Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[Opa]

Opa, what do you spray with this time of year?

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Ortho Volck oil spray. Ideally you should spray before the buds open to kill over wintering bugs and/or the eggs. It's also known as dormant oil spray referring to dormant trees and dormant bugs.

 

[Wrightsx4]

here is a picture my only survivor.. earlier when my dd went to check on it, it was kinda standing.. and one foot was curled under so i taped it.. and this was right after.. looks like there may be hope.. hard to get a good picture when he still cant stand good, but this is the best he has done since birth..

I wish I knew what you could do for it. Does he/she seem uncomfortable? If it seems to be improving even a little I think it's worth giving a chance. Taping the legs sounds like a good idea - maybe it'll get stronger through the next day or so. Sending hope your way!

 

[Maah]

What a busy day! & I'm still not done yet. Ugh.

My friend's & I went out to Lisa's and picked up the chickens today. Those Partride Rocks sure are lovely looking birds! Thank you again Lisa.

Also, we got talking about my "Easter Egger / Brahma" cross chicks. I'm hopeful that one of you wonderful chicken people will know the answer to my question. Our Brahma rooster fathered the 4 eggs from our Easter Egger hens. All 4 of the chicks have feathered feet (which is way cool... little beards & feathered feet). However, I was told that the "blue" gene for the egg color was from the rooster. Is there any chance these chicks could lay a blue/green whatever egg? Or won't they since the mom was the easter egger, not the dad... ???

Here are some chickie pictures. The 4 yellow are the easter egger/brahma cross, and the 4 black are barred rock/brahma cross. 7 Hatched yesterday, the 8th just hatched today.

 

[kimmie6067]

Heres some pictures of my babies.




My Jersey Giant hen wondering why I am lifting the lid to the brooder, I tell you she can peck with that beak! This is the hen I got from Wynette. She and her babies can sure go through the water.



Going for a walk

 

[Stacykins]

What a busy day! & I'm still not done yet. Ugh.

My friend's & I went out to Lisa's and picked up the chickens today. Those Partride Rocks sure are lovely looking birds! Thank you again Lisa.

Also, we got talking about my "Easter Egger / Brahma" cross chicks. I'm hopeful that one of you wonderful chicken people will know the answer to my question. Our Brahma rooster fathered the 4 eggs from our Easter Egger hens. All 4 of the chicks have feathered feet (which is way cool... little beards & feathered feet). However, I was told that the "blue" gene for the egg color was from the rooster. Is there any chance these chicks could lay a blue/green whatever egg? Or won't they since the mom was the easter egger, not the dad... ???

Here are some chickie pictures. The 4 yellow are the easter egger/brahma cross, and the 4 black are barred rock/brahma cross. 7 Hatched yesterday, the 8th just hatched today.

Hogwash. Sex does not determine what shell color is passed on. White shells are recessive while blue are dominant. So there is a good chance your chicks will be laying eggs with blue shells, since they will likely inherit one dominant blue egg gene from Mom and one recessive white egg gene from Dad. Also, there should be some brown tinting over the eggs from the father, so they will appear greenish.

 

[Maah]

Hogwash. Sex does not determine what shell color is passed on. White shells are recessive while blue are dominant. So there is a good chance your chicks will be laying eggs with blue shells, since they will likely inherit one dominant blue egg gene from Mom and one recessive white egg gene from Dad. Also, there should be some brown tinting over the eggs from the father, so they will appear greenish.

SWEET!!! That's what I'm hoping for. Bearded, feather footed, colored eggs layer. Sounds neat. I set the chicks just hoping for feather feet & green eggs, I forgot all about the muffs until I saw it on the chicks. **smacks forehead** but it was a good surprise.

I'll be setting a batch of these cuties for Lisa in about a month. I'm estimating approx. May chicks. If something comes up Lisa, I'll let you know. Hopefully you can get a couple decent hens from the batch.

 

[tdhenson86]

Hogwash. Sex does not determine what shell color is passed on. White shells are recessive while blue are dominant. So there is a good chance your chicks will be laying eggs with blue shells, since they will likely inherit one dominant blue egg gene from Mom and one recessive white egg gene from Dad. Also, there should be some brown tinting over the eggs from the father, so they will appear greenish.

Exactly!!!

 

[gaitngirl]

Hmmmm . . . . I wonder if you'll end up with an olive egger? Maybe a light olive? I have an Easter Egger Roo and lots of brown egg layers (including 3 cuckoo marans and a FBC marans). I'm hoping for a broody hen so I can hatch at least one batch of eggs naturally soon. I would love to have olive eggers. I'll have to keep an eye on your pics as your babies get older - I have 5 Light Brahma pullets right now and 5 Buff Brahmas that will be arriving in almost 2 weeks. That might give me an idea what any offspring may look like.

Have fun with your new babies!

 

[1muttsfan]

Crossing a blue (blue shells) or green (blue shell with brown overlay) egg layer with a brown (white shells with brown overlay) egg layer will produce anywhere from green (if a light brown layer) to olive (if a dark brown egg layer). Easter eggers may lay either brown, "pink", green or blue eggs, so it gets harder to predict. Your roo may or may not carry blue egg genes, but if he also has the genes for brown eggs then your eggs may be any color from brown to green.

Thanks Opa, I will look for some - I don't think we will be seeing buds anytime soon.

 

[minniefarm]

What a nice day to be outdoors! After I attended my friends memorial service, I spent the day outside. I built a compost bin and did some general clean up. Then, I got time to get the chickies outside for the very first time! They were so cute. They all played under a yucca plant. They are all starting to get feathers on their heads and still have chickie fuzz around their necks. I think in a couple weeks, they will be ready to move into the coop. That will mean that I will have an empty brooder and can get some more chicks! The next go around will be BR and BA.