California - Northern

[Happy Chooks]

Happy Valentines Day!

Yes, Happy Valentine's Day!

 

[Audio51]

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I made the mistake of posting a picture of my feed store EE there too. They don't waste much time. do they? Mine was a cockerel so no way to tell what egg gene he had. My feeling was that, like with a pure bred dog, even if it doesn't meet the SOP for markings or conformation, a Golden Retriever is still a Golden Retriever. I was quickly informed that was not the case and that if it met all the other standards but was not one of the accepted colors, it should be referred to as an EE Ameraucana. All I really cared about was the colored egg and really only posted the picture for feedback on whether it was a pullet or cockerel. That was when I was informed that he was inferior and I should not clutter up their pages with posts about him.
But I have some now from Chickee. One is a color cross, but the other is a pure Ameraucana. I can't wait for those first eggs!

 

[Audio51]

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I think it it definitley time to toss the other eggs. Are you brave enough to open them? Or at least candle them to see what was going on in them?


And YEAH for Day 26 baby!!!

 

[EZFarms]

I think i will attempt to open them after i get off work and see what happen

 

[EZFarms]

And no it doesnt look like they pipped at all the air sacs are both still intact

 

[chrissyr]

i saw someone advertise they sexed their chicks. It's just a "regular Joe". Is that possible? i thought "sexers" were few and far between. and they breeds weren't auto-sexing at all. How often do you hear of backyard hobbyists that can sex chicks?

 

[OR4-hmom]

Happy Valentines Day everyone!

My girls gifted me with a dead vole yesterday. I guess they don't like visitors in the dark.

I've got an OEGB that I suspect is going broody. DD wants silver phoenix bantams but I'm not feeling comfortable ordering eggs from GA or VA with this weather. I figure I will probably stick some bantam orps under her and hope for a splash pullet.

 

[chiqita]

i saw someone advertise they sexed their chicks. It's just a "regular Joe". Is that possible? i thought "sexers" were few and far between. and they breeds weren't auto-sexing at all. How often do you hear of backyard hobbyists that can sex chicks?

Bet they are hatchery chicks. People buy and resell. Or they are wing sexing a lot of people think it works. I have been banned from bords for telling people not to do that and sell chicks as pullets.g

 

[chiqita]

And happy valentines day everyone!!

 

[OR4-hmom]

i saw someone advertise they sexed their chicks. It's just a "regular Joe". Is that possible? i thought "sexers" were few and far between. and they breeds weren't auto-sexing at all. How often do you hear of backyard hobbyists that can sex chicks?

I'm at about 90% with the BLRW's feather sexing at day 1 or 2, the bantam mixes I was 50/50. With the basques all bets were off.