California - Northern

[Happy Chooks]

Congratulations! They are adorable...

Mine Barnevelders go on lock down Monday, hatch on Thursday ..I can't wait...

You get a splash, and I'm comin' to steal it.

 

[Papa Brooder]

Hey all. Gonna try to remember what I was supposed to answer. . Don't have enought eating eggs yet. I will start selling them in the spring just to friends, friends if friends etc. . Building up my layer flock and still culling a bit from my breeding pens. But my wife threatened to buy eggs the other day so we started eating the EE eggs.

Amy Beth, if you need some just give me a few days notice and I can save some usually 2-3 per day.


Oh and yes pam, my broody did hatch her eggs. Then I just had 2 BLRW go broody and hatch just recently. I stole the chicks to sell and the durn girls are still sitting on the nest and of course none of the other 4 hens have laid an egg since the two went broody.


And my Marans started laying avian. Finally!!

Overall egg production is way down. Just About everyone who was laying since summer has stopped or slowed way down. Only eggs from chickens that have recently started.


Got loads of chicks to sell!! Folks trickle in. Gonna have to have another processing time in about a month or so. . But excited for spring!!

Are you taking a bunch to American Poultry then? I have 5 that need to go around then.

Yes, I would be. I know mike has some as well and is trying to get down there for multiple reasons so between the three of us we should be good. Just have to find the right day!

 

[Papa Brooder]

anyone with isbars consider trying to breed olive eggers? I wonder if since they have green eggs if they would be like second generation olive eggers if breed with a dark layer? Maran , Wellie or penedesenca. I wanna add 3 hens with my white empordanesa until I can find more emp's. was thinking Splash Isbars. In theory the green isbar eggs with the dark brown Empordanesa eggs would be olive and darker than a Ameraucana over the White Empordanesa..
Molly's Splash Isbar's intrigued me.

I think Cheryl has some isbars she wanted to sell...

 

[Hangtown Farms]

I think Cheryl has some isbars she wanted to sell...

I am wondering if anyone has tried this? I posted it on the olive egger thread as well.

 

[Miss Molly]

anyone with isbars consider trying to breed olive eggers? I wonder if since they have green eggs if they would be like second generation olive eggers if breed with a dark layer? Maran , Wellie or penedesenca. I wanna add 3 hens with my white empordanesa until I can find more emp's. was thinking Splash Isbars. In theory the green isbar eggs with the dark brown Empordanesa eggs would be olive and darker than a Ameraucana over the White Empordanesa..
Molly's Splash Isbar's intrigued me.

The Isbars are in a breeding coop ready to rock and roll. Just waiting for them to kick it in to gear... I spent some time yesterday admiring my flocks. WOW! Says it all... I feel blessed to have so many amazing birds...

 

[Hangtown Farms]

The Isbars are in a breeding coop ready to rock and roll. Just waiting for them to kick it in to gear...

I spent some time yesterday admiring my flocks. WOW! Says it all... I feel blessed to have so many amazing birds...

very nice you should be proud...
Hmm wonder what the chicks would look like ... blue over white or splash over white
and the eggs Isbars have a pretty egg x dark terra cotta white emp egg ... hmmm.
My rooster only has two girls and needs a few more.

 

[Miss Molly]

You get a splash, and I'm comin' to steal it.

If I get more then one I will share I'm very excited for these little cuties to hatch!

 

[lawatt]

anyone with isbars consider trying to breed olive eggers? I wonder if since they have green eggs if they would be like second generation olive eggers if breed with a dark layer? Maran , Wellie or penedesenca. I wanna add 3 hens with my white empordanesa until I can find more emp's. was thinking Splash Isbars. In theory the green isbar eggs with the dark brown Empordanesa eggs would be olive and darker than a Ameraucana over the White Empordanesa..
Molly's Splash Isbar's intrigued me.

that timing! i just sold my splash isbar cockerel last weekend... i have to go by the feed store today & will check to see if he's still there.

 

[cherylcohen]

Cheryl,
Here is something I read on another thread about Frontline:

Originally Posted by Sydney Acres

"I agree that Frontline Spray is very effective against mites, HOWEVER, I would not recommend using it in chickens. I am a veterinarian. Years ago I had a client who was also a personal friend. She brought her flock in to see me at the clinic, and the mites were so bad that the birds were pale from anemia. I initially told her how happy I'd been with the effect of Frontline Spray on mites when I worked at a wildlife rescue clinic. Every pigeon/dove had mites, and one spray took care of them almost immediately. She asked me if there was any risk, since these birds were her daughter's lifeline right then -- he had set up the coop and bought her the chickens 2 years ago, and he had recently died in a car accident. This was a situation where NO risk was acceptable. Not knowing the sensitivity of chickens specifically, as opposed to thousands of problem-free doses on wild pigeons and other species, I called Merial, the manufacturer of Frontline Spray. When a member of the public calls and asks these questions, they just tell you not to use it if it's not been cleared for that species. They can't afford the liability if the untested recommendation doesn't work out. But when another veterinarian calls, they put their veterinarian on the phone and there's often a long conversation about old research and common usage. Well, the bottom line was that there's a lot of non-published research on Frontline Spray on a large number of different bird species. Most birds it's quite safe on, even at high doses. And there are some that it's quite poisonous on. But chickens are in the middle ground. The therapeutic range is quite narrow in many chickens (which means that the dose it takes to kill or harm the bird is only slightly higher than the dose it takes to kill the mites). The veterinarian from Merial said that many people use Frontline Spray on chickens with no obvious problems, but that many others end up with dead birds. He STRONGLY recommended not using it on birds that you care about, just in case your birds are more sensitive than others.

I use the injectable ivermectin (made for cattle) in my birds, but I give it orally. (Please note: I am not making a medication recommendation. Since none of you are my clients, I cannot legally prescribe to your birds without a doctor/patient/client relationship. I am only sharing with you what I give my own birds. What I do is off label (non-FDA approved) usage. There is no established withdrawal time on meat or eggs for ivermectin in chickens. I hate all this legal stuff, but it's the world we live in.) The dose range is huge, with most references citing 0.2 - 0.4 mg/kg, but Gail Damerow (The Chicken Health Handbook) recommends giving 0.25 ml (2.5 mg) to large birds, which is a much higher (and I assume safe, unless there's a typo) dose. "

THANKS SO MUCH KIM!!!! I didn't know you are a vet...so cool

 

[cherylcohen]

A few pictures of my Cream Legbars and Isbars ......I'm so excited on how Beautiful they are turning out...

SO pretty Molly! I love the 3 little girls I have from you , they are SO sweet