Cream Legbars

[Ashdoes]

I have them listed, but if no one takes them, we'll put them in a grow out pen and process around 5 months.

 

[sweetdreaming]

I was just on the Greenfirefarms website and was looking to see what the rees chicks were going for and wondered if anyone has ordered any rees chicks yet?

I ordered (and paid for!) 4 girls and 2 boys from GFF last October. I specified Jill Rees line. After a bazillion emails, Jenny emailed me on 3/31 and said they will be ready to ship JR chicks after 4/15. But they will only fill 1/3 of my order w/ Jill Rees, the others will be from Line D. I admonished her that, after 6 months and big $$$, I would hope they send me at least 2 hens from the JR line. She also commented that the JR line "needs additional genetics" (or something like that -- maybe they're too inbred??). I also told Jenny that I expected QUALITY chicks cuz I was going to be severely disappointed if I received the same kind of chicks that I've been culling!!! Wish me luck, I'll keep y'all posted!

 

[CibolaChooks]

I ordered (and paid for!) 4 girls and 2 boys from GFF last October. I specified Jill Rees line. After a bazillion emails, Jenny emailed me on 3/31 and said they will be ready to ship JR chicks after 4/15. But they will only fill 1/3 of my order w/ Jill Rees, the others will be from Line D. I admonished her that, after 6 months and big $$$, I would hope they send me at least 2 hens from the JR line. She also commented that the JR line "needs additional genetics" (or something like that -- maybe they're too inbred??). I also told Jenny that I expected QUALITY chicks cuz I was going to be severely disappointed if I received the same kind of chicks that I've been culling!!! Wish me luck, I'll keep y'all posted!

hopefiully you dont get d line golds. Allot of people pay the 60 bucks and still get golds. Did you tell her you already had the additional genetics in your backyard just send jr girls

 

[sweetdreaming]

I've been selling my 8-10 week old pullets for $20 each and Roos for $10. All on Craigslist. If they buy 3 or more, the Roo's free (sometimes they're free anyway when I'm down to "0" hens!). I grow them out a bit so I can keep my best girls, so far it's been only 2 outa 10 that I end up keeping.

Re: what to do w/ roo chicks. We hv sparrow traps because we had 1000"s of the nasty buggers and they were eating me outa house and home from my grower pen feeders. We found (it was recommended in the trap) that if we put the trapped sparrows in a small plastic garbage bag and quickly filled it w/ 3-4 sprays of starting fluid, then quickly tied it up, in a few hrs we'd come back and they would hv peaceably passed. Starting fluid is ETHER, a potent long acting anesthetic. They go to sleep and then suffocate before they awaken. On a further note: I can't do this, my husband is the bad guy. I know it's part of good animal husbandry to take responsibility for their lives and deaths, but I just can't do it. I'd hv 100's of horny fighting Roos if my DH didn't take care of them for me! P.S. Our sparrows are down to about 20% too, seems the word has gotten out..... AND, be very careful w/ starting fluid cuz it's extremely flammable!

 

[HaplessRunner]

I've been selling my 8-10 week old pullets for $20 each and Roos for $10. All on Craigslist. If they buy 3 or more, the Roo's free (sometimes they're free anyway when I'm down to "0" hens!). I grow them out a bit so I can keep my best girls, so far it's been only 2 outa 10 that I end up keeping.

Re: what to do w/ roo chicks. We hv sparrow traps because we had 1000"s of the nasty buggers and they were eating me outa house and home from my grower pen feeders. We found (it was recommended in the trap) that if we put the trapped sparrows in a small plastic garbage bag and quickly filled it w/ 3-4 sprays of starting fluid, then quickly tied it up, in a few hrs we'd come back and they would hv peaceably passed. Starting fluid is ETHER, a potent long acting anesthetic. They go to sleep and then suffocate before they awaken. On a further note: I can't do this, my husband is the bad guy. I know it's part of good animal husbandry to take responsibility for their lives and deaths, but I just can't do it. I'd hv 100's of horny fighting Roos if my DH didn't take care of them for me! P.S. Our sparrows are down to about 20% too, seems the word has gotten out..... AND, be very careful w/ starting fluid cuz it's extremely flammable!

Where did you get your sparrow traps?

 

[CibolaChooks]

I've been selling my 8-10 week old pullets for $20 each and Roos for $10. All on Craigslist. If they buy 3 or more, the Roo's free (sometimes they're free anyway when I'm down to "0" hens!). I grow them out a bit so I can keep my best girls, so far it's been only 2 outa 10 that I end up keeping.

Re: what to do w/ roo chicks. We hv sparrow traps because we had 1000"s of the nasty buggers and they were eating me outa house and home from my grower pen feeders. We found (it was recommended in the trap) that if we put the trapped sparrows in a small plastic garbage bag and quickly filled it w/ 3-4 sprays of starting fluid, then quickly tied it up, in a few hrs we'd come back and they would hv peaceably passed. Starting fluid is ETHER, a potent long acting anesthetic. They go to sleep and then suffocate before they awaken. On a further note: I can't do this, my husband is the bad guy. I know it's part of good animal husbandry to take responsibility for their lives and deaths, but I just can't do it. I'd hv 100's of horny fighting Roos if my DH didn't take care of them for me! P.S. Our sparrows are down to about 20% too, seems the word has gotten out..... AND, be very careful w/ starting fluid cuz it's extremely flammable!

go ahead and watch them once in a big glass jar. I bought real either and tried it on a chick once. it's not pleasant and its not peaceably passing. for the human who walks away its peaceful the for the animal it is no fun and not a quick death at all. Its nothing like the movies is actually pretty horrible. I felt so bad I pulled it out of the jar and did the lasso technique. I now use an axe it's not pleasant for me but it is the most humane way for the bird. for anybody interested they do not go to sleep they suffocate awake gasping for air its horrible

 

[sweetdreaming]

Our procedure doesn't appear horrible at all!! Maybe I should hv been clearer w/ my description: use a garbage sack, expel all the air, blow it up a bit like a balloon w/ the starting fluid (it has a straw on it that u stick in the bag tightly). It's 100% Ether. If u can keep from entraining ambient O2, they will be anesthetized and will expire quickly. I hvn't seen them move at all after the "treatment". With a glass bell, it would be very hard to replace all the air w/ a high % of ether, so they would be prone to waking up a bit and suffering "agonal respirations" and prolonged asphyxia. But if u think strangulation or decapitation is more humane, all I can say is "to each, his own"...


go ahead and watch them once in a big glass jar. I bought real either and tried it on a chick once. it's not pleasant and its not peaceably passing. for the human who walks away its peaceful the for the animal it is no fun and not a quick death at all. Its nothing like the movies is actually pretty horrible. I felt so bad I pulled it out of the jar and did the lasso technique. I now use an axe it's not pleasant for me but it is the most humane way for the bird. for anybody interested they do not go to sleep they suffocate awake gasping for air its horrible

 

[CibolaChooks]

decapitation is the quickest and the most humane. How do you get the air out of the trap and if it works so well why do you have to wait a few hours to come back. If its your dh who does it have you ever watched and if they are stuck in a trap you wouldnt see the bag moving . Id suggest using a clear plastic bag and watching i seriously doubt it works like your mind imagines it . but like you said to each their own for me personally i wouldnt want their eyes and lungs burning from the ether as they " go to sleep"

 

[acire67]

 

[acire67]

I hatched out 3 CL chicks 2 days ago. Are they all males? Thanks.