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[NanaKat]

It is hailing in Meeker as I type...hoping for small short burst and little damage to my onions and cabbage! Found the neighbor's newborn calf this morning...appeared to have been chewed up...so coyotes. We couldn't tell if it was stillborn or an attack. Cow was back eatting with the herd.

I've got my first broody!

She's been on this nest for 3 days now. But I don't know what's under her. LOL. She's not very fierce but I didn't want to push her buttons.

Glad you checked and she has eggs. Mark each egg with a permanent marker so that you can tell new eggs from brooding eggs. She will have many roommates while she broods.

This lil Bantam hatched her first clutch of 5 on April 01, 2014. Nine days later she brought them out of the Hutch. For safety, that night I caught them, and her, and put locked them in the Hutch. Next night I was all set to do the routine again, but to my amazement this is what took place. Who says chickens are dumb.

Sooooooooo cute!

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I was really shocked to see so many blues because, (if I remember right), with the Andalusian Blue gene: breeding Blue to Blue produces 50%Blue, 25% Black and 25% Splash. Breeding Blue to Black prodices 50% Blue and 50% Black. Breeding Blue to Splash produces 50% Blue and 50% Splash. Breeding Splash to Splash produces all Splash but they gat paler and paler as generations go on and need Blue periodically added back in to keep the pretty Blue "spots". Lavenders or Self-Blues, are produced by the Lavender gene and it breeds only one shade of solid lavender grey and the chicks have a very different down color than blues. They have a light blue grey with a lot of yellow, especially on their undersides. Self-Blue is what Lavenders will be called in the SOP. - that is the extent of my color gene knowledge. I would like to learn more. It can get very complex with some colors though and it intimidates me. I love Blue colored birds but I am breeding Lavender bantam Cochins because I can't imagine how many pens I would need for Blue/Black/Splash Cochins.

One pen is all you need. A Blue cock over Blue, Black and Splash hens will give you all the colors. I used Big Blue last year over a Blue, a Blue Splash, and a Splash hen and got Blue, Black, Blue Splash and white Splash with blue markings.

 

[greenbeetle]

Hope everyone and their families are safe from the storms moving through including your feathered kids as well.

 

[shelbydog]

Found the neighbor's newborn calf this morning...appeared to have been chewed up...so coyotes. We couldn't tell if it was stillborn or an attack. Cow was back eatting with the herd.
Glad you checked and she has eggs. Mark each egg with a permanent marker so that you can tell new eggs from brooding eggs. She will have many roommates while she broods.

Sorry about that little calf. Poor guy.

Do I just pull the eggs out from under her and mark them or wait to she leaves the nest box? I guess I should wait til dusk or dark if I'm going to pull them out from under her.

 

[TwistedLuck]

Thank you for the info. We are looking to have just eggs for now. Would kind of like a few different kinds adventually but to get started maybe a few chickens that are already laying in order for them to teach us a few things along the way. Adventually would like to get brown, green, blue, and any other kind of different egg colors. Our coop will be able to hold around 20 so in the coming years I plan to expand. Check out our Facebook page www.facebook.com/TwistedLuckProduce

Where is this chicken sale you speak of. I would be VERY interested to get to pick at some of y'all's brains about chickens and different ideas y'all would have.

Thanks,
Rexx

 

[shelbydog]

Thank you for the info. We are looking to have just eggs for now. Would kind of like a few different kinds adventually but to get started maybe a few chickens that are already laying in order for them to teach us a few things along the way. Adventually would like to get brown, green, blue, and any other kind of different egg colors. Our coop will be able to hold around 20 so in the coming years I plan to expand. Check out our Facebook page www.facebook.com/TwistedLuckProduce

Where is this chicken sale you speak of. I would be VERY interested to get to pick at some of y'all's brains about chickens and different ideas y'all would have.

Thanks,
Rexx

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/869745/p-o-o-p-s-2014-poultry-owners-of-oklahoma-poultry-swap
This is our event on June 14th.

Some Okies attend auctions. A few got to Newcastle which is close to you. I'm not sure which nights it is on.

 

[Kassaundra]

Rudy at 5 days, he loves his feather duster mom.

 

[Kassaundra]

Thanks for the heads up on the hail, got the chicks and chickens in, just in the nick of time.

 

[shelbydog]

Have you posted him on the NN thread yet?

Keep posting pics as the chicks progress. I love seeing them.

Are any of them Audra's offspring?

 

[ourhouse51]

4-H actually has 2 programs. Children who are not 9 can join the Cloverbuds. (age 5-8).
Search the okstate website for the information.

 

[CayuseRanch]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/869745/p-o-o-p-s-2014-poultry-owners-of-oklahoma-poultry-swap
This is our event on June 14th.

Some Okies attend auctions. A few got to Newcastle which is close to you. I'm not sure which nights it is on.

Next Newcastle Auction is this coming Sat. If you are interested in going, I will be too. It is a good place to buy adult birds and I would be happy to look over them with you. Just shoot me a pm.