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[AnneInTheBurbs]

I saw a FB post today with someone selling their Biefefelder flock. Eight hens and a roo. I’m pretty sure he’s down the road from me. Any interest ?!

Where is he located? I could maybe take a couple of hens...

My muscovies live in the coop with the chickens with no problem. The thing about Muscovies is that they're happy to free range most of the day. Mine only get in the little tub of water I have out in the yard maybe once a day.

Thank you!

I'm doing a little flock subtraction this Saturday. 7 of my birds are going off to a new home. All of the ayam cemani and 1 Silkie roo. I like the ayam cemani but they hardly ever lay and are broody all the time. The silkie roo is lucking out and heading to a home with a bunch of silkies to breed with

Glad you found a home for them. The gentleman I bought the ACs from said his were excellent layers, and that his Roo (Darth Vader! ) provided excellent fertility. Maybe you got a bad batch. Who knows...

Adults are fine on layer feed. It’s ducklings that need extra niacin. Mine are together too. Deep litter doesn’t work too well because they poop liquid, and keep water bowls outside or with a brick in it.
They do need water to eat with (get the food wet) and to wash their nostrils out. I like plastic coffee cans or milk jugs with a hole in the side (Sally Sunshine has pictures).

Thank you dear!

That would be Scott. He didn't get his from me, but has had similar issues with breeding them and has decided to sell his entire flock.

Aha. If my girls don't lay enough for me in the spring, I do have an alternative home for them. A friend of mine is turning a high school into a large day/morning/afternoon care center. It has a large yard, and he is going to set up a small coop with a few old hens for the kids to observe and play with. This will be more like a chicken retirement home, haha. I will decide who is not laying for me in the spring and give him a few.

Those CCL girls are great layers. My egg production has picked up, since a couple CCLs have started to lay. I am getting anywhere from 3-8 eggs a day from 33 (approximately) chickens, 6 of which are roos. I also have several girls molting.

Also, my one Cali Grey is molting now, and she seems to be having a hard but fast molt, so she should be back to laying soon.

 

[dheltzel]

Sorry to hear you lost the Mille Fleur cockerel. Are there any breeders in Pa or nearby states that you could work with?

I wish there were. AFAIK, the only source of them is Sand Hill Preservation Center in Iowa. They clearly need some selective breeding to enhance their hardiness and appearance, but they are pretty neat looking birds and supposedly lay like most leghorns (ie, a lot).

 

[Tristan+4]

Ok, third time is a charm. I always come back to this thread and try to catch up, but end up getting distracted and looking at pictures of chickens on Instagram.

Now 13 weeks in to the 14 birds we added to our flock the last week of August. We have also added a mixed? bantam rooster of some sort who got picked up by animal control for being loud and disorderly walking down the street. Lol! We have named him Tyrion for any GOT fans out there.

Here are some pictures because, chickens.

 

[Tristan+4]

More!

 

[Tristan+4]

Ok, back to business.

I have one 13 week old Golden Campine that is stumping me: male-female?

 

[Tristan+4]

Last matter on the agenda:

My 10 year old is getting involved with our 4h fair. For Christmas, we are allowing her to have her own mini flock of bantams (maybe 4 - it was on the plan anyway, so our bantam roo had some ladies). Does anyone local hatch them or sell eggs? Where can I get started?

 

[AnneInTheBurbs]

Ok, back to business.

I have one 13 week old Golden Campine that is stumping me: male-female?

I think Roo. That's a lot of red wattle for a 13 week old.

 

[Tristan+4]

I think Roo. That's a lot of red wattle for a 13 week old.

Its name is Newt and (if you happened to see in the Chicken Breeds forum) I have thought boy since 5 weeks! The popular opinion is pullet (?!) but I still have the nagging feeling we are looking at a cockerel.

 

[AnneInTheBurbs]

 

[Tristan+4]

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I woke up early and there WAS a meal worm next to my coffee cup from the girls' dinner last night...does that count?