"Louisiana "La-yers" Peeps"

[Gracie9205]

He may have to pull the vent feathers on the hens. I know the guy that I got them from was/is doing the same thing with his girls. I think it's a size thing but I'm not sure.

On the Mallards if you can find some at a reasonable price I would be interested. I'm looking for some girls that I can turn loose out in the pond now. I really don't want any chicks! Either way just let me know!

Thanks,
Chris

I'll see what I can find! We are having a swap over here this weekend. Send me a pm letting me know what your price range is, and I'll see if I can find you something!

 

[chickenbelle]

Hi Y'all!!!

My husband and I moved out to Clinton, Louisiana last year. We are just now starting our adventure of having chickens. Our sweet neighbor bought us our first 10 beautiful 1 year old Buff Orpingtons. We've had them since Saturday (March 30, 2013). Our ladies are so pretty!

Glad to meet y'all!

Crystal <><

Welcome!

 

[PrimroseMom1]

Hi everybody, I'm back! anybody miss me?

Absolutely!

 

[Sassymygirl]

Well hello everyone, long time no see huh? Sorry about that.
A lot has happened since the beginning of this year. I finished HS and now I'm working at a very nice private equestrian center as a riding instructor. And I'll train a green horse every now and then.
I don't have a bunch of chickens anymore, I'm down to one old rooster.
That's about it, just thought I'd give y'all an update. Haha I'm like a ghost, man.
Oh and I need to get that list on the first post removed because there is no way to edit it and I have about 50 messages in my inbox with people asking to be added to it!

 

[chickenbelle]

Morning all! Where is Jeff today????

I need some genetics help. I can handle most genetics issues, but I'm not sure about the lavender gene. I have three Easter Eggers that are around 13 weeks old. Two were easily identifiable because they were black and white barred--one with much more white than the other. I knew they were a pair. The third was lavender. Until about two weeks ago when it really grew in its feathers it had looked solid lavender--now it is obvious it is also barred. I can't tell by the EE type comb on it so I don't know if it is male or female. Comb is very red which makes me lean towards cockerel...but it is much more lavender than white which makes me question pullet.

Can someone tell me how the lavender works with the barring genetics?

I also am not sure how the lacing genetics completely play out. While I was searching for a lav orp roo, I had my girls in with a gold laced wyandotte. We hatched out several of those eggs for our own laying pens. All are rose combed like the roo, but are either black or gold/dark brown chipmunked with dark eyeliner. The gold ones all have the larger combs. Will these later show lacing like their roo or be solid like their lav orp mother? I looked for a forum on lacing but couldn't find anything that would really help. I am assuming the blacks will carry the lavender gene, but will the golds?

 

[NOLA Chicks]

Celie, I think I will be overrun with babies pretty soon. I need to get that grape wine going ASAP.

 

[NOLA Chicks]

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Gracie - I'm so so sorry to hear about your troubles. It must have been heart-wrenching to watch her look for her baby.

What a way to cap off a bad vacation! Your dad was a real trooper and you're right - our dads will do anything for their little girls, won't they?

I'm glad mom is okay and hopefully the other moms will share.

Hi Y'all!!!

My husband and I moved out to Clinton, Louisiana last year. We are just now starting our adventure of having chickens. Our sweet neighbor bought us our first 10 beautiful 1 year old Buff Orpingtons. We've had them since Saturday (March 30, 2013). Our ladies are so pretty!

Glad to meet y'all!

Crystal <><

Welcome to La-yers!! Would love to see some pics of your girls.

 

[mzstre]

Good morning all!

Gracie - I'm very sorry you lost your lamb. Poor lil mama.

 

[Gracie9205]

Look what came in the mail yesterday! It was holding temperature within a tenth of a degree after only an hour of being plugged in! I can open it up, mess with my eggs, and it is back up to temperature withing minutes! The quality is absolutely FANTASTIC! Words cannot express how pleased I am with Hatchcraftincubators.com The incubator is very heavy and well made. It even has a power strip inside for me to plug autoturners into it.

The got him to make me one with drawers so I can hand turn my goose eggs. The drawers can be removed and replaced with autoturners for when I hatch my chicken eggs. I was going to wait until after my geese stop laying to buy the autoturners, but I think the hubby felt sorry for me after losing the lamb so he order three of them for me last night

Some ladies like jewlery, and some like incubator equipment!

Don't mind my mess! I destroyed that foam packaging trying to get this thing unwrapped!






I already have a few goose eggs in here. I will be setting at least 8 more goose eggs when I get home. Hopefully these will all be fertile! It's my goal to have this puppy filled up by the weekend!

A coworker of mine has a bunch of Peking ducks, and she wanted to do an experiment. She is giving me 3 dozen eggs. One dozen will be straight out of the nest (no washing, refrigerating, etc.), the second dozen will be washed but kept at room temperature, and the third will be straight from the nest and into the refrigerator without any washing. We want to see just how much these things effect hatch rates. I'm always up for an experiment! Especially when it involves the possibility of free ducklings as my reward

 

[Gracie9205]

Good morning all!

Gracie - I'm very sorry you lost your lamb. Poor lil mama.

Thank you ma'am! I feel a lot better about the whole thing now. It's just something that happens when you raise livestock. The mom was young, and a little on the smaller side, so it may be a good thing that she didn't successfully have this lamb. She will get some good recovery time before being bred again!