Colorado

[krcchickens]

Yep, RIR is Rhode Island Red.
http://www.hardwickhatchery.com/

k do you know of anyone who sells the sexed? I m not looking for roosters if I can help it. Is there breeds that I can get locally that will fit my needs that you know of or would recommend?

 

[Chick_In_The_Burbs]

k do you know of anyone who sells the sexed? I m not looking for roosters if I can help it. Is there breeds that I can get locally that will fit my needs that you know of or would recommend?

Not for RIRs but Dominique's can be sexed at hatch. Otherwise your only chance that I know of is to find a small feed store taking special orders. The last set of chicks I got was from the Elizabeth country corner because they let me piggy back my little order on their first season order.

 

[wsmith]

The one I was going to order from there are: golden buff,rhode island red, barred, white and partridge Plymouth Rocks, blue, silver, golden & Colombian Wyandottes, blk australorp, Dominique's, hamburg's, Easter eggers, silver gray dorkings. I'd like a blue ameraucana. I'm not partial to any of the for a specific reason but those were the breeds that I picked from the catalog . Just want breed that are good layers and cold hardy. I don't want roosters and we have kids so a good disposition would be nice. Is rir Rhode Island reds?

If it were me, (and its not of course) my first choice would be to buy locally from local breeders, in this case from Colorado if possible. I breed Dominiques. Others out there will or do have Dorkings, EEs, PBR, etc. perhaps not all the breeds you mention, but at least some of them. Flocks that are local are usually proven to do well in this region and in the weather we enjoy so much.... Just some thoughts. I don't know how cold it gets in Ft Lupton, but I know it is a little more humid that where I am. That is also something to consider. Wet = cold.

 

[coloradogal]

What do the Egg-sperts recommend for my humidity in my incubator? It's currently sitting around 55% but I am still waiting for it to stabilize.

I do a dry incubation so can't be of any help.

If it were me, (and its not of course) my first choice would be to buy locally from local breeders, in this case from Colorado if possible. I breed Dominiques. Others out there will or do have Dorkings, EEs, PBR, etc. perhaps not all the breeds you mention, but at least some of them. Flocks that are local are usually proven to do well in this region and in the weather we enjoy so much.... Just some thoughts. I don't know how cold it gets in Ft Lupton, but I know it is a little more humid that where I am. That is also something to consider. Wet = cold.

I agree. Local breeders tend to have the best chicks.

 

[krcchickens]

If it were me, (and its not of course) my first choice would be to buy locally from local breeders, in this case from Colorado if possible. I breed Dominiques. Others out there will or do have Dorkings, EEs, PBR, etc. perhaps not all the breeds you mention, but at least some of them. Flocks that are local are usually proven to do well in this region and in the weather we enjoy so much.... Just some thoughts. I don't know how cold it gets in Ft Lupton, but I know it is a little more humid that where I am. That is also something to consider. Wet = cold.

When would you have some day oldish chicks available? How far are you? What are your prices?

 

[dennarahl]

I have almost always ordered pullets only, the price is worth it to me. The chicks on sale are strictly straight run, which for Bantams is almost always the case anyway. I have never ordered from Ideal, anyone care to share their experience with them?

I've ordered from them twice. The first order was 10 EEs, which had 10 red boys included for warmth (in january), and 8 of them are still with me. One of the lost ones was a crossbeak that didn't make it and Ellie was eggbound and prolapsed at the same time. Nothing we did worked and she was in so much pain that we culled her. That was a traumatic first egg experience. The 10 boys were delicious dinners. My 2nd order was 25 black broilers and 3 cornish rocks. They gave us one extra broiler. One arrived DOA, and one more died the next day. ETA: Our first order was pullets, and all 9 who grew up were girls. The second order was straight run. All three cornish rock turned up male, and the black broilers came out about 60% female.

I think I'm going to take advantage of the bantam special. I can tack some on to my order and then brood for a couple of weeks before delivery/pickup if anyone is interested? If so, I need to know by about 10pm tonight when I place the order.

 

[dennarahl]

Cool. How was the DUH swap? Did you get anything, or sell anything?

I had fun. We took two black broiler hens and they both sold. I had thought about taking four or five, but I didn't really have room and I wasn't sure they would sell. I also sold some eggs. I took some hen saddles, but only one sold. I think we're going to go again next month with a couple hens and some chicks.

 

[ScottnLydia]

I think they are fairly rare. I am looking for the link on how they just "showed up" in one farms turkey population. Here is the story.

"In 1996 a few tricolored birds appeared out of a Heritage Bronze flock in Big Timber, MT, at Sweetgrass Farms. These birds had a heavily marked royal palm pattern with chestnut red. The name Sweetgrass was put on this strain of tricolors.
The Sweetgrass genotype is (b1b1cgcg) Black winged bronze based with Oregon Gray (aka Palm genes) They breed 100% true to color/pattern.
I developed my strain from the Sweetgrass Farms' line in Big Timber,MT. My new strain has a heritage turkey body style, they are not a broadbreasted type like the ones developed at Sweetgrass Farms. As with all the broadbreasted type birds you run into many other problems too like the need for artificial insemination and also health problems due to the massive body structure which leads to leg and heart problems .
I have selectively bred this line down to a much trimmer body type which can breed naturally and are also very hardy.
Mature toms weigh around 33 pounds and hens around 18 lbs.
In Belgium, this color pattern has existed for hundreds of years and it is known as the Yellow-shouldered Ronquière. A clear example of one of these turkeys appears in this old painting, by the Flemish master Joachim Beuckelaars, from 1566!

This clipping is from Porters Turkeys. I mention this because they are the only ones to my knowlege that have developed the 'heritage' body type in the Sweetgrass turkeys. Others sell Sweetgrass, but as mentioned in the above article, they may be of the broad breasted body type, which would not be good for breeding purposes, if that is your goal.

Porters has an amazing array of heritage type turkeys available, and are well known for the quality of their birds ! The biggest problem with them is their popularity, they sell out fast !

If you're interested, their website is www.porterturkeys.com. Lots of beautiful photos.

 

[suncatcher]

Well, I looked at my latest pay statement. Looks like I will have to find about $125 in either new income, or cut that amount from my budget per month.

Thank you government. Thanks for the opportunity to pay for more entitlements and silly programs. Thanks for allowing me to let my family scrimp some more in order to pay for uncontrolled spending. Thankyou. Thanks for being honest during the campaign saying I won't pay more taxes because I don't make whatever amount was being thrown out. Thanks to all those Americans who voted for idiots who raise taxes and don't cut spending. Thanks for reminding me that it is people like me who can't spend if we don't have the money avialable, and that you in government apparently know better than me. Thanks again.

And thus ends my rant. Thanks for listening.

Back to chickens. I will have to sit with my chickens for hours to get through this one. Therapy chickens. I wonder if we could get a government grant (using hard earned money taken from other folks like us) to study the concept of therapy chickens.............

OK. I'm sorry.

And everyone thought that the new tax laws would only impact the wealthy, yep, that worked out really well.......... For everyone! Hope you get lots of chicken time in!!!

 

[suncatcher]

This clipping is from Porters Turkeys. I mention this because they are the only ones to my knowlege that have developed the 'heritage' body type in the Sweetgrass turkeys. Others sell Sweetgrass, but as mentioned in the above article, they may be of the broad breasted body type, which would not be good for breeding purposes, if that is your goal.

Porters has an amazing array of heritage type turkeys available, and are well known for the quality of their birds ! The biggest problem with them is their popularity, they sell out fast !

If you're interested, their website is www.porterturkeys.com. Lots of beautiful photos.

Hi, I saw that, I am definately not doing AI with turkeys, so am glad that they sell the more Heritage type. They do have some VERY nice photos on there web site. I just came across the Sweetgrass by accident, and thought they were an interesting color.