Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

[dheltzel]

Oh my gosh!! I just checked out your website. Awesome! I currently only have 4 lightish brown layers, a cream layer and one who lays a light green egg. You have most of the colors that I am looking for though. I would love an olive egger, a blue layer and a real, dark brown layer. Also, a pink layer would be cool. I actually just put in some eggs for the Easter hatch-a-long, but depending on how many actually hatch, I might have to pick up a few chickies from you.

I hatch every 2 weeks, so I can match hatch times pretty closely to what you are incubating.
I should warn you that pink eggs are not real, it is just a heavy bloom on regular eggs and washes off easily. I occasionally get eggs with such heavy bloom that they look pink (or purple, in the case of Welbar eggs). I don't breed for that, I really don't think it's possible and the statements about Croad Langshans or Orpingtons laying "pink" eggs, is misleading.
If you really want pink eggs, get white eggs and some dye . . .

Unfortunately, there are a fair number of breeders and hatcheries out there that are not above "bending" facts to make a few more sales. They come up with cutesy names like Mosaics or Midnight Marans just to promote more sales. I understand it is hard to make a go of selling chicks (I know that very well) but making up names to sell what are essentially "barnyard mixes" still seems wrong.

I have multiple colors and/or breeds of blue, green and dark brown layers, and those are real. The genetics of egg color fascinates me and is one of the main reasons I enjoy this hobby.

 

[Lelanae]

I hatch every 2 weeks, so I can match hatch times pretty closely to what you are incubating.
I should warn you that pink eggs are not real, it is just a heavy bloom on regular eggs and washes off easily. I occasionally get eggs with such heavy bloom that they look pink (or purple, in the case of Welbar eggs). I don't breed for that, I really don't think it's possible and the statements about Croad Langshans or Orpingtons laying "pink" eggs, is misleading.
If you really want pink eggs, get white eggs and some dye . . .

Unfortunately, there are a fair number of breeders and hatcheries out there that are not above "bending" facts to make a few more sales. They come up with cutesy names like Mosaics or Midnight Marans just to promote more sales. I understand it is hard to make a go of selling chicks (I know that very well) but making up names to sell what are essentially "barnyard mixes" still seems wrong.

I have multiple colors and/or breeds of blue, green and dark brown layers, and those are real. The genetics of egg color fascinates me and is one of the main reasons I enjoy this hobby.

My Orpington eggs look tan, until I hold them next to one of my Plymouth Rock eggs and then they look pinkish. I will have to get a picture. Wishing now I had gotten an olive egged and an opal legbar as long as we made the drive!

 

[Lelanae]

Looks pinker in the sunlight, but if I handed it to you — you would call it a brown egg.

 

[TillyPeeps]

That looks identical to my Orpington eggs I consider it's pinkish too. Pumpkin is also a very sweet girl that wants everyone to pet her.

 

[dheltzel]

My Orpington eggs look tan, until I hold them next to one of my Plymouth Rock eggs and then they look pinkish. I will have to get a picture. Wishing now I had gotten an olive egged and an opal legbar as long as we made the drive!

Then you would have wanted 2 more. It is an addiction.

 

[fisherlady]

Another week, another broody pair. Hatched in separate boxes in coop, hubby brought them into big dog cage in the mud room and gave them separate boxes in the corners of the cage. True to form for our hens it didn't take long before we had this... so took out the boxes and let them do their thing.

 

[feliciadawn]

Love your silver pencils @fisherlady Are they bantams or big fowl?

 

[fisherlady]

Large fowl, hens are around 6 to 7 lbs.

 

[feliciadawn]

Much too big for me but so pretty! My little cochin is happily sitting on eggs right now.

 

[OneMountainAcres]

@fisherlady , your ladies always follow that saying, it takes a village to raise a child (or chick in this case lol).

I have an egg eater. I've known it for quite some time now but she's making sure that I get no eggs from my English Orpington/blrw pen now. Normally I wouldn't tolerate it but I love this girl so much. She's a rotten, spoiled, cuddly brat..... so I bought some roll away nest boxes lol. I hope the girls like and use them. It's going to be a little bit of tight quarters though seeing as how these girls are massive! I'm just hoping they don't go lay in the corner instead. We'll see how it goes. Chewy.com had a 3 section galvanized steel set for sale so I thought I'd give them a try.