California - Northern

[sewandgrow]

I have never had any luck with Craigslist, even tried listing them for free. LOL seriously, I end up giving them to my local feed store.

The family I loaned my incubator to was asking about unwanted roosters for meat birds. She lives in Modesto & her daughter has a poultry project going for 4H. You may have met her at the lunch table at Stockton.

 

[chrissyr]

The best I have found for eggs is plastic nest liners.

I cut them to fit the nest boxes and have some spares that I keep clean for swapping out.

Cutlersuppler sells them for 1.95 each.

http://cutlersupply.com/zen_new51/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=7_102&products_id=682

I also have two golf balls in each nest box.

Pullets that are starting to lay will play with the eggs more. That behavior gets better over time.

I need some of those too. I got some of the excelsior pads and wasn't happy. You can't clean them and the chickens tear them around. http://www.eggcartons.com/Excelsior-Nesting-Pads-p/ep1313.htm These are them. I should have got the other pads.

 

[chrissyr]

I am sure I can but only want to sell them as pairs
you may like the olive eggers too once they start to hatch as they will be
crele looking hens with salmon chests on the first cross. The males will be single barred crele
but they will be pretty

Keep us updated on the UofA crosses with the Penedesenca too. I can't wait to see how they do

 

[liz9910]

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Great! I have at least 4 chicks that are cockerels. She's welcome to them.

 

[PetRock]

A friend posted this on FB this morning. It is worth a watch. Talk about a smart bird! I wonder if my resident scrub jay could do this?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/06/crow-smartest-bird_n_4738171.html

 

[sewandgrow]

question about olive eggers: does the first cross always produce an olive laying generation?

My personal cross is Blue Copper Marans covered by Blue/Black True Ameraucana & my first generation pullets all lay an olive egg. I do however have one suspect that lays a Marans colored egg come to think of it????

 

[juststruttin]

A friend posted this on FB this morning. It is worth a watch. Talk about a smart bird! I wonder if my resident scrub jay could do this?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/06/crow-smartest-bird_n_4738171.html

that was amazing. Thanks for sharing

 

[sewandgrow]

A friend posted this on FB this morning. It is worth a watch. Talk about a smart bird! I wonder if my resident scrub jay could do this?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/06/crow-smartest-bird_n_4738171.html

Amazing....scary amazing considering I see thousands of crows roosting in the almond orchard next door at dusk. Sometimes you can't hear yourself think over the noise until they settle down.

 

[WendyJeepchick]

That was amazing. I think that bird is smarter than some of the humans I know. He definitely works harder to get his food and doesn't wait in line for handouts. Sad but true.

 

[OR4-hmom]

Amazing....scary amazing considering  I see thousands of crows roosting in the almond orchard next door at dusk. Sometimes you can't hear yourself think over the noise until they settle down.

One year the crows used an oak on the edge of our yard as their Congregation tree. They have moved back onto the 20 acres behind us now but I enjoyed watching the show and then seeing them break up into their family groups and fly home for the night.