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[ItsAZOO32]

I'm going to pick up 4 more WFBS today from Spring Hill Conservatory!

Jess, I'm gathering an egg a day from that sweet Harley.

I caved and joined FB, people. Now what do I do with it in regards to CHiCKens?? Cuz, otherwise, what's the point???

YAY! I am glad that she is laying well I can't wait to hatch those sweet babies!

 

[Black Cochin Bantams]

I know, I've shaved butts, increased sunlight and protein, and Goliath has two other roosters in the yard to show him how it's done! We'll see what they look like again in a few days.

It'd be great to meet you!

and...
STAN... your rooster is constantly trying out the nesting boxes... I've yet to see him lay an egg. What's up with him? I think he's "on the fence" if you know what I mean...

Hey, I'm doing whattever I can to get that bullseye! I've asked a few folks with cochins for advice and that was what they told me. I wasn't happy to do it, and they weren't happy about it!!

You are doing the correct thing to get fertile eggs. You always pluck/trim the female around the vent and up on the hens and around the vent and below on male Cochins. That way when they breed there are no feathers that get pushed into the area to cause a barrier. If I don't do that I have to AI. The one thing to watch is if he is a good breeder. I had 1 fantastic show male that was shooting blanks.My girls layed fertile eggs when I put a different male in that breeding pen.

Let them laugh and know you are doing the right thing.

Craig

 

[FuzzyButtsFarm]

Here are updated pics of the new chicks. Boy do they grow fast. .LOL









This was right after I let them out into the brooder.

 

[FlaRocky]

Hi all,
If you are looking for chicks Seminole Feed Store on Hwy 40 in Ocala has some....

$2.79 each

1. Black Sex Link pullets
2. Production Red pullets
3. New Hampshire pullets
4. Barred Plymouth Rock pullets


The manager said he got them from MT Healthy.
P.S. He did some research before he ordered. Yea!!!!


Maye

 

[anderson8505]

ibeier2000--Love the door on the tote!!!!

Here are updated pics of the new chicks. Boy do they grow fast. .LOL









This was right after I let them out into the brooder.

Black Cochin Bantams--Thanks! I'm used to people laughing at me.... usually in a good way, but thanks! I still got nuttin' fertile from them today.

You are doing the correct thing to get fertile eggs. You always pluck/trim the female around the vent and up on the hens and around the vent and below on male Cochins. That way when they breed there are no feathers that get pushed into the area to cause a barrier. If I don't do that I have to AI. The one thing to watch is if he is a good breeder. I had 1 fantastic show male that was shooting blanks.My girls layed fertile eggs when I put a different male in that breeding pen.

Let them laugh and know you are doing the right thing.

Craig

I drove out to Spring Hill Poultry Conservatory today, got 4 more WFBS, and got the grand tour as well. Sandy has some beautiful birds, some stuff I never heard of like a jungle fowl with a red and yellow comb and some peacocks whose feathers but regular peacock feathers to shame!!! She even gave me some buckeye eggs and 1 creavacour (sp?) egg! (I'm buttering up Jess with that last one, hoping to hang onto her Harley for a long time.. )

 

[FuzzyButtsFarm]

It's a modified picture frame with hardware cloth instead of glass, 2 brass hinges and a hook and eye. I love to recycle,but I'm also cheep. LOL

 

[anderson8505]

It's a modified picture frame with hardware cloth instead of glass, 2 brass hinges and a hook and eye. I love to recycle,but I'm also cheep. LOL

Even. Cooler. Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[welasharon]

ibeier2000--Love the door on the tote!!!!

 



Black Cochin Bantams--Thanks! I'm used to people laughing at me.... usually in a good way, but thanks! I still got nuttin' fertile from them today.


 



I drove out to Spring Hill Poultry Conservatory today, got 4 more WFBS, and got the grand tour as well. Sandy has some beautiful birds, some stuff I never heard of like a jungle fowl with a red and yellow comb and some peacocks whose feathers but regular peacock feathers to shame!!! She even gave me some buckeye eggs and 1 creavacour (sp?) egg! (I'm buttering up Jess with that last one, hoping to hang onto her Harley for a long time.. )

I contacted Spring Hill today. I am within driving distance and hate shipping birds so now I need to start thinking about where I want my new WFBS pen!!

 

[ChobeeChickenMommy]

Well you can like BYc on Facebook, Brinsea is on there, the Chicken Whisper is too. Uumm
We have ducklings hatching this weekend. silver Appleyard, Khaki, Buffs and maybe a Rouen or two. Sold off the Rouen and Buff adult flocks last week and the week before to make more room for the SA flock to expand.
In the grow out pens and for sale:
Splash Marans roo 1 to French standard with feathered legs$10, 1 without feathered legs great size $3.00
Orps: Blue, Black maybe a few splash $5.00
EE chicks $2.00
Black split to Lavender Ameracuana $7.00
Call ducklings
In the bator:
Just set American geese in Buff and Blue. Saddleback Pomeranian geese, and a ton of our Sebastopol eggs.
Set in February with lockdowns starting next week:
Sebastopols in white, splash, grey, buff, and lilac
African geese
French Toulouse geese
LF duck eggs from Khaki, SA, Buff and Rouen
Muscovy duck
EE and OE eggs
Setting in March:
Buff Saddleback Pomeranian geese
Sebastopols: saddle back, whites, lilac, splash, grey, buff

I can't wait to meet ya & pick up our new "babies"! I think I have even got my hubby excited about it too!! I think we will be up that way on St patty's day weekend...

 

[anderson8505]

Yay!!!! She's really nice, she'll prob give you the grand tour, and you'll want to leave with a lot more than a few chicks.

I contacted Spring Hill today. I am within driving distance and hate shipping birds so now I need to start thinking about where I want my new WFBS pen!!