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[countrybuffs]

Just had to share this, from Facebook.

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

 

[Dukeofhawg]

Just had to share this, from Facebook.

That's Hilarious!!!!!

 

[Barnmaradotte]

Howdy everyone!
Just got caught up. I was over 2 weeks behind on the thread. Tis' the season for to much dang stuff to do.

Zanna, Those BCM eggs look GREAT. What lineage? How maney hens of yours lay eggs of that quality?

Some Broody hens just dont know how to quit. Mine finally snapped out of it after she had staked claim to an invisible nest on the CONCRETE step to the shed for like 5 hrs. Crazy Bird! Had me fooled for a bit. Thought she was ill. Nope. Just crazy.

Love the chicken on a pig pic.

Now for my new adventure!! Pigs !!!! Yep a friend of mine convinced me to get a pig. Well it didnt take much. He had me at, BACON!

So we got a pair of Bluebutts. Pick them up the 25th of may.
Also, I've got almost all my parts for the WHIZBANG chicken plucker.

 

[10thmuse]

Please keep us posted on how the plucker construction goes....I am very curious!

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

Howdy everyone!
Just got caught up. I was over 2 weeks behind on the thread. Tis' the season for to much dang stuff to do.

Zanna, Those BCM eggs look GREAT. What lineage? How maney hens of yours lay eggs of that quality?

Some Broody hens just dont know how to quit. Mine finally snapped out of it after she had staked claim to an invisible nest on the CONCRETE step to the shed for like 5 hrs. Crazy Bird! Had me fooled for a bit. Thought she was ill. Nope. Just crazy.

Love the chicken on a pig pic.

Now for my new adventure!! Pigs !!!! Yep a friend of mine convinced me to get a pig. Well it didnt take much. He had me at, BACON!

So we got a pair of Bluebutts. Pick them up the 25th of may.
Also, I've got almost all my parts for the WHIZBANG chicken plucker.

I had to google Bluebutt pigs...CUTE!!!

 

[KMHunter]

I had to google Bluebutt pigs...CUTE!!!

Glad I wasn't the only one! Lol!

 

[CrittersNPets]

Questions for Marans people. I have mostly blue hens (no copper in their feathers at all) and one splash hen (different lineage from 1/2 the flock). I currently have a blue copper (some have told me wheaten) rooster. He has produced almost all blues over blue hen. My question is this, I get pretty dark eggs which I want to keep or get darker eggs (just because they look cool) but love blue chickens. What is a good page to look at for genetics? I'm wondering if Black over these would give me any blues? and better egg color. Marans websites are a little to fast and being a pet flock breeder I don't always get a response.

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

Questions for Marans people. I have mostly blue hens (no copper in their feathers at all) and one splash hen (different lineage from 1/2 the flock). I currently have a blue copper (some have told me wheaten) rooster. He has produced almost all blues over blue hen. My question is this, I get pretty dark eggs which I want to keep or get darker eggs (just because they look cool) but love blue chickens. What is a good page to look at for genetics? I'm wondering if Black over these would give me any blues? and better egg color. Marans websites are a little to fast and being a pet flock breeder I don't always get a response.

I'm not a "Marans person" but I do know blue chickens. Yes, a black rooster over the splash hens will give you 100% blue offspring.

Try out this online genetics calculator...it's not always 100% accurate, because of hidden genes, etc, but it's super fun to play with and will give you a good idea of what you'll get with different color crosses...

http://kippenjungle.nl/Overzicht.htm#kipcalculator

 

[Zanna]

Howdy everyone!
Just got caught up. I was over 2 weeks behind on the thread. Tis' the season for to much dang stuff to do.

Zanna, Those BCM eggs look GREAT. What lineage? How maney hens of yours lay eggs of that quality?

Some Broody hens just dont know how to quit. Mine finally snapped out of it after she had staked claim to an invisible nest on the CONCRETE step to the shed for like 5 hrs. Crazy Bird! Had me fooled for a bit. Thought she was ill. Nope. Just crazy.

Love the chicken on a pig pic.

Now for my new adventure!! Pigs !!!! Yep a friend of mine convinced me to get a pig. Well it didnt take much. He had me at, BACON!

So we got a pair of Bluebutts. Pick them up the 25th of may.
Also, I've got almost all my parts for the WHIZBANG chicken plucker.

My hen and roo are supposedly of Davis Lineage but I suppose, who really knows....... The roo was a craigslist special with 11 others who were all culls (breeding for SOP as well as egg colour) and the hen is from a reputable breeder in New York. She is my only BCM hen, so I just have the breeding pair right now. Hopefully the roo will darken the offsprings eggs but of course he could lighten them as well so I have about 5 mos. wait to find out!!! I had a another Davis girl last summer who laid a gorgeous egg but she was so far from SOP I sold her as a layer.

You will love your pigs!!! We bought four york/hampshire cross last fall (great time for us as we can get all the free pumpkins we want and they loved them!!!). They are almost ready to go to butcher, I will really miss them!

DH built a great whizbang plucker using a used washing machine drum. If you run into any problems, feel free to pm with questions. They are the most awesome tool!