CALIFORNIA The Whole State thread

[SunnyDawn]

Here ya go...

Thanks Pam!

That sucks. Your pics look great and mine look like I bought them at the price club or something. I have dark egg, not dark enough but getting dark each egg and they look like crap in the pic.

Ok Dawn.

Just so you all know, this is a friend in AZ looking for the China gander. I stole her kinda lol and had her join so I could help her and so she could meet more CA people too. haha Once she's able to post pics, maybe we'll get to see all of her critters.

Oh! I was wondering. I thought maybe she had posted on the wrong thread but then I saw that she had only posted once. Thanks for the explanation.

Welcome to BYC Bryden!!!

Great looking eggs Sunny.

I have a BCM pipping this morning from an egg I didn't think would hatch. The egg was super dark, but covered in mud. They had laid it in the run. I decided what the heck and threw it in the incubator anyway. At lockdown, I couldn't see a thing through the shell and caked mud, but the egg felt heavy so I left it in. Everything else in the hatch was finished, but at day 23 this egg started to pip and now there is a fairly good sized hole. Go chickie!!!!

Deb

YEA! Good luck little chickie!
Oh! I see that you posted that he hatched already. Yea! It took me forever to get this post to finally post so a lot of folks posted during that time.

Is that the original egg or the Olive egg? I can see the dark marans eggs and the blue eggs fine. Its the egg that is blue, thicker from the Marans heritage AND has the brown coating that I have issues with. I didn't have luck with the brinsea candler when I had one. The lights I have are 400 lumes and work on everything else.

Unless they are actually Black eggs. Peter had 2 of his darkest blown out eggs at the show, they put all my eggs to shame. They looked like they were covered in magic shell, the chocolate stuff you put on ice cream. The only eggs I have seen in persons that were 9's.

Peter has been working on his egg color for a very long time, and has had great success, but just so folks understand, once a marans egg has been blown out it will continue to darken as it ages. It is hard to tell what the original egg color was like if it is an older blown out egg.

Yes, GO Chickie from a dark egg full of mud!

OK, another pic of my obsession........huh? yes? don't count on it? huh? huh?

Oh, never mind.....not red lipstick yet.....but they're so darn pretty aren't they? The two black EE's both went broody last year and I'm begging them to do it again or I'm going to need an incubator....I have orders for over a dozen EE chicks and whatever Marans we hatch. I've decided I will buy an incubator but I want a decent one...no more Little Giant, I can't babysit like I had to with the LG. OK, late for work again! If I worked for myself, I'd be fired for habitual tardiness!

They are soooo pretty! Love those girls!

Peter overall (sp) the guy who runs the Pacific Marans Club. He won a bunch at Stockton, and he is a nice guy, with excellent birds. Last year he put me on his list but never contacted me, so Im Guessing I went on the to put on list and didn't get moved. But Mario may kill me if I get more Marans.

I'm not sure what lp Marans are, but it sounds like a lot for a pair of marans, unless they are really good, and can you tell yet in juvies? Speaking of surprise chickens, ron, im about to send you a PM.

BDM, how big an incubator are you looking for? Someone on another thread said brinsea sells the octagon 20 that are seconds ( scratches etc) for around 110. That is a crazy good price if they have them, and they don't need babysitting.

I have been on Peter Ovalle's list for 2 & 1/2 years. He has a small flock and a lot of folks that want eggs. Also he does not supplement light during winter so getting any eggs during that time is almost impossible. I'm not saying you will have to wait that long... I don't want to ship them so we are trying to get our schedules to mesh long enough for a meetup when DH and I are over in that area and it's been tough... just saying you might have to wait a little bit for eggs. Yes he is a very nice guy and works really hard as the Western Regional Director for The Marans Club of America.

 

[farmhand]

Has everyone see this Map? This guy is trying to collect everyones location on BYC.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/740342/interactive-byc-map

And Hi! Im from Central Cal in Kingsburg
Farmhand aka Clifford aka Grampa

 

[wolftracks]

Dakotah and I went out to get the container of yard waste that gets picked up in the morning and I found eggs. I checked earlier, but the Sumatra that's laying doe it in a hole she dug in the dirt in the far corned of a small hoop coop. nice and muddy, but oh well. The box on the patio has a BCM egg and Lettie, my smaller lav AM laid her first one of this year. Know that pretty blue egg anywhere. Remember you asking who laid that one once Sunny. We checked the Chocolate AMs and I got my first egg!!! I knew one was laying, but she hadn't up till today. Checked the quail. Out of 3 pens I got one stinlin egg! Really?? Was hoping to find one in the Sussex pen, but instead I ended up grabbing the flashlight cause I only saw one bird. My heart about stopped and then I see the head pull her head up from under the roo. awwwwwwwwwww I also got a Phoenix egg! They hadn't started and I didn't quarentine (Don't scold me, cause I would) but I got them a new roo that's young so hope all his attention isn't for nothing, but got one of them laying too now. I was going to set eggs last night but thought I'd wait till I have a full flat. Got it tonight, so they're marked and ready and theres several quail eggs now too, to end of next month there better be plenty of check to sell or raise.


Welcome to the thread farmhand! I'll add you to the members list later, but we're happy to have you.


I'd love some of Peter's eggs. Think I'll wait till all of you have a flock from him and beg eggs later.

 

[ronott1]

For folks asking about the dark egg and the Brinsea, Here you go!



You can see the air cell and some stuff going on in there. Enough to know that it is not a dud.



From the bottom, you can see development. Looks like a good egg!



This is what you see in a Blue Egg Layer at 6 days....Lovely!

 

[wolftracks]

For folks asking about the dark egg and the Brinsea, Here you go!



You can see the air cell and some stuff going on in there. Enough to know that it is not a dud.



From the bottom, you can see development. Looks like a good egg!



This is what you see in a Blue Egg Layer at 6 days....Lovely!

OK what the heck are you using?

 

[ronott1]

Quote: I am using a high intensity ovaview from Brinsea with freshly charged enloop batteries. You have to charge the batteries every second time you use it. It drains the batteries very quickly.

There are two versions. This one costs $10.00 more than the regular one.

 

[HighNDryFarm]

Quote: Yes! That would be the incubator I would be looking for! Where would I go to order it?

Quote: Great news, glad the dirty mug made it.

 

[wolftracks]

I hope I don't cry tomorrow. I just went out and got the two lav AMs off their roost and ready to take them to sell tomorrow. Then I went to get Winston my beautiful bantam Wellie roo. He was scared at first, but then realized it was me and cuddled in my arms. OMG! What is wrong with me. I need to cut down on the amount of roo, so my neighbors don't start complaining and with all the rouge roos that show up in my yard, I just know they think those are mine too. Plus I'm scraping to keep them all fed, but Winston was my best little Bantam Wellie and I wish my LF, Cornelius was a pretty. I need more space so I don't have to get rid of birds I'd rather keep. The Blue Copper youngsters are going tomorrow too. Down to one puppy and one to go. Oh geez!

 

[chiqita]

Yes! That would be the incubator I would be looking for! Where would I go to order it?
Great news, glad the dirty mug made it.

She said she got it from brinsea. Maybe look up brinsea seconds and see what shows up?

 

[chiqita]

Clucknpeck I think was who mentioned it. We just got her old bator for zoo.