Quote: I do have lots of those black brahmas chicks right now. They are huge even as chicks that just hatch. I guess even though I deal with birds that initially cost me a lot, I can justify having them because if pinch comes to pinch if I can make food out of them. I did sell a ton of Seramas for $1 each that went to the food market. It would be more like eating a quail than a chicken though. I get tempted when new miniatures become available but talk myself out of them rather quickly now. I love the big monster sized birds. They do cost a lot more to feed but you get what you put into them.
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LOL Sharol, if i took the frying pan out i would get knocked over--did you bring us oatmeal or scrambled eggs.
Trish--I like! I am jealous if you actually can see foot feathers-we are just mud here for foot feathers.
Our cochins are primarily for surrogate incubators-it gets pretty funny when the 4 week olds start outsizing mom and dad,especially when the babies are orps or sussex. I think a lot of 4H kids like them for county fair too.I dont know if he is still around but Danz had a LF Cochin named King that was just one of those WOW birds.
self control with chickens---Hmmmm dont know what that is
I did sell King when I finally sold all of the LF cochins. There is a guy over near Lawrence named Jack Osterhouse that breeds only cochins and I believe he shows some as well. He bought several cochins from me and when I decided to sell the gold laced, including King, he was here within an hour and a half of the time I called him. I still miss King. He was just the sweetest prettiest bird ever. At least he gets to finish out his life as a breeder. He was such a gentleman to the ladies too so it was a good thing all the way around.
I now have gold laced English Orpingtons. And a couple of gold laced brahmas. They kind of look like King but will never have those huge fluffy legs and feet that he had. I just hatched my first gold laced chick day before yesterday. I only have one hen so I am going to try to hatch a few more before I sell any. It shouldn't be long though.
I have three of my black brahmas that are broody right now. I've hatched several chicks so I am just letting these girls sit right now to see if they do any good. It's awfully cold for them to be broody. One should be getting close to hatching if any of her eggs will hatch. The other two are only a week or so into sitting. I also have a white English orp who is insisting on being broody. I took the eggs she was sitting on and every last one of them is developing. In fact I've hatched 3 chicks so far from her eggs and she is back sitting again. This time I guess I'll let her finish hatching her own.
The rest of my birds are laying very little so it's strange to have some broodies already.
