San Diego Chicken meetup and Chat thread

[OffGridMAMA]

found it and all ready emailed them!  Thank you for sharing, cross your fingers for me please!  I would love to have this! 

 

Yaay! I hope you get it

 

[ozexpat]

Its been 6 weeks since I have handled a chicken. I am going through withdrawals.

Fortunately its only 2 weeks till I will be setting eggs again and hatching chicks.

The original eggs I took to the Philippines from Lake Elsinore and Valley Central (Yay OGM) are now producing 12-18 eggs a day - of which 10-15 are on my place (the remainder are in my wife's father's back yard).

 

[OffGridMAMA]

Much too long Oz what are you setting next?

 

[ozexpat]

Much too long Oz

what are you setting next?

Australorp
Crème Legbar
Marans - BC
Naked Necks
Plymouth Rock - Bantams
Rhodebar
Swedish Flower Hen - crested
Cochin - Giant
Marans - Cuckoo
Plymouth Rock - White
Wyandotte - Silver Laced

 

[OffGridMAMA]

Nice!!!!

 

[ozexpat]

Nice!!!!

Oh, and Some Mille Fluer Leghorns and Speckled Sussex.

Between the Swedish Flower Hens and the aforementioned speckley birds, it will make it interesting for Bernie to tell them apart. I guess that's why God invented assorted colored zip ties.

 

[OffGridMAMA]

There seems to be lots of chicken stuff lately this one is not free, but the feeders alone are almost $60 so its a good deal. I just bought two more feeders.

http://sandiego.craigslist.org/nsd/grd/4005557239.html

Chicken coop walk in -$125 (Escondido)

Raised Walk-in coop with attached 4 nesting boxes that can be accessed from outside for egg collecting. I'm selling everything with it- waterer, feeder and small shavings. Can be dismantled will fit in pick up bed.

 

[OffGridMAMA]

 Oh, and Some Mille Fluer Leghorns and Speckled Sussex. 

Between the Swedish Flower Hens and the aforementioned speckley birds, it will make it interesting for Bernie to tell them apart. I guess that's why God invented assorted colored zip ties.

Does this mean we have reached the pretty&ornamental phase of the plan? Yaay yes those speckled ones will be tough to tell apart as babies! Hopefully I'll be ready to send houdans, Swedes & polish in a few months

 

[ozexpat]

Does this mean we have reached the pretty&ornamental phase of the plan? Yaay

yes those speckled ones will be tough to tell apart as babies! Hopefully I'll be ready to send houdans, Swedes & polish in a few months

The primary focus is the elusive Australorp. I do have 2 doz eggs coming each from a local, a norcal and an out of state supplier .

Then the pretties and fluffies. Blue and brown eggs. Pretty chickens. Its funny to me but white eggs fall into the pretty too - gotta have some in the basket.

I had a contact for white faced black polish but they lost their flock - seems to be trendy lately.

Your mad hatters and such may be perfect for the second annual Christmas hatch.

 

[Extra Java]

Greetings San Diegans!

I've created a poll for a Heritage Poultry and Selective Breeding Class *possibly* being held in Ramona...Spring 2014 IF we can rally together enough people to attend.
Please participate in the BYC poll and additional info.....
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...heritage-poultry-and-selective-breeding-class

Thanks!