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heehee never know! how are the plans coming to get your new boy?
heehee never know! how are the plans coming to get your new boy?
Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!
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She is bow hunting this week and will contact me when she gets home. It will happen! She sent me photos of him yesterday out playing in the woodlands and I can't wait to get him here.
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i cant wait to see him!
i cant wait to see him!
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i cant wait to see him!
He doesn't have quite the amount of silver that your boy does, but he is still young and she said that is it still coming in. Crazy how some of them get lots of color right away then others take their time. I noticed that one of my Blue Copper girls from this year from my Bill is starting to get more copper, dark, but it is definitely more than what she had and she is going to be 8 mos. old in October.
i cant wait to see him!
He doesn't have quite the amount of silver that your boy does, but he is still young and she said that is it still coming in. Crazy how some of them get lots of color right away then others take their time. I noticed that one of my Blue Copper girls from this year from my Bill is starting to get more copper, dark, but it is definitely more than what she had and she is going to be 8 mos. old in October.
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i cant wait to see him!
He doesn't have quite the amount of silver that your boy does, but he is still young and she said that is it still coming in. Crazy how some of them get lots of color right away then others take their time. I noticed that one of my Blue Copper girls from this year from my Bill is starting to get more copper, dark, but it is definitely more than what she had and she is going to be 8 mos. old in October.
indeed...they vary quite a bit...each of my nine boys are different. thats why im holding onto them to give a bit more grow time....but all it takes is having that birchen gene to get started...its the know how of matings that will get ya where ya wanna go
i cant wait to see him!
He doesn't have quite the amount of silver that your boy does, but he is still young and she said that is it still coming in. Crazy how some of them get lots of color right away then others take their time. I noticed that one of my Blue Copper girls from this year from my Bill is starting to get more copper, dark, but it is definitely more than what she had and she is going to be 8 mos. old in October.
indeed...they vary quite a bit...each of my nine boys are different. thats why im holding onto them to give a bit more grow time....but all it takes is having that birchen gene to get started...its the know how of matings that will get ya where ya wanna go
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I agree with Walt that raisinng healthing birds is better than constantly treating them with medicine, but I have seen sick birds at shows many times. I think it was in Belvidere 2 years ago that the judge actually wrote on the cage card "this bird has Coryza", but they didn't make them take it out of the show.
When I go to a show, I take a bottle of diluted Oxine and spray the cages and my birds once a day just in case. Maybe it doesn't do anything, but it makes me feel better. So far, I haven't brought any disease home since I've been doing it.
After my very first show, one of my birds came down with LT a week later and it spread before I knew what it was. It was not fun.
The show management should have taken the bird out immediately and sprayed the area with oxine. The judge should have reported it to the show management. If anyone saw a sick bird in these western shows it would be out of the cage very quickly. Part of my job as a CA poultry health inspector is the check out the birds that are already in the show. Oxine is wonderful stuff!
Walt
Good to know Walt. I saw a sick bird at Stockton last year (actually this year) & wondered why it was allowed to be there.
I agree with Walt that raisinng healthing birds is better than constantly treating them with medicine, but I have seen sick birds at shows many times. I think it was in Belvidere 2 years ago that the judge actually wrote on the cage card "this bird has Coryza", but they didn't make them take it out of the show.
When I go to a show, I take a bottle of diluted Oxine and spray the cages and my birds once a day just in case. Maybe it doesn't do anything, but it makes me feel better. So far, I haven't brought any disease home since I've been doing it.
After my very first show, one of my birds came down with LT a week later and it spread before I knew what it was. It was not fun.
The show management should have taken the bird out immediately and sprayed the area with oxine. The judge should have reported it to the show management. If anyone saw a sick bird in these western shows it would be out of the cage very quickly. Part of my job as a CA poultry health inspector is the check out the birds that are already in the show. Oxine is wonderful stuff!
Walt
Good to know Walt. I saw a sick bird at Stockton last year (actually this year) & wondered why it was allowed to be there.
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My BLRW just started laying about 3 weeks ago!
I have a gorgeous roo (and one in the wings) and 3 hens!
Had 2 other roos that went to freezer camp!
I have a gorgeous roo (and one in the wings) and 3 hens!
Had 2 other roos that went to freezer camp!
Here is a question for ya'll. . . .
I was wondering if anyone has noticed a difference in the growth rate of birds depending or who raises them - - the broody hen OR a trusty ole light bulb?I had some chicks hatch approximately 8 weeks ago. I put some of the chicks with a broody to raise and some I have been raising. The ones I have raised are HUGE compared to the ones raised my the hen. She had the BCM chicks and I raised the delaware chicks. I've raised these two breeds together before and the growth rate has been close in the past. NOT this time..... This time there is a huge difference in size.
I was wondering if anyone has noticed a difference in the growth rate of birds depending or who raises them - - the broody hen OR a trusty ole light bulb?I had some chicks hatch approximately 8 weeks ago. I put some of the chicks with a broody to raise and some I have been raising. The ones I have raised are HUGE compared to the ones raised my the hen. She had the BCM chicks and I raised the delaware chicks. I've raised these two breeds together before and the growth rate has been close in the past. NOT this time..... This time there is a huge difference in size.
I haven't raised too many chicks with broody hens, but it does seem like the ones that are in a brooder grow faster. I don't know if they are any healthier, but they do seem to grow faster and bigger.
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Lisa,
Just a guess here on my part, but I would say it has a lot to do with a steady temp, as in the brooder; as opposed to a varying temps with the hen. I would think with the temperature fluctuations with the hen, the chicks would be using more calories to regulate their temps, thus growing slower than the brooder chicks. Just my guess..
Lisa,
Just a guess here on my part, but I would say it has a lot to do with a steady temp, as in the brooder; as opposed to a varying temps with the hen. I would think with the temperature fluctuations with the hen, the chicks would be using more calories to regulate their temps, thus growing slower than the brooder chicks. Just my guess..
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