South Carolina

[scflock]

Ok, folks...I'm looking for a couple of young, started pullets, or just started laying hens. I like blrw and sussex, but any brown egg layer will work. I have to get something for eggs before hubby hears me say "Oh no, we can't eat THOSE eggs!" one more time.

NPIP farms only, please

I'm in Aiken, and will be at the Edgefield show next weekend...whatcha got?

Susan, I'm hatching some cuckoo marans to grow out long enough to sex. They are hatchery stock, but fantastic layers that lay big, lighter brown eggs. I may be NPIP by then


ETA: Next weekend...oops

 

[matt4068]

@samouw

Cool little chickies. What's the story with the leg bands?

 

[samouw]

Susan, I'm hatching some cuckoo marans to grow out long enough to sex. They are hatchery stock, but fantastic layers that lay big, lighter brown eggs. I may be NPIP by then


ETA: Next weekend...oops

I don't think the happiness factor in my marriage will last that long, if I don't get some edible eggs here. LOL

 

[samouw]

@samouw

Cool little chickies. What's the story with the leg bands?

Hi Matt

The colored leg bands are just a way for me to identify who came out of which breeding pen. The few that have right leg bands are when I know which egg came out of which hen. The chicks are also toe punched for long term identification, but the colored tags are easy to see in the brooder.

 

[matt4068]

Hi Matt

The colored leg bands are just a way for me to identify who came out of which breeding pen.  The few that have right leg bands are when I know which egg came out of which hen.  The chicks are also toe punched for long term identification, but the colored tags are easy to see in the brooder.

Toe punch?


I'm sill a big time newbie here. Don't even have my coop built yet. Lol. Still a lot of questions.

 

[samouw]

Toe punch?


I'm sill a big time newbie here. Don't even have my coop built yet. Lol. Still a lot of questions.

That's ok...that's how we all learn.

A toe punch is tiny hole punched into the web of chicks, so they can be identified later. The most common system allows you to identify up to 15 breeding pens. It was hard to do the first time I did it and I had to hug each chick afterwards.

 

[matt4068]

That's ok...that's how we all learn.

A toe punch is tiny hole punched into the web of chicks, so they can be identified later.  The most common system allows you to identify up to 15 breeding pens.  It was hard to do the first time I did it and I had to hug each chick afterwards.

So the toe punching must last kind of like a piercing then I'm guessing. Are they lifetime marks? Or have they been known to occasionally grow closed?

 

[samouw]

So the toe punching must last kind of like a piercing then I'm guessing. Are they lifetime marks? Or have they been known to occasionally grow closed?

This is my first year toe punching, so my experience is limited. I have heard that the toe punches may close up..so far, all of mine seem to be doing well. It is a permanent mark. I can go pick up one year old hens that arrived last year from Paul Smith and still see the toe punches that he did before shipping the chicks.

 

[HennyPenny2]

Hello, I've been a member for awhile but rarely get on here unless I need some advice or info. I live in Summerville just outside Charleston. I've kept a small flock of hens going on 10 years.

~Meghan

 

[abbevilleoz]

Hello, I've been a member for awhile but rarely get on here unless I need some advice or info. I live in Summerville just outside Charleston. I've kept a small flock of hens going on 10 years.

~Meghan

Good morning Meghan. I'm in Abbeville in the upstate. What kind of hens do you have? Do you have pics?