Surviving Minnesota!

[duluthralphie]

Welcome other Nodak'er!

Please put a jar of honey on a balloon and let the wind bring it to me. If it misses me, Ivie will get it and return it to me....




Jerry I have a question for you. Do you think the white sports will breed true (in my CLB's) There is a discussion about it on https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/509483/cream-legbars/10030#post_16775439

A guy quotes a blog saying the don't. I tend to disagree and think they will have to breed true if bred to each other. if this guys argument is correct it makes no sense that I am getting them as regularly as I am.

Thanks in advance.

 

[ejb3810]

Welcome to the North Dakotans.
Ralphie, how many of the White sport CLB have you hatched thus far, and how many are still with you? Have you identified which hen or hens have produced them? Are you using one or multiple CLB roosters?
It would be interesting if you could produce enough to start a project with them. Have you heard of others that are producing some as well?

 

[holm25]

Minnesotanice I candled the duck eggs and all but two have little babies in them!

 

[MinnesotaNice]

That's so cool! I love watching the little things bounce around in the eggs! You should hopefully end up with a good hatch rate.

 

[MNChickMom]

Nice Mailbox Coffee!!


I had a rough night, I have one PC hen, that tried to play like she was a pancake when I opened the nest box. The one I said I thought was going broody, went broody. I moved her to Gitmo to see if I can change her ways. She was not happy.

She talked to me when I put her in the cage at Gitmo. I know some of you will think I have went over the edge, while others of you will say, " my birds do that".


When I put her in the cage, I am sure she said "what the He Double hockey sticks is this?" She said it three times! This is the same hen that said "I don't like this" when I moved her from the main coop to the breeding pens.


She said it with a Barnum Accent, so I think she heard EJB say this a few times and learned to swear from him.



After I got her into Gitmo I went to get turkey eggs out of the one breeding pen, I have one cardboard barrel on edge in there for the three hens to use as a nest. All three were in the nest sitting on the eggs together. They hissed and snapped at me when I reached for the eggs. I ended up carrying all three of them to the Guinea Gulag and releasing them in there. I think all three of them are on the edge of broodiness. When I was fighting the one hen King George came running, I guess he thinks he is suppose to protect Hen turkeys too. I hope he is as good at attacking predators as he is running to check me out.

BTW the first one crapped on me, and managed to go so that it went between my tee shirt and my coveralls ( grandpa pants) it rolled. slid and went all the way down my leg to my socks...It was fun! I left the clothes next to the washer for Judy to wash. (hey, it's her job!!!)..


After I moved those I went to collect eggs from the Guinea Gulag. I have a barrel in there also. I found the nest egg 5' in front of the barrel, All the chips were scraped out and there was just one egg in the next. I went on an egg hunt then, I found a hen in a corner setting on a nest. She had 4 eggs under her. BUT to see those eggs I had to wrassle the hen. She hissed, slapped at me, puffed up. jumped at my feet, and hit me with her wings. I think she is almost broody too.

I did hear her say she wanted to live with Porter though...



I am putting those eggs right into the incubator incase she actually started early today sitting on them and development has occurred. They will only be a day behind last nights eggs at the most.

Thanks for the laugh (all out belly roll) Ralphie.......so glad I didn't let the kids talk me into more than chickens.

 

[KlopKlop]

warm rain here today. things are getting muddy buy boy if things aren't turning green! trees are starting to bud too! my maples already have huge flowery things on them.

My chickens wont be happy with the rain, being stuck inside all day. it is supposed to be nicer by the weekend, if only a little colder.

 

[KlopKlop]

@jerryse Lets see some pictures of that hound dog!!

 

[duluthralphie]

Welcome to the North Dakotans.
Ralphie, how many of the White sport CLB have you hatched thus far, and how many are still with you? Have you identified which hen or hens have produced them? Are you using one or multiple CLB roosters?
It would be interesting if you could produce enough to start a project with them. Have you heard of others that are producing some as well?

I have heard of others getting them, I do not know of anyone else trying to breed for them.

As they did not show up last year, which would be f2 of my birds but did come until this year, f3.

With "f" referring to my breeding generations and not the ones since the gene was detected.

If I am correct, I had to have one of my three original birds had the white recessive gene. I lost one of my original three. I think the hen I have left has it. but it could be siblings having it to, I suppose.

I am thinking it is mother/son and I have them in a breeding group with 2 other hens. If I get no more whites I will change up my groups, or if the white come in the other breeding group. I now mark my eggs group 1 and 2.

I want to try and isolate the pair that has it. Because I get one white in about every 25 eggs and because I have 7 hens, it appears just one pairing is giving me the whites, ( a 1 in 4 chance on the Punnett square).

I have had 5 whites, the first died within hours of hatching it had a birth defect I thought could be genetic. The stomach was not inside the body and the yolk never absorbed right. It was a weak bird. The second is alive and doing well. The third died in a stampede of baby CLB's. They are so skittish. I now am trying to keep them in small groups and protect them whenever I can.

The last 2 are doing well. I plan to house the three together real soon. I hope for more. If I get lucky I can get f4 from them this fall/august. Then I will know if I am closer to correct or not.

The pictures I have seen of the white CLB's as adults are beautiful. I would love to have a whole flock of them.

 

[Bogtown Chick]

Nice Mailbox Coffee!!


I had a rough night, I have one PC hen, that tried to play like she was a pancake when I opened the nest box. The one I said I thought was going broody, went broody. I moved her to Gitmo to see if I can change her ways. She was not happy.

She talked to me when I put her in the cage at Gitmo. I know some of you will think I have went over the edge, while others of you will say, " my birds do that".


When I put her in the cage, I am sure she said "what the He Double hockey sticks is this?" She said it three times! This is the same hen that said "I don't like this" when I moved her from the main coop to the breeding pens.


She said it with a Barnum Accent, so I think she heard EJB say this a few times and learned to swear from him.



After I got her into Gitmo I went to get turkey eggs out of the one breeding pen, I have one cardboard barrel on edge in there for the three hens to use as a nest. All three were in the nest sitting on the eggs together. They hissed and snapped at me when I reached for the eggs. I ended up carrying all three of them to the Guinea Gulag and releasing them in there. I think all three of them are on the edge of broodiness. When I was fighting the one hen King George came running, I guess he thinks he is suppose to protect Hen turkeys too. I hope he is as good at attacking predators as he is running to check me out.

BTW the first one crapped on me, and managed to go so that it went between my tee shirt and my coveralls ( grandpa pants) it rolled. slid and went all the way down my leg to my socks...It was fun! I left the clothes next to the washer for Judy to wash. (hey, it's her job!!!)..


After I moved those I went to collect eggs from the Guinea Gulag. I have a barrel in there also. I found the nest egg 5' in front of the barrel, All the chips were scraped out and there was just one egg in the next. I went on an egg hunt then, I found a hen in a corner setting on a nest. She had 4 eggs under her. BUT to see those eggs I had to wrassle the hen. She hissed, slapped at me, puffed up. jumped at my feet, and hit me with her wings. I think she is almost broody too.

I did hear her say she wanted to live with Porter though...



I am putting those eggs right into the incubator incase she actually started early today sitting on them and development has occurred. They will only be a day behind last nights eggs at the most.

Why not have another 'hen' get poopy with you when she sees the laundry pile? Ya just keep racking them up Ralphie!

My Boss had a near miss last night too Kloppers. The Deer are like ants in the ditches up here. Green must be sprouting there at least. Picked up my daughter from practice and it was nuts--deer every where. It's a good sign that the winter was definitely not too harsh around here I guess.

EJB Wolves roaming the streets of "civilization" is not a comfortable thing to see. Ugh. They belong in the woods scared of humans. That's where they belong. Management must be a trifle skewed in the Duluth area. Not good for citizens and their pets. Not good for the wolf.

 

[holm25]

I am so excited!! I can get my Buckeyes in about 3 weeks!!