CALIFORNIA The Whole State thread

[fowlman01]

Walt if I put a pic up this week of a Blue Copper cockerel, could you give me an opinion about him? Just got to get him to an area where I can get a clear pic.

Not a problem.....put it up.

Walt

 

[Ali707]

Hey! Everyone! I just found this thread. Guess I can be added to it since I live in the high desert of California. I actually live in a little(don't blink) town called Inyokern, just off 395 halfway between Bishop and Los Angeles. I have the full view of the Sierras from my front porch and I love to sit in my swing with a cup of coffee and enjoy the view. That is if it's not windy. Yuk! I hate the wind. I have chickens, quail, parakeets and finches as well as a German Shepherd and a cat. I love to read, quilt, crochet and garden. Hope to enjoy visiting with you all.

HI! I used to live in Ridgecrest when I was young. Lived there for about 7 years or so and moved when I was in the 8th grade. My brother named his German Shepard "Inyo".

I really love it here except for the wind. It's been blowing now for days and it does get tiresome. I can't work in the garden because of the dust blowing. I love the mountain view when it is covered in snow. It's breath taking. Sorry to hear about the egg eating. Mine have never done it. I have a motley bunch. My rooster Henry, is a Maran/silkie and is very gently. I have 8 hens in the big pen, two Turkens, two Silkies, two Wyandott's, a Plymouth Rock and a red whatever. All lay and the Turkens lay huge brown eggs. My smaller pen has the bantams. I do have a Polish that's 8 years old that my neighbor gave me to rescue. All her other chickens died of old age except this one. She still lays several eggs a week, bless her. I have a pair of Old English Game hens, and a pair if Frizzles and an odd black one of unknown origin. The two roosters get along just fine and all but the Polish will eat out of my hand.

I HATED the dust devils. They could sand blast the skin right off of you!

I have to stand inside out just out of the pen to get close to getting them. They wait and as soon as an egg is laid it's like "Night of the Living Dead." They jump in pecking. They have never done this till recently and no other pen is doing it. They've even pushed out the bedding right after I fill the boxes, looking for eggs. It's ridiculous!

Zombie chickens. Sorry you are having this issue. But I learn a lot from other people posting possible solutions. I have sort of been lurking here and don't jump in much but work is not all it is cracked up to be today.

 

[Parkmule]

I'm the one in Sanger near alice, I just hatched some marans from her eggs, they are about 6 weeks old now, so no egg eaters here. I hatched 6 and i got 5 roos. They are all at my house in town because I tore a leg muscle and haven't been able to build the new pen at my sisters like I was planning.

Oh no! hope you are ok!

I think she is out of chicks. But I just got a batch for Alice...Maybe we will have an extra pullet....?

 

[wolftracks]

YUP! Zombie chickens. I'm trying something else, so I'll let you all know if it works.

One of my broodies was out in the yard today and had 2 chicks with her. Not the eggs I really needed to hatch and all the others left in the nest. I had to move things since this had been a hidden nest till I found it and there was a ton of eggs and one pipped. I candled and grabbed them all up and stuck then in an incubator. The first chick I helped half way out because it was shrink wrapped when I found it and a couple of eggs were peeping. One chick out and nothing else going on though. Then just a single lavender AM from the Sportsman. I have mostly shipped eggs and only a few made it to lockdown, but nothing at all from them. I have a bantam lav AM and one more LF lav AM and I'm hoping I at least get those.

 

[wolftracks]

Lavender AM chick from my beautiful Lavern

 

[debs_flock]

Lavender AM chick from my beautiful Lavern

Cute chick!

 

[wolftracks]

Picture doesn't do it justice. So poofy! LOL

 

[wolftracks]

I went to move an extra broody out of a crate my original hen is sitting on and a half hatched chick rolled out with an egg. I hear lots of peeping, so I'm going to wait all night if I have to and grab them out as they hatch, so they'll hatch them all. I hope this doesn't break the second girl, cause I want to set eggs under her and the other 3 that want to sit. This has been a busy day with everyone hatching at once!! But I like it!!!

 

[HighNDryFarm]

I went to move an extra broody out of a crate my original hen is sitting on and a half hatched chick rolled out with an egg. I hear lots of peeping, so I'm going to wait all night if I have to and grab them out as they hatch, so they'll hatch them all. I hope this doesn't break the second girl, cause I want to set eggs under her and the other 3 that want to sit. This has been a busy day with everyone hatching at once!! But I like it!!!

Congratulations!!

 

[SalinasChicken]

It always kills me to have to find homes for chicks I've cared for since hatch, but I have too many cockerels and it's time. I have two 10 week old Marans cockerels, 1 Blue copper and 1 Blue Splash. Wade Jeane line. They are my sons, and he really wants to keep them but we can't, so I at least want them to go to good homes. PM me for more details or pictures. I also have at least 1 Lav AM cockerel (4wks) but I'm not positive on sex yet.