Landrace/adaptive breeding discussion

[LaurenRitz]

I have been drooling over that website. I’m too chicken to order chicks from 12 hours away I wish they sold hatching eggs

I've never purchased from them before. I'll let you know how it goes. The website says they stopped shipping eggs because of low hatch rates after shipping.

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

I've never purchased from them before. I'll let you know how it goes. The website says they stopped shipping eggs because of low hatch rates after shipping.

I found a thread on here about Cubalayas that was started by someone who ordered from them recently and ended up with 12 live birds. :/ Not trying to freak you out I am just really considering ordering from them next spring and want to know what to expect. I don’t want to brood ever again but if I can do it one and done I would do it with breeds from there.

 

[LaurenRitz]

I found a thread on here about Cubalayas that was started by someone who ordered from them recently and ended up with 12 live birds. :/ Not trying to freak you out I am just really considering ordering from them next spring and want to know what to expect. I don’t want to brood ever again but if I can do it one and done I would do it with breeds from there.

He did say that the post office is getting careless and gives strict instructions for what to do if birds arrive dead.

It happens, I get that. I accept the risk, both because he has breeds I need and because he's one of the few people doing wholesale preservation work. The money goes to support hundreds of rare breeds, not just of chickens but many other birds and crop plants. If I only get 12 live birds I'll be disappointed, of course, and I'll let you know if that occurs.

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

I think every hatchery is having shipping issues right now. Hopefully it improves soon. This is a good time of year temperature wise at least.

 

[LaurenRitz]

I think every hatchery is having shipping issues right now. Hopefully it improves soon. This is a good time of year temperature wise at least.

Earlier this season there was a situation where a PO truck carrying thousands of chicks from various hatcheries was simply parked over the weekend. They were looking at about 8000 survivors iirc, but more than half died. That one incident was probably a good portion of the "problems" this spring.

 

[LaurenRitz]

He did say that the post office is getting careless and gives strict instructions for what to do if birds arrive dead.

It happens, I get that. I accept the risk, both because he has breeds I need and because he's one of the few people doing wholesale preservation work. The money goes to support hundreds of rare breeds, not just of chickens but many other birds and crop plants. If I only get 12 live birds I'll be disappointed, of course, and I'll let you know if that occurs.

They just called to let me know the chicks are on the way. None of the Iowa Blues hatched, darn it, so they're sending me Kraienkoppe, which I've never heard of. Way heavy on the game side. They're giving me a credit (?) for the Iowa Blues.

Anyone ever worked with Kraienkoppe?

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

They just called to let me know the chicks are on the way. None of the Iowa Blues hatched, darn it, so they're sending me Kraienkoppe, which I've never heard of. Way heavy on the game side. They're giving me a credit (?) for the Iowa Blues.

Anyone ever worked with Kraienkoppe?

Never worked with them but they are on my list because of how the Sandhill website described them: “will go feral if given a chance”
I’ll be very interested to see what you think!

 

[LaurenRitz]

I think I'll give my broody the Range Sussex (Dorking-Sussex mix) and if I can figure out which is which the American Game. I hope that won't be too many for her. I'm setting up the secondary brooder for the rest.

I just put her in forced lockdown. I hope she doesn't freak out.

 

[Florida Bullfrog]

Last couple of days I’ve observed the puppies make 2 runs on mother hens. The hens bow up at first, but once its clear that only provokes the dogs, they take off running, which leads the pups from the chicks. Then the hens take to the trees once the dogs are significantly away from the chicks.

I just got a pair of shock collars in that will let me shock the pups in the act instead of after the fact, which is currently how I’m having to shock them.

 

[LaurenRitz]

Yeah, no. Dogs have about a 2 1/2 second attention span.