Hi every one,
I have not candled eggs.I'm not good at it for one thing...............and mine are under broodies.
Looking at Sept 1st for the hatch.
Have a bunch of BMC'S in the incubator as of yesterday.
The demand in my area is great.have had no local sales but had one lady drive 4 hrs.and another 2 1/2.
The beauty there ,is folks that are seriuos about the breed so I have new friends to talk chickens with.
Am spending hours in the breed sections and learning so much...........this site is great.
Scubadeaux: I just have not had the patience to get into facebook.treid a couple of times and ccannot remember my password....also need to take the time during the day because I am to pooped at night.
Newlyweds: I did candle when the eggs arrived.and if I was seeing correctly,the air sacks looked fine.I was surprised. She sent me 4 blue barred rocks..........one was broken and the danm squirrles got one from under the hen before I got her in a cage..............bought these just for fun.
I got smucked with a purchase recently....did not anger me so much for myself.but included a lady who was buying her first chicks.....and one of hers died. She is still an emotional mess over it.
I take responsibility in part for being to trusting and not asking the right questions.
A short rendition being, this person said she was selling show stock.I wanted a better rooster for my SLW's.
I bought 4 supposedly 4 1/2 month old chicks. They were so small..............about the size of my 4 week old Marans.........It is to long a story but bottom line is something is really wrong with them.....
The other lady who purchased was told the chick she recieved was going to be kept for show/breeding.but the seller let her have it so she would have a good start with her first chickens. Her chick did not grow .at all.
Became very weak and after way to much money for her vet.and hand feeding the little thing for a few weeks.it passed. I saw the chick and there was no way it was good breeding...........lousy color ect. The seller told her the chick would be worth hundereds of dollors when grown. (imagine that).
Anyway, I now have SLW chicks supposidly 6 months old.that are about the size of y 7 week old marans.....of course I love them....they eat from my hand because the other chickens will not let them near food or water............they sleep seperated in a large dog kennel.grrrrrrrrrrr
My hope at this point is to find someone who is interested in a few pets...(they perch on my arm.).....and get them placed in a loving home. They are very sweet....I just have to many chickens to give them the extra attrntion they require....thought maybe there was a misunderstanding and they were banty's.but no, she insists they are standard.
A person just does not expect this kind of B.S. from another chicken person....She flat openly lied and misrepresented her stock. She has a web site and sell hatching eggs as well as breeding stock..
O well............guess I needed to know there were that kind of person out there..........
Thank You for listening....
Hope all is well for every one..................
Toni
OH, I have some pic I can send email, but still cannot get them up here...........
on the eggs!!!
