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[Mojo Chick'n]

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hmm... who could you possibly mean?

The buffs are appealing. I don't need easter eggers. I may give them a call about taking a few of the buff orps, I have to go up near there on the 10th anyway. E-town isn't far from Lousiville, if he's not hard to find (or can meet me, perhaps at the bus station in E-town).

Ya know, though, I couldnt give eggs away, either - no one wanted free eggs. I started charging, and now I can't keep up with demand.

People are just weird.

eta - just googled Sonora (where he is) and I have to pass right by it going to E-town - I could pick them up myself. I called and got his answering machine, we'll see if he calls back or not.

meri

 

[shelleyd2008]

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Oh!! He and my OEBG splash hen would make a cute couple, dontcha think??

http://i461.photobucket.com/albums/qq337/shelleyd2008/PICT0053.jpg

That's too bad about the millie baby

We all make dumb mistakes like that, though. I lost Aretha because of my own mistake.

Are the blue splash I have oegb? I thought they were dutch or serama or something. (and what exactly goes into creating a "serama" ? inquiring minds want to know).

meri

The blue splashes you have are half dutch and half OEGB. The hen in the pic is the mama, and the roo that I had (dutch) was the daddy. The one Cindy has is pure dutch.

 

[Mojo Chick'n]

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Ahh, ok. I didn't think they were pure oegb (of any color combo) unless the red pyles got to the splash hen.

Three of them are so tiny - I mean TINY. They don't even look like chickens,

They're about done growing, too, aren't they? I couldn't recall how old they were. My chicks I hatched out inside 5 weeks ago (or is it 6 weeks, now?) are WAY larger than any of them

.

Oh, and the hatchery room began to stink a half day after I changed the playpen!! I had to get some of them out, at least. I put the mixes in with the bantam cochins this morning. I'll go check on them again in a bit. It's a warmish day out, so I figured if nothing else, a day off from the stink might help ME at least.

The giant cochins I left in the playpen. I figure three is better than 7 on the stink factor.

I think of the mixes I have one hen for sure, and one I'm not sure of -- she is smaller than the two roos, but has a bit more comb than I am comfortable with for calling her a hen.

The hen is a silver laced wyandotte, and I think she is pure wyandotte - got lucky there.

I am just counting the days til Jan. 1st when I can put my order in with Cackle

. No idea when they'd actually ship, but I'll feel better knowing I got the order in anyway.

meri

 

[shelleyd2008]

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Yeah, the red pyle boys were still babies when she decided to start laying.

Three of them are so tiny - I mean TINY. They don't even look like chickens,

They're about done growing, too, aren't they? I couldn't recall how old they were. My chicks I hatched out inside 5 weeks ago (or is it 6 weeks, now?) are WAY larger than any of them

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They were at least 9 weeks old when you got them, so they should be about done growing. Their mama is not very big either, so maybe they'll just be itty-bitty bitties!

I think of the mixes I have one hen for sure, and one I'm not sure of -- she is smaller than the two roos, but has a bit more comb than I am comfortable with for calling her a hen.

I think most of the chicks dad has running around the yard (the babies, not the big ones) are pullets. There is one RIR and one that is a wyandotte mix that look like they might be roos, but most of them look like pullets.​

 

[shelleyd2008]

Oh, forgot to say that I don't what makes a serama, or how they got them so small, but I have 2 eggs in my bator from Dipsey!! Those frizzle eggs I got the other day had 7 frizzles and 2 seramas. I guess if those 2 hatch I'll give them to Cindy, cause I don't need more different breeds to house!!

 

[FrChuckW]

According to Storey's Illustrated Guide to Poultry Breeds, Seramas were developed in Malaysia from Japanese Bantams, possibly Silkies, native bantams and jungle fowl. Mature cocks can weigh as little as 12 ounces and stand a mere 6-10 inches off the floor.

They are not recognized by the APA or the ABA at this time. The hens do not tend to go broody nor do they lay many eggs. Most people purchase hatching eggs to start their flocks and report them to be very friendly and quite tame. In Malaysia people often keep them in their apartments as pets. They are reported to be the smallest breed of chickens in the world.

 

[shelleyd2008]

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Does the guide say the 'possibly silkies' part? Cause there is a bantam breed called japanese. I don't know if it was created in japan or not.

Well all, I have finally lost my mind! Last week, I got some frizzle eggs from Dipseydoodledoo. She sent 7 and 2 seramas. This week, she listed some of her blue ameracaunas eggs, so I got those too. I was cruising ebay today and found the most beautiful silkie eggs auction! (the birds are beautiful, not the auction

) So I have completely lost my mind!! So much for not getting chicken eggs till spring!

 

[FrChuckW]

Yes it does say, possibly Silkies. This what they say about the Japanese Bantam.

"The Japanese is another true bantam breed, and one of the showiest of all birds. The birds are credited with being developed in Japan, where they are known as Chabo, which means "dwarf" or "bantam" and is also applied to some bonsai species. They are seen in Japanese art from around 1635, and in Dutch art from not much later. Believed to have arrived in Japan from China very early in the 1600s, they were bred from Malaysian stock as an ornamental garden bird by the aristocratic class of Japanese society."

 

[ThiefPouter06]

Howdy again all! I want to get a trio of something but I dont know if I want to order some froma hatchery, wait and buy some , or pick up some eggs and deliver to my friend with the incubator. Decisions. Any suggestions. Then again I work near sonora....

 

[Mojo Chick'n]

matt y. :

Standards, layers, something differant.

Chiknmama, how well do cochins lay? how well do they do free ranging?

Heya -

Mine aren't laying yet, but I've read on here that they lay pretty well, only problem they might have it with fertility cause of all the fluff.

They don't fly well, but Shelley has one that free ranges - mine are all in pens at the moment. My giant cochins are all babies, they are about 6 weeks old, the bantam cochins are older, but just not laying (well, I think Etta is, but she is in a pen with a bunch, so I don't know which eggs are hers.)

Mine won't be able to free range until spring, when it is less muddy and icky out.

I have to pass right up through Sonora the 10th of Jan. to take Adam to the bus stop in E-town, so if you need something transported from nearby my place, let me know.

meri​