"Louisiana "La-yers" Peeps"

[HumphreyEggs]

Hello,
Amerucana, silver beabright, D'uccle mille fleur bantam & assorted bantam breeder in Prairieville, Louisiana here!!!

What breeds of bantams do you have? any that would lay dark brown eggs?

 

[MandaNola]

They should start laying any day now! I have beautiful red/black cochins (? Egg Color), silver seabrights (white eggs) and top hats which are also white eggs. We will see soon what color my cochins lay soon. I will update because I will be selling them soon

 

[MandaNola]

I just seperated them for egg production
Those pictures show the bantam cochins and top hats. I have 3 other bantam cochin hens and they are smaller than the one in the pic. They are dark red and black (black looks navy blue in the sun light) awsome colors...

 

[Cody A]

Hi Manda,
Welcome to the layers thread Cody

 

[topdog24]

Hello,
Amerucana, silver beabright, D'uccle mille fleur bantam & assorted bantam breeder in Prairieville, Louisiana here!!!

Welcome Manda from Jena

 

[topdog24]

My 10 month search for a ginuine pure Dominique Rooster came to an end today, I searched the country far and wide and finally one kinda fell right in my lap. i know i could have ordered one for a price but wanted one grown so i would know how the color pattern looked and i was able to do that today, this is more important to me than anything i have accomplished so far

hitch after next home i will be hatching my very own line of purebred DOMs, that is special to me.

 

[Ron Skekel]

Hello,
Amerucana, silver beabright, D'uccle mille fleur bantam & assorted bantam breeder in Prairieville, Louisiana here!!!

To The La-yers Jump right in. How long have you raised chickens. Pam

 

[Ron Skekel]

On my white rocks, the Blosl came with one toe punch  on left.  The XW had nothing.  It saves you a starting point.  I'll continue these with new chicks, but when I start mixing I'll add one punch to each toe on left outside and one on right outside.    3 strains.  .  

Why not use leg bands? Pam

 

[Ron Skekel]

My 10 month search for a ginuine pure Dominique Rooster came to an end today, I searched the country far and wide and finally one kinda fell right in my lap. i know i could have ordered one for a price but wanted one grown so i would know how the color pattern looked and i was able to do that today, this is more important to me than anything i have accomplished so far  hitch after next home i will be hatching my very own line of purebred DOMs, that is special to me.e

Great news! If you would have let me know you could have had one for free. I know someone in ms. That has been breeding them for years. When she hatches too many cockerls and grows them to juvenils keeps one of two and gives the rest away. File it in your notes if you need new genetics in the future!!
Pam

 

[rlcrow]

The thing I've found is that too high humidity will cause the chicks to drown in the shells before hatching -- esp if you are hatching eggs w/very hard shells. I finally got that through my thick head. When they start hatching, the humidity naturally spikes -- you don't have to add anything! - all that birth process & liquids coming out as the chicks hatch & dry will make the humidity go up. Don't open the bator unless you absolutely have no choice - because if the humidity drops too fast while they're hatching, then you get "sticky chicks" bits of shell will stick to them or they will be unable to hatch all the way -- esp. the ones that hatch later. Confusing enough?

Having said that, what works for me might not work as well for you. Everybody has to experiment & find out what works best for them. Take notes - write down what happened, do egg-topys on the ones that didn't hatch. You'd be surprised what you forget from one year to the next. You'll start reading your notes & say 'Oh that's right! that worked" or "OK that didn't work so well".

So when you dry hatch, do you ever add water? If I don't add water the humidity stays between 18 and 23%
Some say that's okay others say it's way to low, what is your experience?