Nevadans?

[2seth2]

when cn you tell the boys from girls?

 

[americanvalkyrie]

Here are the three candidates~ Lightest of the 3 is a splash wheaten.

Look at that posing! They're sexy and they know it.

 

[chickee]

Seth I am glad you are enjoying your chicks

You will be able to tell what sex they are in a couple of weeks. Look at the shoulder feathers and the back of the neck when their feathers start coming in. The girls will have solid gold feathers and the boys will have blue or black feathers mixed with the gold.

Here is a picture to give you an idea what to look for.

Boy in front (see the dark patches of feathers?) and the girl in back (see her solid gold shoulder and neck feathers?)

when cn you tell the boys from girls?

 

[americanvalkyrie]

So, how many chickens does everyone currently have in their possession?

I have 10 hens/pullets, and 22 chicks. I'm guessing I'll end up keeping 5 or 6 of the chicks, after splitting them with Lacey and culling roos.

 

[chickee]

Right now I have 32 hens / 7 roosters (3 looking for homes) and 11 chicks ( 5 maybe 6 are roosters.) Total 60

These pictures I took tonight tell it all . . Do I like taking pictures of my chickens?

 

[SunnyDawn]

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Kim those Lavender eggs are soo cool!!! I would not mind keeping some over here to preserve the flock.

I am running to Karen's again later in the week to pick up more yokos for the Easter hatch. I will have to rush even more than last time though so no time to visit. Darn this weather! It's really being inconvenient lately. We need it though so I can't complain too loudly! Who laid that beautiful aqua egg on the upper right of your pic?

Man I am gonna be selling a lot of eggs once these girls start laying. I better line up a few more egg hungry folks for all these eggs! They make for a gorgeous carton of eggs though and my customers just love that!

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Hahahahaha! I feel exactly the same way!

Yes, purple eggs would be pretty epic. :] I love the color. Kim, if they start laying purple regularly, and you wish to sell, you have a buyer here!! I'm pretty much obsessed with cool egg colors, I've got the green fromm my EEs, the browns and whites, and the speckled from the hatchery Marans. I have some soon-to-be new colors from Candy's Ameracaunas (hoping for blue!!) I'm on the list to invest in some of Sunny's beauties when she sells, and I sooo want to track down that duck breed that lays black eggs.

Just a little color obsessed, lol.
Man, this was one rough weekend, I'm so glad its over. Do any of you ever feel the same?
Sunny, where are you going?

Heading to Turlock for more yokohama eggs to set for the Easter hatch.

Sheryl, I made your cream puffs recipe, but gluten-free. They didn't puff up nearly as high, and had to be baked in muffin tins. But the kids are really enjoying them, and they weren't too difficult.

I used to make these for DS's girlfriend (ex now) that had celiac(s?) disease. I used rice flour and added a little bit of xanthum gum with an extra egg yolk and they were even better than the ones made with wheat flour! I made a lot of stuff for her. I was surprised how well the xanthum gum works when replacing gluten to bind and thicken stuff. I tried a variety of flours too instead of the wheat. Most recipes translate very well to gluten free. Some flours need to be ground at home though. Too hard to find them in the stores.

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NOOOO we can't take that chance! Bring them over here!!! hee hee

So, how many chickens does everyone currently have in their possession?

I have 10 hens/pullets, and 22 chicks. I'm guessing I'll end up keeping 5 or 6 of the chicks, after splitting them with Lacey and culling roos.

Ummmm, a lot. Wait only 54. Why does it feel like I have a lot more? Oh cause I have more coming that's why!

 

[chicharomirinda]

Hey there. I was offline most of today enjoying my sister's visit and spending time with the new chicks! We brought them into the hallway and put them in the alcove for a few hours and just watched them. I set up a light and brought their food and water. very fun and some of them really warmed up to us. my sister has fallen in love with the splash BRLW which I'm pretty sure is a roo. anyway, she has named him Splash. He hopped up on her shoe and fell asleep for awhile and later hopped up on her lap and slept. what a cutie. he has very expressive eyes. I said she can take him home in her suitcase and keep him in her apartment!

I think there are a couple pullets amongst the wyandottes and some obvious roos. I think I see a definite Lav am roo by the comb but the others I'm not sure. Same with the black /split. I think I can see one with the 3 rows of peas. Plus he's a total clown. Just acts like a roo.

Oh she is beautiful! The lighter chick is starting to get feathers in on the wing tips and a few are very light, almost white but all the rest are very dark gray.

I love green, blue, turquoise, olive... so I don't care what the mix is, it will be interesting to see what color of eggs they'll produce when they start to lay. I love a variety of colors in the egg "basket" so a mix is what I'm looking for.



Am I terrible that I think feathered shanks on an Am would be adorable?

Course I don't show so I don't care about SOP. I just love all the cuteness!



The Marans can be very hard to tell boy from girl when they are young especially by comb size alone. They are a more regal bird so they have a "stance" that looks rooish even in the females. Plus they have really big combs compared to many breeds. The way the tail feathers look when they first start to come in is a dead giveaway though. If I don't mark them at this early stage though I get confused later. The tail difference isn't as well defined when they are a little older.

Of course by 2 months or so they really look different again. Except for that one pullet Aubrey had which Genny thought was a roo and I thought was a girl (sorry Genny is almost always right on gender so I have to remind folks that I was right on this one bird hahaha) they are almost always really obvious by three months for sure. It was the huge comb and wattles that threw Genny off so keep in mind the Marans just do have bigger combs and wattles.

that makes me feel better. I will reserve judgment on the marans. they are younger than the other with lots of down still and not many feathers. they are just precious. one fell asleep in my hands today.

Here's the 2 babies I picked out yesterday from Candy. A BLRW & Ameraucanas. For now their names are Lacey & Amanda. Lacey is the BLRW and she hatched from a pullet's egg so she was the smallest one there. I promised Candy I would keep her updated on this little one, Candy said she almost didn't make it.

so adorable, sheryl! glad you're able to have some chicks again.

ok here they are
together
feather legs soo cute

the 3 smaller ones(BW) came from pullet eggs
the bigger ones(BBSW)
the wing and tail feathers coming in
the one with spot on its headpics stopped working

very cute!

The 2 next to it are pink. It just doesn't show up well. I'm hoping I get some darker lavender eggs from whatever I hatch from them.

Well, that's very exciting. You'll have tons of us here in Reno begging for some of those!

OH FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!

How in gods green earth am i ever going to stop wanting birds when people keep doing AMAZING things like this?!?!!

I hear you. I'm so far gone on this chicken addiction. My husband called me "borracha de pollos" (drunk with chickens) today.

Right now I have 32 hens / 7 roosters (3 looking for homes) and 11 chicks ( 5 maybe 6 are roosters.) Total 60

These pictures I took tonight tell it all . . Do I like taking pictures of my chickens?

You can post all the photos you want on this thread. Love to see your chickens. I'll be posting photos of the W/BW chicks I got from you in a little bit. I think they're of the age you can feather sex them. think one is a wheaten roo and the others, I'm not sure.

 

[SunnyDawn]

Awwww, sweet story about the chickies with you and your sis! I love the new nickname! I think it fits a lot of us here! "borracha de pollos" I'm gonna have to work on that one. The only thing I have a hard time with even when I try really hard is that double r.

I think my tongue is too fat or something. hahaha!

Chickee love all the pics!!! I've never seen pics of your grown chickens. Good looking group!

 

[chicharomirinda]

Here's the monster egg we found yesterday.

And here's what was inside! Our first double yolker.

 

[wolftracks]

I was hoping you'd hold some. I'm going to see if Karen would also.

Didn't I give you gray eggs? That's what these started out as, then they changed to this


That blue egg is from one of my Lav AM Pullets, Lettie. She's the one that is darker but smaller than Lavern. The pinker eggs and Letties eggs are part of the project. Lavern's eggs still have a tint of green and I don't know if they'd work for purple.
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Kim those Lavender eggs are soo cool!!! I would not mind keeping some over here to preserve the flock.

I am running to Karen's again later in the week to pick up more yokos for the Easter hatch. I will have to rush even more than last time though so no time to visit. Darn this weather! It's really being inconvenient lately. We need it though so I can't complain too loudly! Who laid that beautiful aqua egg on the upper right of your pic?

Man I am gonna be selling a lot of eggs once these girls start laying. I better line up a few more egg hungry folks for all these eggs! They make for a gorgeous carton of eggs though and my customers just love that!


Hahahahaha! I feel exactly the same way!



Heading to Turlock for more yokohama eggs to set for the Easter hatch.





I used to make these for DS's girlfriend (ex now) that had celiac(s?) disease. I used rice flour and added a little bit of xanthum gum with an extra egg yolk and they were even better than the ones made with wheat flour! I made a lot of stuff for her. I was surprised how well the xanthum gum works when replacing gluten to bind and thicken stuff. I tried a variety of flours too instead of the wheat. Most recipes translate very well to gluten free. Some flours need to be ground at home though. Too hard to find them in the stores.





NOOOO we can't take that chance! Bring them over here!!! hee hee


Ummmm, a lot. Wait only 54. Why does it feel like I have a lot more? Oh cause I have more coming that's why!