New Magpie Thread!!!!

[them chickens]

My girls started laying this week with the soft shell eggs and today we picked up a normal egg.we are so excited.

 

[earlyredrooster]

I was wondering how many eggs magpies lay a year.  Do they lay as well as campbells or harliquins?  They are very pretty.  I have the two other breeds and want to stay with a lightweight duck.  I really want a duck that lays blue eggs.  Do you get blue eggs from them?  By the way I read that all white magpies occur and are called stanbridge whites.  

I get one every day from mine.

 

[earlyredrooster]

My wife's drake "Dufuss"

Her hen "Belle".

 

[sondieblondie]

Just got my FIRST Eggs from my Magpie, they are a light beige color! I can't believe I didn't see these four beauties sooner! I'm so eggcited! Wasn't sure when or what color they would be! So hopefully the other girl starts laying soon!

Here are my girls

 

[them chickens]

How broody are magpies, we want more.

 

[LuvMyChicks1491]

I would love if one of my girls would be broody, but they are still young so, maybe next year. I don't remember coming accross any information about Magpies being broody. I'm sure that some must, but I don't know if they would be as good as muscovys are.

I just put the eggs that I want to hatch under a broody chicken...I have 3 magpie eggs under a silkie right now!!! They are due to hatch any day now I can't wait. I had a few under a first time broody a few months ago and she killed one when it hatched, and the others didn't hatch. These eggs I have under my silkie who has hatched lots of chicks in the past so I'm sure that she'll do good... I'm on the edge of my seat waiting for the eggs to hatch!

 

[WildThang]

Here's my little Girl, Spats. 5 months old, She was suppose to be a boy! Its okay we have her boyfriend with the name of geisha cause he was suppose to be the girl! LOL

 

[LuvMyChicks1491]

One of my Magpie eggs hatched today! Still have 2 more to go. It has pretty good color, and looks like it is going to have a giant crest..It's a little camera shy.

 

[WildThang]

AWWWWW

 

[DuckDavies]