Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

[troyer]

Just candled 3 of my eggs that were under my broody girl. They all look like winners so far! I can't wait!!!

Great! Way to go!

Some?

I know she's not special to anyone else, but my free silkie mix hen is gorgeous. She is solid black (beak, toes, wattles comb etc.). She is kind of a feral transplant, but for that reason can really hold her own. She has smooth feathers, but has retained the "puff" on top of her head. She is also consistently laying an egg every other day. (Go figure, my best layers are were free chickens!)

She's just a mutt, but her solid black coloring and hardiness are something I wish I could duplicate. She is not very friendly, but definitely the smartest of the bunch. Because she's all black he name is Malificent.
That's very interesting! Who knew?

Pictures? We all like pictures of each other's favorite chickens.

Oh yeah, the whole reason I got on here lol. My husband turned to me today and said that I need to get the incubator going. I think I'm still in shock lol. He wants more for food but still, he's giving me permission to get hatching! WOOO! Now I just need the girls laying again lol

Need eggs?

We have some available. We are in the Denver area.

Ok so i'm on again for what have become my rare visits.... I miss hanging with you folksies....

My daughter also has 3 sumatra cockerels she'd like to sell for $5 each. They are beautiful birds - but the combs would be DQ'd at shows so we're not keeping them at all.

Do you have any pictures of them? Depending on how they look I would be interested in one.

 

[SilkieSensation]

Ok so i'm on again for what have become my rare visits.... I miss hanging with you folksies....


So I have an odd problem for December ..... I have too many eggs!!!!    I'm getting approx 2 doz eggs a day.   My primary source of egg sales (a local farm produce store) closes from December to May).   I'm hesitant to hang the eggs for sale sign out because the store wants up to 10 doz eggs a week during season.... and the sign would have to come down again .....


I did start up the incubator though.   I'm collecting all orpington, white rock, sumatra, bantam wyandotte, and freedom ranger/orpington cross eggs that get laid right now.    I have decided I need to investigate stocking 3 - 4 incubators & hatchers to be able to track which chicks come from which parents from birth.   I've even looked at adding dividers into the hatching incubator to help track that because I can easily label the eggs collected.  I have something like 12 heat lamps at the moment so setting up several small brooders isn't a problem until I can get them toe punched.

I also find myself with some spare cockerels (imagine that....)

I have 1 white rock cockerel and 3 splash orpington cockerels.  All are less than 1 year old.   I can get $5 each for them from the local Amish - but I thought I'd see if anyone here was interested first.  There may be a few more orpington cockerels - I need to get them divided out to see what I'm keeping.   As of right now I definitely have Rock and orpington eggs for hatching if people are interested and want to take a chance on them with the cold.

My daughter also has 3 sumatra cockerels she'd like to sell for $5 each.  They are beautiful birds - but the combs would be DQ'd at shows so we're not keeping them at all.

My birds are currently on strike & I am needing some hatching eggs. Would you be interested in swapping eggs for homemade soap or bath salts?

 

[Kinmera]

I'll try go get some by weeks end for you

Great! Way to go!

Pictures? We all like pictures of each other's favorite chickens.

Need eggs?

We have some available. We are in the Denver area.

Do you have any pictures of them? Depending on how they look I would be interested in one.

I'll try to get some for you by weeks end Troyer -- They are Beautiful birds - but the combs are all wrong for the breed.

 

[Kinmera]

My birds are currently on strike & I am needing some hatching eggs. Would you be interested in swapping eggs for homemade soap or bath salts?

Absolutely! Send me a PM and we'll work something out.

 

[OneMountainAcres]

@troyer what do you have available? It looks like you're a good 3 1/2 hours away from me. Do you ship lol? I'd really like to build up my Marans.i love them to death but my pure pair have only given me pure males lol. My girl doesn't lay a very dark egg either.

Speaking of males, one of my 10 week olds has found his voice lol. I'm not sure who it is but I definitely heard a baby crow singing along this morning with Joel and Chip. I noticed today too that hackle and saddle feathers are starting to come in on the boys. I should know officially who the boys are within the next couple weeks since there are still a few that I'm not 100% certain of yet. I'm hoping and praying that Cuddles is a girl but the slight pink tinge on the comb has me concerned. She/he is the only one of the broody raised babies who will willing come over to me for lovins.

 

[Amirah]

That's soo creepy having those people hunting close by! Ahhh!


I looked up pics of the ayam-cemani chickens and OMG. They were mesmerizing!!!! Like a statue. So amazing! I showed it to my finace
and he was mesmerized too. I never could have imagined a chicken to look so captivating! Does anyone know if they are imported to america yet? Any random facts about them?

The only other chicken I can think of that is black like that is the silkie.

 

[troyer]

@troyer what do you have available? It looks like you're a good 3 1/2 hours away from me. Do you ship lol? I'd really like to build up my Marans.i love them to death but my pure pair have only given me pure males lol. My girl doesn't lay a very dark egg either.

Mostly free ranging Cubalaya type birds, 1 Olive Egger split to Lavender Americauna that is laying and no Marans that are laying yet.

These are the Cubalaya type.








or from this group...






Edited to add a picture.

 

[OneMountainAcres]

Mostly free ranging Cubalaya type birds, 1 Olive Egger split to Lavender Americauna that is laying and no Marans that are laying yet. These are the Cubalaya type. or from this group...

they're gorgeous! Are they a bigger breed?

 

[troyer]

Standard size birds. When fully mature cocks are to be 6 lbs and hens 4 lbs. They take at least 2 years to fully mature and when they are purebred it takes 3 years. They can breed and produce eggs and chicks at 7 months of age. Most of my pullets want to go broody at 8 - 10 months of age.

 

[fisherlady]

Ok so i'm on again for what have become my rare visits.... I miss hanging with you folksies....


So I have an odd problem for December ..... I have too many eggs!!!! I'm getting approx 2 doz eggs a day. My primary source of egg sales (a local farm produce store) closes from December to May). I'm hesitant to hang the eggs for sale sign out because the store wants up to 10 doz eggs a week during season.... and the sign would have to come down again .....


I did start up the incubator though. I'm collecting all orpington, white rock, sumatra, bantam wyandotte, and freedom ranger/orpington cross eggs that get laid right now. I have decided I need to investigate stocking 3 - 4 incubators & hatchers to be able to track which chicks come from which parents from birth. I've even looked at adding dividers into the hatching incubator to help track that because I can easily label the eggs collected. I have something like 12 heat lamps at the moment so setting up several small brooders isn't a problem until I can get them toe punched.

I also find myself with some spare cockerels (imagine that....)

I have 1 white rock cockerel and 3 splash orpington cockerels. All are less than 1 year old. I can get $5 each for them from the local Amish - but I thought I'd see if anyone here was interested first. There may be a few more orpington cockerels - I need to get them divided out to see what I'm keeping. As of right now I definitely have Rock and orpington eggs for hatching if people are interested and want to take a chance on them with the cold.

My daughter also has 3 sumatra cockerels she'd like to sell for $5 each. They are beautiful birds - but the combs would be DQ'd at shows so we're not keeping them at all.

Hey there! glad to see you stopped in...

How are your White Rocks doing? Ours are getting huge, but we only have 2 hens and don't have the pens separated yet to get hatching eggs. We actually have 2 extra roosters ourselves, they are gorgeous birds and I am hoping to end up with a few more hens by spring. 2 of the roosters follow me around like puppies in the yard and woods, I am really liking them so far.

We will be selling a trio of the Silver pencils as soon as I get a good photo of them and have a chance to post them, we also have 5 hens who are broody right now, haven't decided on what to do about eggs for them yet.... darn girls need to look at the calendar!