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atmaclean said:
Yes! I've got Isbars. I've got a splash hen and 3 cockerels - a blue, a black and a splash. My pullet has been laying for about 5 weeks now but I haven't put her in with a cockerel to get fertile eggs yet. The cockerels are pretty feisty but the pullet has come around now that she is laying. She is still not the friendliest but she doesn't avoid me any longer. I hatched them out from shipped eggs. They have been very healthy and are certainly beautiful. She lays a mossy green colored egg that sometimes has speckles. She is a sneaker and will try her best to roost in a tree beside our house at night. I have to make sure she goes in the coop or she will go to that tree in a heartbeat.


Black Isbar cockerel

Splash pullet


Blue Isbar cockerel

Angela
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Angela your Isbars are beautiful! It figures you have more cockerels than pullets. This seems to be the year of the rooster. Of my 9 Welsummers I have 2 pullets, yes, that means 7 cockerels! Some of them will be going to new homes.
 
NewHomesteader2010 said:
BIG MEANIE!! How am I to narrow down this list if you all keep helping to ADD more to the list?? LOL Although a JG would be a good dual purpose one as I hear they get BIG (after a year or two??)...I wonder if it would be TOO big for my girls though...LOL Wouldn't want to traumatize them?!?
Thank you for the offer, but I am literally overrun with cucumbers this year and I don't want them to go to waste. I'm trying to learn HOW to can (I failed miserably the last time I tried...my water turned cloudy white and I was too afraid to test them) and find a small recipe for pickles as no one here is a HUGE fan of them, but I thought if I could make small pint jars of pickle chips, I could give them to friends/family and keep a few in the pantry for when we have cookouts and such (DH will ONLY eat pickles on burgers). Thank you again, you are sweet!!

I received my email from Freedom Rangers!! Our new babies will be shipped out on the 21st of this month and should be here by that Friday. So, in preparation...WHAT do I need to do? Would these kiddos be okay outside under a heat lamp or do I NEED to keep them indoors for some time? I have instructions from the Hatchery, but all it does is tell me about temperatures (95 for a week then weekly decrease by 5 degrees)...also how do you know what the temperature IS under a heat lamp?? Do you just stick a thermometer in there?!? I am SO NERVOUS about these babies...we've only had babies via a broody OR older babies (1-2 months old) from awesome BYC'ers!!
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Maybe I'm not ready for this adventure...LOL
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Not sure if anyone else has responded... I am still catching up! Regarding the list, I see you were thinking of Welsummers, they average a little smaller than most of the other birds, so if you want meat birds, that might be a consideration - the difference is between 6 - 7 lbs and 7 - 8 lbs. The are beautiful though, think of the Cornflakes rooster!

I put my thermometer on the ground as that is chick height. As long as the new chicks have sufficient space to get away from the heat if it gets to hot they will be ok. Make sure they have predator protection (I know you know this) make sure they are out of drafts. For the most part chicks aren't that hard. You will do fine like any other chicks, they need food, water, dry bedding and safety. If they can get away from the heat during the day and under it at night they will be just fine. They can't tell the temperature and the 5 degree thing is an approximation. You will be able to tell if they are cold (huddled) or hot (panting). You know about chicks....YOU CAN DO THIS... Heck, you can raise a baby (3 at once!!!) you can definately raise a chick! LOL
 
Hope everyone here has had a good day. I caught up on some sleep. :) lazy me!!! Lol! Anyway I see there's not too much goin on here today. No losses so far. Still kinda upset about the rabbit. :( I don't think I will ever get another one. Just way too sad the way it happened. I hate I buried him at the old house. I wish he was here with me. But it would be pretty darn gross to go diggin him up. Hope everyone stays cool for the rest of the night. It is HOT today.
 
Kinda bored... Haven't had anything to eat since 11:30 in Drivers Ed and decided some nice, delicious, farm fresh eggs from my wonderful hens sounded really good.
It made me realized what a cool variety of sizes and shades we had!


I think it is so interesting having so many different shades coming in!

Anyways, having all of these eggs constantly coming in I think it has given me the time and practice to master the "over-easy" egg. I at first would always get the yolks too hard or the whites too slimy, or something.

Now I have mastered the art!


Just the right seasoning (some beau monde seasoning with sea salt and pepper)




Made just to the point where the whites aren't slimy, but the yolks are still nice, golden, and gushing everywhere. I've decided this is the most flavorful way to eat eggs.

And there is my short little story of my favorite way to make eggs- over easy, deliciously seasoned, on golden brown toasted bread with butter! Yum!!!
 
DSTchickencraze said:
Kinda bored... Haven't had anything to eat since 11:30 in Drivers Ed and decided some nice, delicious, farm fresh eggs from my wonderful hens sounded really good.
It made me realized what a cool variety of sizes and shades we had!


I think it is so interesting having so many different shades coming in!

Anyways, having all of these eggs constantly coming in I think it has given me the time and practice to master the "over-easy" egg. I at first would always get the yolks too hard or the whites too slimy, or something.

Now I have mastered the art!


Just the right seasoning (some beau monde seasoning with sea salt and pepper)




Made just to the point where the whites aren't slimy, but the yolks are still nice, golden, and gushing everywhere. I've decided this is the most flavorful way to eat eggs.

And there is my short little story of my favorite way to make eggs- over easy, deliciously seasoned, on golden brown toasted bread with butter! Yum!!!
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So I have been curious if anyone else's hens squat down when you reach for them? What does this mean? (Maybe nothing...)

They used to run away when you reaxhed for them, or stepped for them and now they squat...

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It is kinda nice because we have gotten to pick them up and work on getting them used to us a little more :) Just curious!
 

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