Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

Pics
Date sort Score sort
i am looking for a few easter egger chicks. i live in southwestern pa, somerset county. i can travel up to a hour or so to pick up, please PM if you have any for sale.

thanks
Jb
 
AnneInTheBurbs said:
There are two yellow chicks, and one grayish one. Looks like a Royal Palm and two midget whites, correct? Also, are turkeys sexable at all? One of the midget whites looks a bit more yellow than the other.
Click to expand...
The yellow ones could be either Midget Whites or Royal Palms. The grayish one is mottled black or mottled silver dapple (or maybe just silver dapple). If your calling it gray, I think silver dapple (mottled or not) is more likely.

I don't know how to sex them this young. I have seen young toms strutting at just a few weeks of age, but not sure how reliable that is, maybe hens strut then too, but it is quite funny to see them put their small tail up and walk like they own the place.
 
AnneInTheBurbs said:
...
Click to expand...
dheltzel said:
3 is a good number to have. She is an "old pro" at raising chicks and poults are no different as far as the mothering. What colors are they ? All white, or is there a darker one?
Click to expand...



There are two yellow chicks, and one grayish one. Looks like a Royal Palm and two midget whites, correct? Also, are turkeys sexable at all? One of the midget whites looks a bit more yellow than the other.

Males typically have thicker legs. Girls still feather out faster, and the boys have more of an upright posture after about a week. That was my experience anyway.
 
dheltzel said:
The California Greys I am using to make blue egg laying black sexlinks have not been very fertile. I was suspecting the roos, but waited since they were 6 months old only yesterday, so it could have just been the pullets were too young. Anyway, today I swapped in my main black ameraucana roo that kept 15 hens fertile last year. I watched him off and on and he's taking to his new assignment with great enthusiasm. LOL. I'm thinking he can single-handedly take on the needs of all 24 pullets, or maybe I will pull out 4 pullets to put with a CG roo and get pure CG's to sell. That would leave the black Am with 20 pullets. He firmly believes he is up to the challenge. I have some other roos in there, but they are silkied Ams and don't seem to be doing the job. Some of them may come out tomorrow, if I can find a better place to put them.

Anyone else take advantage of the sunny day to clean pens? The snow made some areas really wet, I was up to my ankles in turkey poo. At least it's done for now.
Click to expand...
Still no sexlink chicks? That's sad. It really depends on the types of your customers if CG will sell. I think they are great choice for livestock and egg color variation, but not popular pets, although I heard that they can be tamed.
 

New posts New threads Active threads

Back
Top Bottom