Chat Thread for the New Crazy 24 hour Auction

[deserteggs22]

Are those females with other males??  Because it will take a good 3 weeks before you could be sure that the silkie fertilizes the eggs. 

Yes, it would be 1 male with females. One I have a winner for the auction, they could pick what breeds they want mixed, and I would put them all in a breeding pen and wait a couple weeks until all were fertilized by the silkie.

 

[KYTinpusher]

Yes, it would be 1 male with females. One I have a winner for the auction, they could pick what breeds they want mixed, and I would put them all in a breeding pen and wait a couple weeks until all were fertilized by the silkie.

That would be a pre-sale and BYC rules do not permit that: 12.Presales/preorders are only allowed to be posted by Platinum Poultry Members. (The only exception is hatching eggs. Sales may be done no longer than a week in advance to allow the seller to collect eggs)

 

[DwayneNLiz]

That would be a pre-sale and BYC rules do not permit that: 12.Presales/preorders are only allowed to be posted by Platinum Poultry Members. (The only exception is hatching eggs. Sales may be done no longer than a week in advance to allow the seller to collect eggs)

but its for hatching eggs, granted i could be being dense on the subject

 

[Pyxis]

but its for hatching eggs, granted i could be being dense on the subject

Yeah, but then it goes on to say even that can only be a week in advance, unfortunately.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Yeah, but then it goes on to say even that can only be a week in advance, unfortunately.

i did see that

 

[deserteggs22]

That would be a pre-sale and BYC rules do not permit that: [COLOR=333333]12.Presales/preorders are only allowed to be posted by Platinum Poultry Members. (The only exception is hatching eggs. Sales may be done no longer than a week in advance to allow the seller to collect eggs)[/COLOR]

Oh, ok.

Can I still ask if there is any interest, and if so, I could put them in the pen now, and in 3 weeks, I could have an auction?

 

[KYTinpusher]

Quote: That would work.

What I would do is put the hens in the pen now and keep checking their eggs for fertility. When you get a few days in a row with no fertility, add the Silkie roo and you can be assured that once the eggs are fertile, they are fathered by him. Sometimes that will only take a week or two and sometimes the hen can hold the sperm for a month or more. Just a suggestion.

 

[teaton]

@rossfam06 heres the exact eggs you won from your auction, I collected and candeled them today and they look great!!! Some are Jumbo size, I will spot clean them if youd like or not thats up to you. Good luck with hatching, cant wait to see those babies!!!

Thanks again for bidding!

 

[Chickens4lifee]

If I was to put up barnyard mixed eggs and a few that are standard and bantam sized. would I have any luck selling them or should I just keep them to eat? Im new to eggs sales so i'm not sure on it yet.

 

[orrpeople]

If I was to put up barnyard mixed eggs and a few that are standard and bantam sized. would I have any luck selling them or should I just keep them to eat? Im new to eggs sales so i'm not sure on it yet.

Okay, I've been watching the auctions and the egg sales with interst (as a future breeder) and here are my two cents.

1. Coolness counts - although I love my layers, they are standard feed store birds (Orps, Lorpes, EEs, RIRs, etc) and my roo is a non SOP BCM. If I mix them up, well, not all that interesting.
2. Uniqueness Counts - I've grown to despise the word "rare." Greenfire's newest imports are the only rare birds in this country. What we do in our backyards is work on uniqueness (and coolness, see observation#1). I, like so many on this site, love a unique bird, its genetic heritage, and how it will uniquely function in my own yard.
3. Purebred is third, because if it can't be cool or unique, it should at least have two of the same breed parents.

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