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[CRSelvey]

CRSelvey~ That was most kind of you to call my local Mulzer stone!! I had just assumed that "State" sand meant that it was a generic product used on State projects, like I69. HaHa! Made sense to me. I will have to pay for delivery because I don't own a truck. I realize they will dump it in a big heap and we'll have to move it. From your description, I think three tons should do it (and we have clay soil, too!) Thanks so much for your advice!

I'm glad you had your hand checked out, got meds, and a tetanus shot. We wouldn't want you to get lockjaw although I suppose you could still type.

I decided not to pilfer John's poultry since it might be tainted since he likely never washes his shoes.

racin chickins & gunchief~ beautiful eggs!
bradselig~ Sorry to hear of your silkie loss! Your pictures are great-- I love the wild frizzled tolbunt polish, too.

It was my pleasure after all the help you have given me! I don't know enough about chickens to help anyone, but I do know how to research ;-). I thought it was the sand they use on the roads in the winter until they said differently. It helps to put a tarp down first if its not being dumped in a location where you want sand forever. I also found that a smaller dump truck is needed. The regular trucks haul 22 tons and don't want to be bothered with that kind of load. Our deliver was about $50 (more than the sand)

Who is a good source to buy HRIR from? Are the chicks from Meyer and My Pet Chicken heritage birds?

CRSelvey - Hope you received good news about Sesame!

bradselig - So sorry for your little silkie! I do love the looks of your frizzled Tolbunt Polish. Are frizzled feathers a mutation that you can breed for? Do they occur in all breeds? I have only seen them on bantams; can LF have them, too?

Oh, I hope so too, but I was just waiting to hear from Mr Tattoohead (Sesame's owner). I hope the silence isn't bad news.

 

[kabhyper1]

Nothing like freaking out that one of your hens is missing, only to find her under a larger hen in the nesting box. Silly girls have 4 nesting boxes, they all use the same one. For some reason they have been little egg factories this week. Last hurrah before fall I guess.

 

[gunchief25]

Nothing like freaking out that one of your hens is missing, only to find her under a larger hen in the nesting box. Silly girls have 4 nesting boxes, they all use the same one. For some reason they have been little egg factories this week. Last hurrah before fall I guess.

Mine are the same way. They have 4 nesting boxes but they will all either wait for one or 2 will be in the same one together.

 

[racinchickins]

It seems that my Dominique is not a Dominique at all. She is a Cuckoo Maran. So it is a toss up as to which hen is laying the dark brown eggs, the Maran or the Gold Star. The maran has been seen on the nest but the Gold Star has not. My wife will be watching today and we will soon know for sure. The Maran is more mature.

It's hard to tell from your picture what comb the barred bird has. If it is not a rose comb, then you definitely don't have a Dominique. And If you do have a Marans, that would be my vote for the egg producer. I was pretty surprised to see such dark eggs coming from a Gold Star. The Dark Brown is a Marans specialty. They are even darker than my Welsummers. And none of my other brown egg layers are even close to as dark.

I found this too to help distinguish between the two: http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/load/farmlife/msg0513355723923.html

 

[gunchief25]

It's hard to tell from your picture what comb the barred bird has. If it is not a rose comb, then you definitely don't have a Dominique. And If you do have a Marans, that would be my vote for the egg producer. I was pretty surprised to see such dark eggs coming from a Gold Star. The Dark Brown is a Marans specialty. They are even darker than my Welsummers. And none of my other brown egg layers are even close to as dark.

I found this too to help distinguish between the two: http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/load/farmlife/msg0513355723923.html

She has a single comb. As I understand the Red Sexlinks (Gold Star) should lay dark brown eggs as well but I dont think she is the one laying them this time.

 

[CRSelvey]

She has a single comb. As I understand the Red Sexlinks (Gold Star) should lay dark brown eggs as well but I dont think she is the one laying them this time.

I'm not sure color of brown you would call this, but my Red Sex Link laid the giant brown egg in this carton. The light green is my Easter Eggers and the other one is a large brown egg (organic) from the store. I have no idea what kind of birds they use for the store eggs, but it is darker than Lucy's.

 

[gunchief25]

I'm not sure color of brown you would call this, but my Red Sex Link laid the giant brown egg in this carton. The light green is my Easter Eggers and the other one is a large brown egg (organic) from the store. I have no idea what kind of birds they use for the store eggs, but it is darker than Lucy's.

Well that would be light brown. This is a learning experience for me.

 

[CRSelvey]

Me too and its so fun! They are my first two layers and I can't wait to see if anyone else will start this year.

 

[gunchief25]

I have 6 1 1/2 year old hens laying and 6 young ones that were this springs chicks. So far 2 have started laying.

 

[pginsber]

Fingers crossed that JLo gets better. Also have a question on your birds. John (Old Salt) and I are trying to figure out what we have for legbars. Several of our birds look like the bird that is in the front before your video starts. It also comes into the screen at :13 seconds. Is that a legbar? If so, is it a boy or girl?

We have 3 cream legbars and they all have crests. The 3 of them all line up in the video at the :30 second mark. The camera hog in the beginning of the video is a Golden Cuckoo Marans.
When the CLs were babies they looked a little different than what OldSalts handsome birds in the picture look like now.

In this photo above, there are 4 CLs with a Delaware in between, and the Golden Cuckoo Marans on the right. NOW, it's much easier to tell them apart, because the Marans is twice the size.
According to the Cream Legbar page, the CL I think is the most beautiful is the least desireable in terms of the standard they are developing.

The legbar on the far left (JLo) has a much more desireable color pattern than her sister in the middle (MsJackson) who I think has a beautiful partridge ticking or whatever the correct poultry feather term is. The blur on the far right of the picture is the Golden Cuckoo Marans.
Here's a picture of our oldest CL (Aretha), who is turning out to be a beauty.

In the end, who knows what they'll look like after their first molt. I was VERY disappointed to hear the opinion of the Cream Legbar board that our birds weren't really show winners and MsJackson wasn't even worth breeding because of the feathering pattern.