California - Northern

[Hangtown Farms]

I love the fall decorations...

I'm going to Apple Hill on the 20th. I have NEVER been. I have lived in Newcastle my whole life and never been. How lame!
Congratulation on the Chicks....
:/I had some chicks peep early... The auto egg turner was still on...
I had one little chick riding the wave. Could have ended bad. Thank God I caught it in time

Molly that is kinda where I live. well just south to be exact in Pleasant Valley

 

[Hangtown Farms]

Jason, really sorry to here about your Penedesenca ... Hope he heals up....

Thank you I well be checking on him before I leave with a flash light lol. My wife lets them out in the morning because it is dark when I leave and now till sunup is the worst for critters

 

[debs_flock]

I'm going to Apple Hill on the 20th. I have NEVER been. I have lived in Newcastle my whole life and never been. How lame!

Just don't be "one of those"! My parents first built a house in the Apple Hill area in the 60's. Until I remarried a few years ago, I lived on the other side in Cedar Grove for 17 years. I HATE Apple Hill season on the weekends.

The traffic is horrendous. There isn't enough parking at the orchards and tourists will come up. If they can't find a parking place, they'll just park on the road. Nothing like coming around a blind curve to find a car parked in the middle of the lane

But have fun, nothing like fresh pressed cider.

and hot apple donuts

Deb

 

[ronott1]

Quote: The eggs are from Ron Fogelly. He has been working with one of the old lines(1920ish) for several years and is getting them into real good shape.

These are the ones I posted about a couple of weeks ago and said they would be good to use in a Rhodebar project. I was not kidding

. Ron has offered to send me 15 more hatching eggs for the cost of shipping. I could contact him and see if he still has his breeding pens set up.

I was reminded of the breed back to RIR project when I saw a picture of a Rhodebar standing next to a Hatchery RIR. I thought how sad. What a beautiful Rhodebar you could get if you bred them to a nice Brick shaped Mahogany RIR like I have in my back yard...

Ron

 

[capayvalleychick]

The necropsy said it was aspergillosis.

That's what AmyBeth has been dealing with... search back through the posts to see how she's treating.

Sorry for your losses, everyone.

Poor Cooper, being sick himself and having to deal with a cock fight.

It will be nice to see your RIR develop, Ron.

The best thing that I can recommend to anyone raising the old standard breeds is to buy a copy of the APA SOP. There is so much more than just breed descriptions in it. There is information on what to look for, when breeding for productive type, descriptions of defects, information on feather patterns, etc.

I'm so jealous of those of you who live up in the Apple Hill region! I would love to live there. If you ever hear of any affordable properties up there, or someone who wants to trade for a ranch in Capay Valley, let me know!

 

[HighNDryFarm]

Quote: Ron, I had to laugh when I looked at your RIR with it's deep mahogony color and compare to my hatchery RIR! Yours look like what we had 30 years ago!

Miss Molly, would you be surprised if I said I was the middle child!

Quote: As soon as I heard what it was I remembered Amy Beth's issues and then how excited she was to find out it was something she could fix! Much easier for me since they weren't infected on my property so I just need to make sure they're all healthy and then get them moved into the grow out pen and then wait for dark chocolate eggs! If I have any girls anyway

!

 

[zooweemama]

As Promised, I am posting pictures of my Heritage RIR Pullets.

This picture shows what the fee are supposed to look like. The yellow with the orange -- you do not see that in the Hatchery RIRs. Also, A good look at the color you are supposed to have - dark Mahogany.



They are young and have more molting, but you can see the colors and pattern along with the straight back and beetle colored tail feathers. Also, the are supposed to be shaped like a brick.



Here is a nice group shot. They will be 16 weeks old tomorrow. They have another molt and then they should have better color and all of their tail feathers.



Ron

I really like that rich rusty reddish brown color!

 

[zooweemama]

The necropsy said it was aspergillosis.

http://www.internetjfs.org/articles/ijfsv8-5.pdf This is a very useful article. I have chosen not to treat sick ones. We are culling those with symptoms. I spent a lot of money on incredibly good quality stock - I am not risking anything. Plus no treatment has been proven completely useful. Plus most of the affected ones are cockerels and do not 'need' them anyway. I have way too many of them and there is no way I am pawning sick chickens onto another person.

If you look up treatment you are going to find a huge range of advice. Some say cull, some say treat with antibiotics, some say it won't help, others say this...that - it gets overwhelming fast. Because of this- I choose culling since I would culling them ANYway were they completely healthy. Too many roos. Plus all I can think about is them walking around with a compromised immune system- they will be the first to catch whatever might float around (whereas a healthy chicken might not be susceptible normally) and the he could give it to the other chickens. I tend to overthink things and want to be extra safe though.

Anyhow that's what we are doing. Plus spraying the area of the coop down with ACV. My husband needs to move the waterer and we need to something about that area of the coop still because now that it's been molded it's going to be a constant problem. :|

 

[CALI CHICK]

I gave in last night and put them in the brooder. Here are my 5 babies.

3 white silkies and 2 blue/black silkies.

 

[ronott1]

I gave in last night and put them in the brooder. Here are my 5 babies.

3 white silkies and 2 blue/black silkies.

I still think Silkies look like Tribbles from Star Trek!

Ron