***OKIES in the BYC III ***

[brandy00]

Is the Blanchard auction still on 2nd and 4th Saturdays?

 

[TipihlowLadies]

How cute is that!!!!

yes too cute I think corgi mix

 

[Kassaundra]

So what will a marans roo on ee hens produce?

Some brown and some green layers

Then take the green layers and breed back to the marans and you will get mostly brown and some olive (dark green) layers.



Assuming the EE lays blue/green eggs to start with

 

[Kassaundra]

yes too cute I think corgi mix

Oh I thought a doxy or doxy mix

 

[shelbydog]

yes too cute I think corgi mix

I'm not seeing corgi in the Lil guy.

 

[NanaKat]

Chicks are hatching under one of the broody Cochin hens tonight... One had pipped when I checked her at lock up. That means others should be ready under the other four hens.

 

[lonnyandrinda]

So what will a marans roo on ee hens produce?

Some brown and some green layers

Then take the green layers and breed back to the marans and you will get mostly brown and some olive (dark green) layers.



Assuming the EE lays blue/green eggs to start with

X2. Kass is right, although you might get a few light olive layers on the first cross it just depends on what exact egg genetics the Marans roo carries and how they are passed on. There are something like 15 different "brown egg genes" and Marans darken their eggs by "stacking up" multiple brown genes. It's hard to tell unless the rooster came from your own flock which exact genes he may be carrying.

Oh I thought a doxy or doxy mix

X2 I was thinking doxy mix.

 

[shelbydog]

Does anyone use peat moss in their chicken coop? My friend suggested it saying that I should rake it every day. Do I just rake the poop into the peat moss? I know chickens have sensitive respiratory systems and I don't want them to get sick.  Also, my coop is not very big.

I thought about adding peat moss to my bedding. I thought I read others on BYC using it but it's been awhile since I read into it.

 

[SharkmanDan]

I've been told that a good trick, for snakes, is to plant a few golf balls around. The snake eats the golf ball, obviously can't digest it, then can't get back through the fence, because of his engorged digestive tract.
Same fellow (has a small chicken farm of 20K chickens, near me) tells me that turkeys are great to have around, as they will eat the snakes. I'm new at it, so I don't have any experience with them, yet. But, I have turkeys and chicks, and am happy to go by the golf course, and get a few strays.

 

[TipihlowLadies]

Some brown and some green layers

Then take the green layers and breed back to the marans and you will get mostly brown and some olive (dark green) layers.



Assuming the EE lays blue/green eggs to start with

thanks all my girls lay blue ,green and lightpink eggs