new from oregon. foster mother thoughts.

[casey7272]

I have now 11 cuckoo marans2 weeks old, 11 partridge cochins standard 2 weeks old, 2 broad breasted bronse turks 8weeks olf(thanksgiving) 2 red burbon turks 9.5 weeks old. Will be getting 25 cornish cross and 5 barnavelders and 5 naragansette turks soon. I want a good supply of dark eggs from the barnvelders and marans, the cochins i am hoping to be foster mother to the others eggs, wonder if anyone has done this and what kind of reaults they got. My turks the bronze are for eating if my red burbon are male femaile i hope to het babies maybe through foster mother cochins? (Thoughts please) or incubator or naturally. The naragansette hoping to breed and get quilty meat birds for long time. Im new to the group from oregon. And new to raising food chickens and turks. Step mom has had banties for a long time but never ate the birds or the eggs. Hoping for any good advise or thoughts

 

[write2caroline]

Welcome from Jacksonville.

My Parents live in laPine

I love my marans. I have crazy people pay me $6 a dozen for those dark eggs.. I have barnevelders, new hampshire reds, cream legbars, leghorns, welsumer and silver laced wyandottes too.

Caroline

 

[redsoxs]

Greetings from Kansas, casey7272, and

! Pleased you joined us! Unsure on your incubating question - you might ask in one of the following forums. Good luck and have fun!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/5/incubating-hatching-eggs

https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/20/turkeys

 

[1cheepchick]

Hello, I hope to have some Narragansette turkeys about the first of June. So far out of 15, one broken and four looking viable at 15 days into incubation. I am from Southern Oregon and just saw your post that you were from Oregon too so thought I would say hello.

 

[drumstick diva]

I think you mean you expect the cochin hens to go broody and hatch eggs for you. It's a good plan but not all hens are" motherly" and you can't make a hen go broody. Once they do, you can usually swap out their eggs for what you want hatched. If she is serious about "sitting" it should work for you. Silkies are also great broodies but, small and can't cover as many eggs.

 

[BrendaJ]

Hello & welcome to BYC - im from Oregon as well. Best of luck with your flock

 

[casey7272]

Ya i first ordered silkies from a local hatcherie but they took my money and did not send chicks. So i then went with the cochins. I am hoping to breed the naragansette but probably not looking for new blood lines just yet but i would love to hear what you think of the breed.

 

[BantamFan4Life]

Welcome to BYC! Glad you joined us!

 

[Mr MKK FARMS]

Welcome to BYC!!!

Glad to have you aboard!!