New Hampshire!

[chicken pickin]

Yes I will have eggs available next spring. I have yet to put work into them, they are my first small flock 1 BCM cockerel, 2 BCM Hens 1 Blue Copper hen. I had intentions on keeping some chicks this year to grow out but had so much interest I ended selling them all but a few roosters. Right now I consider then pet quality. And some of the offspring is overmelanized. I had about 8 roosters growing out over the summer to select a good one for next years breeding but unfortunately a predator got most of them in the night(my fault I forgot to lock them up).
The egg color I get from my girls is pretty good.

 

[1Chick Magnet]

Yes I will have eggs available next spring. I have yet to put work into them, they are my first small flock 1 BCM cockerel, 2 BCM Hens 1 Blue Copper hen. I had intentions on keeping some chicks this year to grow out but had so much interest I ended selling them all but a few roosters. Right now I consider then pet quality. And some of the offspring is overmelanized. I had about 8 roosters growing out over the summer to select a good one for next years breeding but unfortunately a predator got most of them in the night(my fault I forgot to lock them up).
The egg color I get from my girls is pretty good.

do you hatch turkeys in your incubator?

 

[chicken pickin]

do you hatch turkeys in your incubator?

Yes I do.

 

[1Chick Magnet]

I don't know if this will be considered flaming but I need to vent and I'm mentioning no names.
I sold about 20 cream colored Cream Legbar pullets to an acquaintance here in NH... an ex-acquaintance at this point. He has listed his Legbar lines on his website and not a mention that any (if not most) of these are my F2 birds he simply states that he worked so hard to get them past some of the flaws he mentions in his description...I'm no great big breeder (only spent the last 2 years breeding these to the cream standard) but I hope that I'd be more ethical in my own poultry practices and give credit to anyone who improved or worked on any birds I purchased and resold. When I tossed him an email he said he could give me a detailed explanation. When I tossed out a few more examples that I know of when he bought birds from other folks and claimed them as something else he decided that an explanation was no longer in order.... I so don't care either way as I would not believe anything he said, just really upset I trusted him to be ethical. Just needed to vent as it is so disappointing how dishonest some folks are... and we are talking just chickens right? I kept the best birds for myself thank goodness and I have good roosters but I won't be doing business with him again. HIs prices are astronomically high so I'll take that as a back-handed compliment.

I have Splash and Black Copper Marans growing out right now- sorry rellikmalinois none old enough to sell or at POL. I really would like to keep a Splash rooster and breed the Splash girls (I only have 2 - hawk got the third). But I really like the Black Copper but not so happy with my choice of roosters but have one that may be 'okay for now'. What would be the best thing to do? Should I toss the BCM boys since none is really up to snuff and breed the Splash next spring for Splash and Blues and try to find a better Black Copper boy - I could enlarge my Splash flock also by doing that and sell of any extra but is there a market for them here locally? The egg color on the Splash was pretty nice and the Blacks are from Wynette and Fancy Chicks. I think I have 4 - 5 Black Copper girls in there so 7 girls total. I have 3 splash boys to choose from and 3 Black Copper boys also. What to do?

I am very sorry to hear about this. The legbars I got from you are doing great. Not old enough to lay yet. I am happy to tell anyone where they came from. They are good kids.

 

[1Chick Magnet]

Yes I do.

I have turkeys for the first time and know nothing about them. Are the eggs hard to hatch? What do you think of yours? I am amazed at how sweet natured they are. How winter hardy are they compared to chickens?

 

[chicken pickin]

What Variety of turkey did you get and how old are they? I raise Bourbon Reds. Turkeys are very sweet natured and have friendly personalities and boy are they curious. They get into everything lol.
I hatched turkey eggs all last spring and summer with ok results my main problem was it was my turkeys first mating season and a large amount of eggs were infertile. Next season they will be pros at mating lol. Hatching turkey eggs is similar to hatching chicken eggs with the exception they take 28 days to incubate rather than 21 days.I haven't mastered hatching yet though, I only have a year of hatching under my belt. Next season I plan to hatch a much larger amount of turkeys and I am hoping for better results.

 

[rellikmalinois]

I have red bourbons too! Also have narragansetts! Can't wait to incubate!

 

[chicken pickin]

I have red bourbons too! Also have narragansetts! Can't wait to incubate!

How many turkeys do you have?

I have 8 breeders for next season, 2toms 6 hens.

 

[rellikmalinois]

How many turkeys do you have?

I have 8 breeders for next season, 2toms 6 hens.

Narragansetts I have 1 tom 3 hens and bourbons I have 1 tom 2 hens

 

[1Chick Magnet]

What Variety of turkey did you get and how old are they? I raise Bourbon Reds. Turkeys are very sweet natured and have friendly personalities and boy are they curious. They get into everything lol.
I hatched turkey eggs all last spring and summer with ok results my main problem was it was my turkeys first mating season and a large amount of eggs were infertile. Next season they will be pros at mating lol. Hatching turkey eggs is similar to hatching chicken eggs with the exception they take 28 days to incubate rather than 21 days.I haven't mastered hatching yet though, I only have a year of hatching under my belt. Next season I plan to hatch a much larger amount of turkeys and I am hoping for better results.

I have royal palms and one bourbon red hen. they are 3 and 6 months old. mine are friendly and curious too.
Do you have more than 1 tom? never considered infertility. Have you ever let a hen hatch? I am good at hatching chickens and really bad at hatching ducks.