cross with my lavender AM, just wondering what they'll look like. Tried hatching one but it didn't develop. I noticed the egg was very porous. I've heard that can effect hatching.perhaps that's why. I'd really like to see what it'll look like, but I'm leaning towards getting the CL x for olive eggersHere are my latest olive egger pullets that are laying.
I have a new layer too. Joan Baez, the older of the two Dorking girls I got from Kim in Oct left one in the middle of their run
A couple of weeks ago my second Icelandic started laying, in the nest box of all places. Then she seemed to have stopped laying but yesterday I found a nest of Icelandic eggs in a dog house...of course!
@ronott1 thanks again for your advice re quarantine. When @debs_flock returns I hope I can get a couple of NH pullets from her. If I can't find Mottled Java Pullets close enough to avoid shipping I will have to go the hatching egg route. I have a contact in Oregon for the MJs. I would have had her eggs for Beakface instead of the Wys but they had a mud slide on their property and the breeder was consumed with mud on their ranch. I just want 1 or 2 girls out of a hatch. So far my broody girl is 5/0 cockerels /pullets At some point that has to turn around.
How many of you all have Bantams??
I was thinking about hatching some at some point but ow much do you get when you process a cockerel? Is it similar in size to a quail or a dove? Do you roast them and serve them like you would a cornish game hen or do you make stock out of them?
Thought I would share the pictures I just posted of my NYD hatch on the NYD cutest chick contest thread. They aren't the cutest (I think the Silkie chicks are) but they might be some of the prettiestI had fun taking their pictures anyway!
The two Blue Wheaten Ameraucana chicks-
They are all gorgeous but these two are my favorites!
Do you breed them chickee and what do you do with your extra cockerels??I have bantams. Bantam Buff Brahmas, Bantam Polish, Bantam Blue Laced Red Wyandottes, Silkies and d'AnversLove my bantams!
