Hatching Eggs / Paypal CHAT Thread

[rbaker0345]

It's been pretty quiet today. Sixty plus posts this morning, but once I caught up with that, there hasn't been much activity.

As for the BOP on my run, it's former hunting grounds were destroyed when they built a school. I don't want it to eat my chickens, of course, but I was kind of happy to see it alive and healthy. Its nest used to be in a tree in the field. I have been worried about it. I do hope it will leave my girls alone, but I am going to have to stop their free range time now that I know the hawk is back. We have plans for a much bigger and more secure run in the spring. That one was not very well planned out but needed in a short amount of time.

I only have a Coopershawk by me, so my big chickens are cool (its funny to watch this bird with a 14" wingspan tops try to pick up one of my obese EE's) He cant even come close before they house him. My AGB hen launched herself at him when he tried to pick up her chick and even she kicked his butt). However,for my bantams and my young birds, I build an open-bottomed PVC run which is covered with chickenwire (the chickenwire is secured with zip ties. I use 3/4" PVC for these and 6" black zip ties. A 5X10' run costs me in the neighborhood of $70. Now, I just pick up my chickens in the morning and pop them in the run and then I let them out at dusk and watch over them as they make their way to their roosts, but you could probably rig some kind of door which allows them to go from the stationary run that you have now, into the moveable PVC run and then you can move them around the yard as you see fit and then let them go back into the original run at night.

 

[tdhenson86]

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You could potentially breed the leaky ones to a good Columbian and you'd get 50% good Columbians and 50% leaky Columbians. The blues, however, will not produce Columbian if bred together. However, if you bred blue to a Columbian, you may possibly get some leaky Columbians, but I wouldn't recommend breeding them since it will muddy your genes.

 

[MaryRuthLangdon]

I got Ameraucana eggs from Little Ameraucana Mom & SFH from KYTinpusher on Friday.
Both sets arrived unbroken and in good condition.
Thanks for the extras!

 

[AyeUpChuck]

cleared

Thank you!

 

[AyeUpChuck]

[COLOR=FF0000]I got Ameraucana eggs from Little Ameraucana Mom & SFH from KYTinpusher on Friday.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=FF0000]Both sets arrived unbroken and in good condition.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=FF0000]Thanks for the extras! [/COLOR]

Didn't I send you buff or BCM eggs recently? And did they arrive okay?

 

[madamwlf]

You could potentially breed the leaky ones to a good Columbian and you'd get 50% good Columbians and 50% leaky Columbians. The blues, however, will not produce Columbian if bred together. However, if you bred blue to a Columbian, you may possibly get some leaky Columbians, but I wouldn't recommend breeding them since it will muddy your genes.

So is there any possibility out of the 4 chicks I have to produce something decent? If I had known this before I wouldn't have gotten them.

 

[Lilwanis]

It's been pretty quiet today. Sixty plus posts this morning, but once I caught up with that, there hasn't been much activity.


As for the BOP on my run, it's former hunting grounds were destroyed when they built a school. I don't want it to eat my chickens, of course, but I was kind of happy to see it alive and healthy. Its nest used to be in a tree in the field. I have been worried about it. I do hope it will leave my girls alone, but I am going to have to stop their free range time now that I know the hawk is back. We have plans for a much bigger and more secure run in the spring. That one was not very well planned out but needed in a short amount of time.

I only have a Coopershawk by me, so my big chickens are cool (its funny to watch this bird with a 14" wingspan tops try to pick up one of my obese EE's)  He cant even come close before they house him.  My AGB hen launched herself at him when he tried to pick  up her chick and even she kicked his butt).  However,for my bantams and my young birds, I build an open-bottomed PVC run which is covered with chickenwire (the chickenwire is secured with zip ties.  I use 3/4" PVC for these and 6" black zip ties.  A 5X10' run costs me in the neighborhood of $70.  Now, I just pick up my chickens in the morning and pop them in the run and then I let them out at dusk and watch over them as they make their way to their roosts, but you could probably rig some kind of door which allows them to go from the stationary run that you have now, into the moveable PVC run and then you can move them around the yard as you see fit and then let them go back into the original run at night.

Thank you for the idea. I have been brainstorming different ideas for runs and shelter. I have a goal to be moving within a year, so the more portable things are, the better. There are skunks and raccoons in this area but I don't see them at all anymore so I haven't been predator proofing against digging.

 

[tdhenson86]

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Yes. Do not use any of the plain blues in your breeding. Only breed Columbians or leaky Columbians. As you get more birds, remove the leaky ones from the flock. You can identify the leaky ones by the fact that the blue will not only stay in the hackles and tail, but will leak onto the back and possibly wings and other areas as well.

 

[MaryRuthLangdon]

Didn't I send you buff or BCM eggs recently? And did they arrive okay?

Hmmm nope.... not me. I haven't had any Buff or BCM eggs. Sorry, you must have me confused with someone else.

 

[Smithyard Farm]

I'm not use to being home on a Monday.

hows the puppy doing? so excited to bring mine home!