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[Amelia Egghart]

Cute! Glad she was ok.

 

[Lincityfarmette]

Yes I am sure it made their day ! Sweet story. thanks . I once had neighbor 's dogs dig under wall. Got some of my raised from chicks. 1st flock But 2 weeks layer at a yard sale a few doors away my son - in- law found her. "Honey " is seven years old now!

 

[Sylvester017]

So in 100+ weather again, now I can say I've found heat tolerant birds are: Plymouth Rock, Phoenix, Sussex, Marans. Heat INTOLERANT birds: Faverolles.
Heat drama birds: Easter Eggers.

The Easter Eggers are definitely suffering and they're such drama queens they end up not being smart about cooling down. One in particular I'm sure I'll lose to a heat wave some day.

It's supposed to cool down by 10o end of week. We'll see. Yep, EEs (nor Ameraucana) like heat. Ours would sit under the mister spray all day long while others foraged. I'm not getting any more heavily under-downed or large dual purpose like fluffy Bielies, Orps, Favies, EEs, or Amers -- I need heat tolerant breeds that lay decent like the lightweight Dominique and Breda. Our Silkies do remarkably well in heat - probably because of their wispy feathering. Smaller and lightweight breeds thrive so much better in our hot weather.

 

[Leihamarie]

Hey all,

does anyone know of a chicken vet in San Diego???

Thanks!

 

[Amelia Egghart]

Oh dear. Sorry to bug y'all again with something else about my rooster Nero but apparently he's got something serious.... HE'S FAMOUS! Allow me to introduce Cackle Hatchery's Easter Egger cover boy! LOL. they've got some excellent user photos they've uploaded, so I sure didn't expect Nero to be #1.

His late hatch mate Jersey made it too, but photo 11 of 11 in White Jersey Giants. I'm not so sure how I feel about that because while he was BEAUTIFUL he died from a tumor but hey, I sent then the picture so they can do what they want.

Here's my spoiled monster:

https://www.cacklehatchery.com/easter-eggs.html


I THINK this means Nero will be printed on the catalog. Heeheehee. You can all tell your friends you've seen pictures of him MOLTING. haha. Poor buttless Nero, what a time to lose his tail, right when he gains celebrity status!

 

[Jessimom]

Oh dear. Sorry to bug y'all again with something else about my rooster Nero but apparently he's got something serious.... HE'S FAMOUS! Allow me to introduce Cackle Hatchery's Easter Egger cover boy! LOL. they've got some excellent user photos they've uploaded, so I sure didn't expect Nero to be #1.

His late hatch mate Jersey made it too, but photo 11 of 11 in White Jersey Giants. I'm not so sure how I feel about that because while he was BEAUTIFUL he died from a tumor but hey, I sent then the picture so they can do what they want.

Here's my spoiled monster:

https://www.cacklehatchery.com/easter-eggs.html


I THINK this means Nero will be printed on the catalog. Heeheehee. You can all tell your friends you've seen pictures of him MOLTING. haha. Poor buttless Nero, what a time to lose his tail, right when he gains celebrity status!

He is BEAUTIFUL!!! I'm sorry you lost him.

 

[Jessimom]

Hi All,

I am trying to find homes for some BEAUTIFUL roosters. I have 3 or 4 black or grey silkies. I have a frizzled Barred EE. Several bantam EE's. Some beautiful Whitish EE roos.
These are all between 4 and 8 months old.

Is anyone looking to add some new genetics to their flock?

Here are some of the bantam EE
:



I have several of these full sized dominique/EE mix:


White/black EE roos:


I'll have to find better photos of the silkie roos. Here's what they looked like several months ago, when they were still awkward teenagers - they came from this batch of silkies.




I'd love for them to not end up in a soup pot, which is where they are destined if I can't find homes....

 

[Amelia Egghart]

He is BEAUTIFUL!!!    I'm sorry you lost him.  

Thank you. He was a good bird to learn from. That was the Jersey Giant I lost, Nero's "brother," who was a huge bird that just draped across you when you picked him up. The original picture I sent them was of both Nero and Jersey and they split up the photo for their breed pictures (you can tell by the orange tree they're standing under).

The Easter Egger cover boy is crowing like a maniac right now because I'm late feeding them. LOL. Celebrities are so demanding!

 

[Amelia Egghart]

I'd love for them to not end up in a soup pot, which is where they are destined if I can't find homes....

I wish! Best of luck! I'd love a Dominique rooster but I'm at capacity do you process yourself? Or do you have someone who takes them?

 

[Jessimom]

I wish! Best of luck! I'd love a Dominique rooster but I'm at capacity

do you process yourself? Or do you have someone who takes them?

I hatched a lot of eggs, so I gave away the first 60 or so. Now I have about 9 that have to go. We processed our first 2 a few weeks ago and they were VERY tasty. But I picked the plainest ones. The fancy ones, I am having trouble making that decision. Not sure I could eat the silkies.