Yeah on the egg, sign me up, I will definitely want some
Plymouth Rock thread!
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Yard full o' rocks :
Morning all!!
Wooooo Hoooooo......got my first Columbian Rock egg this morning. Kinda small, but very dark brown with a few "freckles". It was laid where the silkies typically lay, but definitely a different egg. DW has camera so I can't take a pix. Oh well....
I should be able to offer hatching eggs by late summer/early fall. My cockerels are a few weeks away from close to "mature", but I have 2 of them that are looking to be fantastic. Great size, almost perfect coloring. Their legs aren't as "golden yellow" as I would like, but it seems the ones with better leg color are smaller and no where near the feather coloring.
Everything I have read about the Columbian pattern on Rocks says that the male imprints the color pattern so it is best to select for color first, then size. The females are supposed to be the ones to imprint "type".
Get your 'bators cleaned up and ready!!!
AWESOME
Yes Sir Should be able to do that! (even if I have to order another bator!)
Morning all!!
Wooooo Hoooooo......got my first Columbian Rock egg this morning. Kinda small, but very dark brown with a few "freckles". It was laid where the silkies typically lay, but definitely a different egg. DW has camera so I can't take a pix. Oh well....
I should be able to offer hatching eggs by late summer/early fall. My cockerels are a few weeks away from close to "mature", but I have 2 of them that are looking to be fantastic. Great size, almost perfect coloring. Their legs aren't as "golden yellow" as I would like, but it seems the ones with better leg color are smaller and no where near the feather coloring.
Everything I have read about the Columbian pattern on Rocks says that the male imprints the color pattern so it is best to select for color first, then size. The females are supposed to be the ones to imprint "type".
Get your 'bators cleaned up and ready!!!
AWESOME
Yes Sir Should be able to do that! (even if I have to order another bator!)
Yard full o' rocks :
Hey y'all....just got off the phone with a professor at the Illinios University Dept of Poultry Science. I had sent an email message to the manufacturer of the chick starter I use concerning my recent loss of chicks due to coccin and they had him contact me.
Gonna pass along some quick info so that perhaps y'all will avoid what I didn't.
1. Cocci becomes immune to coccidiostats (like aprolium) that are in chick starter over a period of time. He said amprolium is one of the oldest coccidiostats and that many cocci strains have developed an immunity to it.
2. It CAN be spread by any number of things outdoors....NOT just from contact with the ground. (insects, wild birds, flies, dust, etc, etc)
3. Periods of warm, humid weather cause cocci to grow much more rapidly
He suggested to me that I "switch" starter products and thus coccidiostats every 2 years. The starter I have been using contains Amprolium. He suggested a switch to a product with Coban (monensin) for 2 years. He said several different manufacturers use it, some in their wild bird starter. After 2 years, he said to switch back to amprolium, etc, etc
Said to keep Corid (aprolium concentrate) on hand for emergency use, but to use for emergencies only when using Coban.
Hope this was short enough to be understandable....
Thanks for the info!
I am planning on taking a flock fecal to the Avian Vet--we actually have 2 specialists who treat chickens near us!! They said to do it twice a year (or more if I suspect a problem) to see what I need to use to de-worm if necessary. My girls will be 10 weeks old tomorrow and they recommended one at 3 months of age.
Hey y'all....just got off the phone with a professor at the Illinios University Dept of Poultry Science. I had sent an email message to the manufacturer of the chick starter I use concerning my recent loss of chicks due to coccin and they had him contact me.
Gonna pass along some quick info so that perhaps y'all will avoid what I didn't.
1. Cocci becomes immune to coccidiostats (like aprolium) that are in chick starter over a period of time. He said amprolium is one of the oldest coccidiostats and that many cocci strains have developed an immunity to it.
2. It CAN be spread by any number of things outdoors....NOT just from contact with the ground. (insects, wild birds, flies, dust, etc, etc)
3. Periods of warm, humid weather cause cocci to grow much more rapidly
He suggested to me that I "switch" starter products and thus coccidiostats every 2 years. The starter I have been using contains Amprolium. He suggested a switch to a product with Coban (monensin) for 2 years. He said several different manufacturers use it, some in their wild bird starter. After 2 years, he said to switch back to amprolium, etc, etc
Said to keep Corid (aprolium concentrate) on hand for emergency use, but to use for emergencies only when using Coban.
Hope this was short enough to be understandable....
Thanks for the info!
I am planning on taking a flock fecal to the Avian Vet--we actually have 2 specialists who treat chickens near us!! They said to do it twice a year (or more if I suspect a problem) to see what I need to use to de-worm if necessary. My girls will be 10 weeks old tomorrow and they recommended one at 3 months of age.
I think my Barred Rocks are finally starting to get yellow legs. Note that the red/pink here is from beets and beet greens (they tasted great, fresh from the garden, by the way!) .... First 2 pictures are from Jamie's (Ducktang) eggs that I hatched. I ended up with 2 female and the rest are roosters. They are about 9 weeks old.
Now, what is your view of this .... 11 weeks old here ... This is the one and only female I got from Dick Horstman's chicks. ALL the rest are roosters. Is she a dwarf, or what???? She is standing next to her hatchmate.
Now, what is your view of this .... 11 weeks old here ... This is the one and only female I got from Dick Horstman's chicks. ALL the rest are roosters. Is she a dwarf, or what???? She is standing next to her hatchmate.
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Kathy i'm bettin you got a bantam BR
Yard full o' rocks :
Kathy i'm bettin you got a bantam BR
Oh great! Just my luck! I HATE bantams!
Kathy i'm bettin you got a bantam BR
Oh great! Just my luck! I HATE bantams!
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Oh great! Just my luck! I HATE bantams!
wish we lived closer,i would be happy to take her off your hands.
Oh great! Just my luck! I HATE bantams!
wish we lived closer,i would be happy to take her off your hands.
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I love their barring! Gosh, that little one is tiny, but cute! I guess it's possible you got a bantam.
I got to meet Scott yesterday..very briefly but long enough to get the Columbian pullets and little roo in my car
After 4 hours they were glad to be out of the cages and are doing great now.I didn't get a chance to really look at them while loading them but I did this morning.The pullets are real pretty and Mr Roo is super.Definitely a nice flock to work with.
My husband is threatening to turn off my satellite before I go on another chicken run
My husband is threatening to turn off my satellite before I go on another chicken run
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