ISA-Brown page. :)))))))

[cmom]

I started with chickens ten years ago. Little bantams cause the big ones scare the hell out of me...
But how cute they are, they won't lay good and are not very tame.

Yesterday at the office me and a colleague of mine decided to get some Isa Browns. Picked up 2 girls yesterday and they surprised me with an egg today

. Just 21 weeks old and are they cute! They like too cuddle, love to be with you and are so relaxed. I wish I've started with them sooner!

I saw your signature " My home is where my heart is....... Please forgive me for any spelling mistakes, Dutch is my native language." My family is originally from Zutphen. When they moved to America they decided they were now Americans and would only speak Dutch when keeping secrets from us kids. They said they were now Americans and would speak English. I am a little saddened that us kids did not learn Dutch. I have been in touch with some of my relatives there. I love my ISA Browns.

 

[San]

I saw your signature " My home is where my heart is..

..... Please forgive me for any spelling mistakes, Dutch is my native language."  My family is originally from Zutphen. When they moved to America they decided they were now Americans and would only speak Dutch when keeping secrets from us kids. They said they were now Americans and would speak English. I am a little saddened that us kids did not learn Dutch. I have been in touch with some of my relatives there. I love my ISA Browns.

Oh really, I live up north from the netherlands in the Provence of Friesland next to Drenthe. I have a brother in the US

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Dutch is one of the most difficult languages because of the hard tones and grammar. But IF you want to know some basic words just let me know.

 

[cmom]

Quote: I have been researching my family history and I bought a book of my ancestry from an historical society in Amsterdam. I have been using a translator as the book in written in Dutch. It is very interesting and I am getting to know some of the words to where I can understand some of it. I have also gotten a lot of good information from the website https://www.wiewaswie.nl/

 

[cmom]

Quote: I have been researching my family history and I bought a book of my ancestry from an historical society in Amsterdam. I have been using a translator as the book in written in Dutch. It is very interesting and I am getting to know some of the words to where I can understand some of it. I have also gotten a lot of good information from the website https://www.wiewaswie.nl/
I knew one of my egg customers is from the Netherlands. Today he came by and said he was from Appelscha, The Netherlands.

 

[San]

Really??? Now that pretty amazing. I wonder who it is?

My brother is doing our ancestry and it turns out that my family on mothers sides is Netherlands, Germany and Canada and the States. My father;s side mostly dutch and Frisian.

 

[cmom]

Really??? Now that pretty amazing. I wonder who it is?

My brother is doing our ancestry and it turns out that my family on mothers sides is Netherlands, Germany and Canada and the States. My father;s side mostly dutch and Frisian.

Next time he comes over for eggs I'll ask him for his name.

 

[San]

I was wondering is the breed broody often?
And the roo's are the just as friendly as the hens?

 

[Fred's Hens]

I was wondering is the breed broody often?
And the roo's are the just as friendly as the hens?

First, it isn't a breed. It is a commercial hybrid bird, bred for top egg laying. The cockerels are almost entirely disposed of at hatch. Those few who have gotten through, to be used as body warmers in shipping, have proved to be somewhat ornery, to be honest. No, I do not consider the the cockerels to be as docile as the hens, and we've had quite a few.

Broodiness in a commercial layer is seen as unacceptable and has largely been entirely eradicated.

 

[San]

First, it isn't a breed. It is a commercial hybrid bird, bred for top egg laying. The cockerels are almost entirely disposed of at hatch. Those few who have gotten through, to be used as body warmers in shipping, have proved to be somewhat ornery, to be honest. No, I do not consider the the cockerels to be as docile as the hens, and we've had quite a few.

Broodiness in a commercial layer is seen as unacceptable and has largely been entirely eradicated.

I forgot it's not a breed, but I am glad that they don't get broody. Thanks for the quick answer.

 

[cmom]

I did some breeding experiments with them. I know they don't breed true and the only boy to ever try to flog me was an ISA Brown male. I did make it clear to him that I was the alpha. The females are not prone to go broody but over the years I have had some try, but they were as persistent as some of my other breeds.