NY chicken lover!!!!

[ChickPrincess]

this is why they (whoever they are) advise to not hatch eggs from young hens. So as not to pass on genetic problems. Still it breaks the heart when it happens.

What is a "safe" age to use those eggs for hatching?

 

[miquwid]

Here are my big guys!!!!!!!!




And thanksfor everybody's kind words on the other 2 pics.

They are very good looking chickens!

 

[happyhensny]

Country Boy- those are some great looking Cochins! I had a couple then sold them. Should have kept them, awfully cool looking big birds. Darn...

 

[ChickPrincess]

I have an odd thing happening in my coop and I'm not sure if it's something to worry about, or typical flock behavior. Our alpha roo, Oscar, has for 2 days now, been chasing my BO hen. She runs from him, petrified and gets up on the roost. Once she's up high, he leaves her alone, but she fluffs all her feathers, flares up her butt feathers, and growls.
I don't know if he's trying to mate with her and she won't let him? I've never seen this kind of behavior. He doesn't do this with any other girls... just Blondie.
Anyone have any ideas why? Or what to do? There hasn't been any blood involved, thankfully.

 

[featherz]

this is why they (whoever they are) advise to not hatch eggs from young hens. So as not to pass on genetic problems. Still it breaks the heart when it happens.

Dunno whether the eggs she hatched from were from young hens or not - they weren't mine. =( She was from the NYD hatch last year and I don't remember where they came from. She was a funky chicken and laid a nice blue green egg. Another option could be just coming back into lay after molt and an egg type problem, but I doubt that - she was in the dustbathing area and not in a nest box. No evidence of any predation that I can find and just like with Cass's chicken all mine were up on the roost too. Had another chicken die some months back but she almost for sure flew into a wall when spooked. Other than that this is my first 'sudden chicken death' with no apparent cause.

 

[featherz]

Country Boy- those are some great looking Cochins! I had a couple then sold them. Should have kept them, awfully cool looking big birds. Darn...

They are and I have some of those eggs in the bator now! Woot!! =) Thanks county boy!!

 

[mderby48]

Here are my big guys!!!!!!!! And thanksfor everybody's kind words on the other 2 pics.

They are beautiful! What kind is that in the second pic? I want one!

 

[Lynzi777]

   I live in Eastern Columbia county. 5 miles from Berkshire county Mass. Sharon CT is 40 minutes from us. I don't know where in CT your family is. We go to Manchester once or twice a year and that is a 2 hour drive. Hartford about 1.5 hours. 
   Our area is beautiful old farm country. 50 years ago there were 5 large chicken farms I know of within 5 miles of our house. 2 within 2 miles. Still some working small dairy farms. Lots of countryside. Hills, woods, fields, just nice. 35 minute ride to Albany. 20 minute ride to Pittsfield Mass. 10 minutes to Stockbridge Mass. Tanglewood is close if your into that kind of thing. My family moved to our property in 66. I'll probably die on the same land

I missed this earlier while I was posting (sorry about that). My sister actually just bought a house in Machester. My husband and I grew up in Southington and our parent still live there. It took us exactly 2 hours to get there from Albany when we lived in Latham.

I just have this feeling that because we have to rent due to my husbands job always changing and he has these goals of continuing to move up that we will NEVER get lucky like we did with this house and being in the country as well as being for "rent".

My husband is on his way home from Albany right now. So we're going to talk more when he gets home.

 

[stonykill]

I missed this earlier while I was posting (sorry about that). My sister actually just bought a house in Machester. My husband and I grew up in Southington and our parent still live there. It took us exactly 2 hours to get there from Albany when we lived in Latham.

I just have this feeling that because we have to rent due to my husbands job always changing and he has these goals of continuing to move up that we will NEVER get lucky like we did with this house and being in the country as well as being for "rent".

My husband is on his way home from Albany right now. So we're going to talk more when he gets home.

Imay be off little on the times or am including my need to stop for coffee on any road trip no matter how short

. Mapquest has Southington at 2 hours 6 minutes from my house. Renting a country house can be tough but isn't impossible

 

[Henicillin]

Here are my big guys!!!!!!!!




And thanksfor everybody's kind words on the other 2 pics.

When I have a broody I'll want to buy hatching eggs from you if you have any. Your birds are gorgeous!