Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

[chiques chicks]

Since Wing threw you under the bus, How are the Swedish Flowers? I've only seen a few pictures, but they are gorgeous . Are the decent layers?

We throw each other under the bus all the time. It's expected and somewhat welcomed.

Their eggs tend to be medium and they average about every other day over the course of the year. Right now they are laying well since the spting hatch is just starting to lay.

They seem to handle the weather quite well. Guess that's why they survived in Sweden.
They don't get huge, but I (we) processed a bunch of extra roos the other week and there was enough on them to make it worthwhile at 6 months. Soup if nothing else.

I also have some Orpington and some mixed birds. Between the two of us, you'll get some eggs to hatch if you need them. Last person to ask is for mixed eggs ended up with around four dozen, if I recall.

 

[wingstone]

Anne, I can always do eggs, and of course C C is just around the corner with his Swedish flower
Can not answer your question yet on turkey, even though they are all sold, I always have a few o show, anything left would be small , more like 6 pound chicken size, not sure if I want to process all this weekend or let a couple grow for a few more weeks, some are not picking up till they get chicken
Speaking of chicken, this batch seems to be growing a lot better than the last, for some season the last batch just did not grow like a normal Cornish. This batch still has 3 weeks to grow and are about the size the last finished at.

You did get these from a different place. Maybe that is the difference.

Yes, thanks for the conact, we are going to give them a try on broad breasted turkey also...we need to have the order in by June something on those, I think he said pick up would he first week of august...I would much rather pick up than ship those.

 

[wingstone]

Well Anne, if you want the sales pitch, there's also rabbit, any frankly between CC and me, we could put anything you wanted on your dinner plate...
Rose has a chicken order in also, might you both be coming at the same time.
Just curious if you ever found anything on snake since you like to research....I have eaten rattlesnake and it is quite good, are other kinds just as tasty or just the rattlers

 

[AnneInTheBurbs]

We throw each other under the bus all the time. It's expected and somewhat welcomed.

Their eggs tend to be medium and they average about every other day over the course of the year. Right now they are laying well since the spting hatch is just starting to lay.

They seem to handle the weather quite well. Guess that's why they survived in Sweden.
They don't get huge, but I (we) processed a bunch of extra roos the other week and there was enough on them to make it worthwhile at 6 months. Soup if nothing else.

I also have some Orpington and some mixed birds. Between the two of us, you'll get some eggs to hatch if you need them. Last person to ask is for mixed eggs ended up with around four dozen, if I recall.

. Four dozen? I need to break a broody, not start an farming operation, lol. Maybe just 2 or 3. Or 4 or 5, in case I get a couple Roos. . As much as I would like to have many, I need to sensible about their housing, and the fact that I haven't cleared it with my Hubby yet.

 

[BullChick]

For when you need a LOT of coffee!!

I got an email about the hatch-along. I was so excited to do it this year! Oh well. I now get to see coops across the country, and talk to other crazy chicken people. I laughed when a waitress in Tennessee told me she was beginning a coop, and already has 30 chickens and a bunch of ducks. I don't think many of us are that bad! I only had 8 when I got my first coop done. Six when I got a brooder.

I hope you guys are doing well! I am actually headed up to Buffalo, but not until Monday, and it will be 60* there. I see you guys are getting a warm up too!

 

[godsavethequeen]

Thank you! I have three pullets (about 24 weeks old now and no sign of eggs yet) and they are a Silver Laced Wynadotte, an Easter Egger and an Australorp. We actually leased 5 acres of mountain land behind our house so that they can forage and scramble around the mountain (and to comply with zoning issues) and they seem to love it. I wonder if they might be laying eggs on the mountain instead of in their coop, but guess I'll have to do a bit of hiking to find out.

Never ever thought I would have chickens, but I can't imagine not having those silly girls in my life. This whole chicken universe is a fascinating place and I'm learning so much from BYC and its members and it is especially nice to see so many people from PA.

 

[hendricks115]

Jim Thorpe, PA

Hello from Ringtown!

 

[AnneInTheBurbs]

Well Anne, if you want the sales pitch, there's also rabbit, any frankly between CC and me, we could put anything you wanted on your dinner plate...
Rose has a chicken order in also, might you both be coming at the same time.
Just curious if you ever found anything on snake since you like to research....I have eaten rattlesnake and it is quite good, are other kinds just as tasty or just the rattlers

. Four dozen? I need to break a broody, not start an farming operation, lol. Maybe just 2 or 3. Or 4 or 5, in case I get a couple Roos. . As much as I would like to have many, I need to sensible about their housing, and the fact that I haven't cleared it with my Hubby yet.

I can't believe it! He said yes! e. Now we will see if my broody is a good Momma.... To be continued...

 

[SilkieSensation]

Had to stop in & say hi. @Blarneyeggs gave me heck on the NYD Hatchalong thread for not stopping by lately...lol
Just been way busy trying to get my cabin built & everything set up to be on here much.

 

[OneMountainAcres]

It seems that my lone egg in the bator has a tiny little crack or something on it, too small to actually see, but there seems to be a drop of liquid forming there. I wiped it off once thinking it was maybe condensation or something though I knew the humidity wasn't that high but I just noticed it again. Has anyone encountered this before? Is it definitely a bad one?