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Hey Deanner, I have a Blue Copper Roo in with a Blue Copper and Black Copper Hen. He also has a beautiful Welsummer hen with him. They have just started laying...I've gotten 6 eggs so far this week. If you want some BCM's with a chance of a mixed Chocolate Egger I can hook you up.

Ok what about the rest of us? Who's got what and for what? I do trade. Only thing pure is my Dels. For those who don't know, my dels are not hatchery. At least the eggs I hatched this last time. The hatchery girls eggs are so different I can tell in a shot. Plus they are going or would be except that one lays a pink egg and I don't know which one she is.

I got a friz hen too and she's nicely behaved. I just hatched out some of hers crossed with a del roo. They are dark chicks. to early to tell if they will friz or not. The CM's I got don't lay very dark eggs. Two are from hatchery. Others from Amsterdam, NY. i was thinking of contacting him and getting more but they were ten a chick. to much for me to pay now. I sold the roo like a fool and he was a big guy. guess i could get another roo for the girls and hatch some more chicks.

I am all for an egg swap. I have someone I will be ordering Dels from soon. His girls lay a pinkish-purpley egg. I really want the color for my egg basket!
 
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Ok what about the rest of us? Who's got what and for what? I do trade. Only thing pure is my Dels. For those who don't know, my dels are not hatchery. At least the eggs I hatched this last time. The hatchery girls eggs are so different I can tell in a shot. Plus they are going or would be except that one lays a pink egg and I don't know which one she is.

I got a friz hen too and she's nicely behaved. I just hatched out some of hers crossed with a del roo. They are dark chicks. to early to tell if they will friz or not. The CM's I got don't lay very dark eggs. Two are from hatchery. Others from Amsterdam, NY. i was thinking of contacting him and getting more but they were ten a chick. to much for me to pay now. I sold the roo like a fool and he was a big guy. guess i could get another roo for the girls and hatch some more chicks.

I am all for an egg swap. I have someone I will be ordering Dels from soon. His girls lay a pinkish-purpley egg. I really want the color for my egg basket!

I hope your not paying for eggs.
 
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I am all for an egg swap. I have someone I will be ordering Dels from soon. His girls lay a pinkish-purpley egg. I really want the color for my egg basket!

I hope your not paying for eggs.

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Paying for chicks.
 
Just candled 60 eggs in the incubator and yippee, fertility is back!

I had changed to a powder vitamin supplement for the summer & fall, thinking the Red Cell might be too strong for the summer months, and I don't incubate or sell eggs during that time anyway, so no biggie.

Was I wrong. I will never switch again.

I learned my lesson.

For those who don't know, I feed whole grains and its important to provide a good vitamin supplement. Since I buy my grains locally, they are selenium deficient. So I discovered that most vitamins packaged for poultry don't contain selenium. Red Cell for horses does.

Central NY is known for being selenium deficient. I always had to give my sheep selenium shots once a year because of it.

I've been using Red Cell for about 1.5 years, and I can say that not only is the fertility better, my chicks seem to pip easier, and I have less incidence of spraddle leg.

Just thought I'd pass it along. It took a good 2 weeks of the chickens being back on the Red Cell for the fertility to improve.

If interested in a whole grain feeding program, I have it on my webiste: www.sterlingcenterfarm.com

The site is 2 years old and I haven't been able to update it due to a computer death...8-(

But the feeding info is still current.

I don't have white Ameraucanas anymore.

Sue
 
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