Daily Digest for The 5th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

[ronott1]

The Dom EE I hatched this weekend has a rose comb - I expect most or all will, it is dominant.

Thanks!

Rose comb is great for cold weather.

 

[tommysgirl]

Oh Goodness! I read in the first digest that @Arielle is looking for white eggs...@ronott1 should I spread my mania outside of Northern California??

Arielle this may be the bird for you!!!

 

[ronott1]

Oh Goodness! I read in the first digest that @Arielle is looking for white eggs...@ronott1 should I spread my mania outside of Northern California??

Arielle this may be the bird for you!!!

Of Course! Get the word out.

 

[ronott1]

Welcome to the 5th Annual Easter Hatch a Long Daily Digest!
3-11-2014 Issue

Currently there are 3 open contests (with plenty more to come)!

Contest #1: Guess How Many Eggs Will Be Set
Go here to enter: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...e-set-5th-annual-byc-easter-hatch-a-long/0_50

Contest #2: Creative Brooder Contest
Go here to enter: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...ooder-5th-annual-byc-easter-hatch-a-long/0_50

Contest #3: Poultry in the Snow
Go here to enter: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...w-2014-easter-hatch-a-long/0_50#post_12971199

Contest #4: Cutest Baby Fowl Photo Contest
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/861802/contest-4-brinsea-s-cutest-baby-fowl-photo-contest-5th-annual-byc-easter-hatch-a-long


Hurley is in!; thowe is in too!; acemario asked to join!; Desiree Brown has signed up!; tommysgirl joined us!; turtlefat did too!; HayDuke27 is hatching too!

jbenson has homemade rainbow layers! A mix of big and small breeds that lay different colors of eggs. Penny Hen gave advice on getting Sexlinked Black Barred OEs! (olive egg laying hens). Later, we learned that DH is an enabler—Loth of eggs will be hatched this year!

Thowe is setting Spitz and Lemon Cuckoo Orpington eggs!

Arcountrychick is a hatching machine—one that will not stop until hubby notices!

Michaelf wished us a good morning and is building new pens! Chicken pickin worked the late shift and is tired; abmaddox1981 has gorgeous Georgia weather this morning.

Uphilljill posted a picture of a kid sitting next to a chicken. Many think it is a little girl, but they dressed boys up like that in the good old days!

Happy Chooks posted a Selfie! With a Baby goat! Post 2103

LadyCluck77 has a new incubator!

Ddhyland saw movement in some eggs while Candling them!

We had a Post Arc about packing shipping eggs. https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/738943/the-great-egg-shipping-experiment/1230#post_11427581

Michaelf posted a Broody and babies picture!

Cynthia12 lost spring! Snow picture in post 2129

Gardeningmama did not get a duck egg this morning…

.Is getting a trio of Pilgrim Goslings. Much excitement and love—you can tell from the emoticons!

TeaChick wants a Cochin at POL to go Broody! Well they will do that sometimes….

What breed is a Kosmo Kramer? Post 2161 has them.

(Hint: Seinfeld TV Character)

ThaiDye is dropping out due to deaths in the Flock!

Wisely, the dead birds are going in for Free Necropsy! Thank CAHFS.ucdavis.edu!

Turtlefaf is hatching for the first time.

A friend is going in on it, Hayduke27. Bantam MF Rooster X EEs! Pictures were posted: post 2181

Mlmddh was woke up to baby Goats!

 

[Blarneyeggs]

Great job, Ron - Thank You! .

 

[ronott1]

Great job, Ron - Thank You! .

You are Welcome!

 

[Gardeningmama]

Oh Goodness! I read in the first digest that @Arielle is looking for white eggs...@ronott1 should I spread my mania outside of Northern California??

Arielle this may be the bird for you!!!

Is this a Barred Holland? I have 7 growing out right now because I needed white egg layers.

 

[tommysgirl]

Is this a Barred Holland? I have 7 growing out right now because I needed white egg layers.

no close though, it is a California Grey...If you give me a forum I will spout off at length about how cool they are. They are a breed created in the 30s by a Professor Dryden at the college that became Oregon State...don't remember what it used to be called. Anyway he wanted to create a dual purpose prolific egg layer and he did it by using Barred Rocks and Leghorns as foundation breeds. They are auto sexing. Pullets are much darker by a week old. They moved to CA and moved the project with them. His son took it on in later years. Thing is they didn't care about APA approval so they aren't on the radar. As a result they are not recognized by the ALBC either and their numbers are dwindling. On a happy note the original Dryden line is available at Privett hatchery. They are prolific layers of large to XL white eggs have a great feed conversion rate and here is the best part fo me. They are mellow and curious and friendly. Hop on your lap/ you shoulder /"Hey what's up??" sort of of chickens. I am getting more of them from BYCer MichaelApple this year via hatching eggs. pretty excited about the whole thing...can you tell

If you contact Michael I imagine you could work out a deal for hatching eggs to see if you like them. He advised me to try them out when I posted here last winter about wanting a non-flighty white egg layer. I haven't been disappointed.

I had also been interested in Barred Hollands. Maybe I will get some and run a comparison

 

[Gardeningmama]

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I wanted a non flighty white egg layer too, that's exactly why I went with the Hollands. I am confused as to the difference...Barred Hollands are auto sexing at (1-2 wks), & BR x Leghorn. What's the difference?

 

[tommysgirl]

I wanted a non flighty white egg layer too, that's exactly why I went with the Hollands. I am confused as to the difference...Barred Hollands are auto sexing at (1-2 wks), & BR x Leghorn. What's the difference?

Good Question.

Here we go..taken from the ALBC's page on Hollands.

"You may wonder why an American breed of chicken is called “Holland.” The answer lies in the ancestry of the breed. Breeders began with light-weight stock originally imported from Holland, and mated it with White Leghorn, Rhode Island Red, New Hampshire, and Lamona. Through careful selection the White Holland was created. Simultaneously, the Barred Holland was created by mating White Leghorn, Barred Plymouth Rock, Australorp, and Brown Leghorn. The breed was admitted to the American Poultry Association Standard of Perfection in 1949.
Hollands have earned a good reputation as being ideally suited to farm conditions. They are good foragers with calm temperaments. The breed is fairly cold tolerant, though during periods of extreme cold the males may suffer some frostbite to their single combs. The hens can become broody and will sometimes raise their own offspring. Hollands also tend to have a slow to moderate growth rate. But this fact must be weighed against their ability to rustle a significant portion of their own food.

I highlighted the differences. Basically ,CGs mature early are classified as non-setters and are derived from only BR and LH; I think that Hollands get bigger too but I have to get ready for work and don't have time to find that out until later.