La Fleche Thread ~ PIC of my Black La Fleche

[flowerchild59]

I wonder how much it costs to import eggs to america from canada or europe. Maybe it would be worth it to try to hatch some birds with better genetics than what we have here.

 

[chickmashnoon]

Hey flowerchild- if you are interested, there are some La Fleche eggs from Sandhill descent listed under the egg auctions. I'd buy some but unless I sit on them myself

I won't have a sure way to hatch them till feburary. Of course, If you are just wanting a new influx of bloodline, I'm sure you can ship them, just customs and quarentine and all the people involved sound very expensive. It might be worth it if you get a few breeders to go in with you on such a project. Theres a group that imports rare breeds and sells them for $100 a chick or more. I wish I could remember their name cause they would know more about the expenses involved. A lot of their stock are unusual breeds from europe that I'd never heard of before I saw them on their site. They even mention that their costs are so high because of the cost of going thru all the red tape. I'll try to look them up.

 

[phasianidae]

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Orpington Imports?

 

[flowerchild59]

I know it is very expensive to import birds and chicks.

 

[chickmashnoon]

This is the place I'm thinking of!

No LaFleche chicks, but many many other rare breeds. Not sure if they would be willing to share some of their experience/knowledge of importing unusual breeds and dancing thru customs and red tape, but it's worth a try. At the worst, they will ignore you, at the best, maybe they would be interested in importing some too if they see a demand.

greenfirefarms.com

Now don't faint when you look at the prices.

 

[flowerchild59]

How is the winter hardiness of the la fleche? Any comb issues?

 

[Yellow House Farm]

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We didn't have any in NH.

 

[pgpoultry]

We haven't had a very cold spell so far this winter.....just lots of rain, but so far, so good. The roos. V comb doesn't protrude as far from his head as my other roos with single combs, so I am guessing that it should be OK.

 

[chrisf]

Here is my La Fleche chick 3 1/2 weeks old, can anyone tell at this stage if it looks to be a pullet or cockerel?.........thanks...................................................chrisf

 

[pgpoultry]

It's been a few weeks now, so chrisf, maybe things will be a bit clearer.

My cockerel always seemed to have more comb and wattles then the girls and his shape was quite different.

Here are mine now ....7 months old and laying nice medium sized very light brown eggs.