The 5th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

[tommysgirl]

I came home from work yesterday to find a notice taped to my door. It informed that on Friday, March 14th, from 9:00am to 6:00pm, we will experience an interuption in our power.

NOBODY ASKED ME!! I have a hatch due that day and about 150 eggs in the bator! Off to borrow a generator........

Good luck finding the generator...can't believe they didn't ask you sheesh, some people

I have tried to get some released but Kim wants to make sure thee chickens are close to Show Quality first.

I think she has some of the Best in the US now. That picture was from 2006. They are even better now with 8 years of Breeding.

Maybe next year though since the breeding program has been stepped up a bit.

My girls are culls from Kim. They are the funniest; Running on their little legs with their wide bodies and talking A LOT My oldest D says that every chicken should be a SGD

There usually are some with Broody hatches going on.

From your keyboard to my girls' ears. I am setting up cozy golfball filled nest boxes...maybe I should tack up some picks of chicks for henspiration. Should I set my ipod to play lullabies?

for broody broodiness!!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

We are in the middle of a winter storm warning right now here is my front and backyard as of 1:30 and we are supposed to get anywhere from 15-19 inches

when I opened the coop up this morning two cali-whites popped out and immediately ran back in. no one else even bothered lol

sighhhhhh I so dont want it coming tonight!! I see driveway finally argggg

 

[brahmabreeder]

That is the buff Brahma that I dyed last year.

Just because everyone else gets to post baby pictures. Daisy is now 6.5 months old. Her dam just came back from being at the breeders for a month.

 

[ozexpat]

they might!

Araucana based blue egg layers have blue egg shell genes on a different place than cream legbar based blue egg layers. Crossing them up would make a double blue egg shell gene that may change the blue. It would be cool if it made the blue a darker color.....

I am not a genetics expert by any means but all my research suggests that legbars are a cross of araucana Brown leghorn and ?barred rocks.

There is a Chinese breed not in USA that has a blue egg gene that is different.

Either way I love having blue eggs. I have some ameraucana crosses that have beautiful blue eggs. I have ameraucana teenager birds and legbars in the bator.

I see more blue eggs in my future

 

[ronott1]

I am not a genetics expert by any means but all my research suggests that legbars are a cross of araucana Brown leghorn and ?barred rocks.

There is a Chinese breed not in USA that has a blue egg gene that is different.

Either way I love having blue eggs. I have some ameraucana crosses that have beautiful blue eggs. I have ameraucana teenager birds and legbars in the bator.

I see more blue eggs in my future

niclandia says they were a different breed from south America. The combs are different which puts the blue egg shell gene at a different spot.

The breed used is hidden in the original cross notes. They were trying to keep a secret about how they were made I think.

Anyway, you can get two different types of blue egg shell genes from the cross. One associated with a pea comb and one that is not. They would be double blue too so making stable OEs from them would be easier.

 

[ronott1]

niclandia says they were a different breed from south America. The combs are different which puts the blue egg shell gene at a different spot.

The breed used is hidden in the original cross notes. They were trying to keep a secret about how they were made I think.

Anyway, you can get two different types of blue egg shell genes from the cross. One associated with a pea comb and one that is not. They would be double blue too so making stable OEs from them would be easier.

I should add, this is why attempts to recreate them fail.

 

[cindynkidsd]

[COLOR=0000FF]Me TOO!!!![/COLOR] [COLOR=0000FF]@chicken picken... When the snow was too deep here I used a sled to move the fresh shavings and such into the coops and the nasty stuff to the garden. (thank you for yet another awesome tip, Sally Sunshine).[/COLOR] [COLOR=0000FF]Since we're posting the goat pics... here are some of my babies:[/COLOR] [COLOR=0000FF]The above pic is of our "Houdini" we simply could NOT keep her put...till we got the No climb fence, NOT one escape since....Woo Hoo!!! @SilkieSensation (I know, I know, there is no such thing as a 'goat proof fence'), but this is working for me, for now. YAY!![/COLOR] [COLOR=0000FF] [/COLOR]

Okay, so what kind of fence do you use? If I'm gonna do this, I want to do it right the first time. Lol

 

[ozexpat]

niclandia says they were a different breed from south America. The combs are different which puts the blue egg shell gene at a different spot.

The breed used is hidden in the original cross notes. They were trying to keep a secret about how they were made I think.

Anyway, you can get two different types of blue egg shell genes from the cross. One associated with a pea comb and one that is not. They would be double blue too so making stable OEs from them would be easier.

I will take this as good news!

Thanks Ron

 

[ozexpat]

Okay, so what kind of fence do you use? If I'm gonna do this, I want to do it right the first time. Lol

An electric fence normally convinces goats to hang out were they are told

 

[cindynkidsd]

I hear ya! Same for pigs and cows! I used to have "in the dirt pigs"! They learned if you pile enough dirt on the electric wire it shorts out. Pigs are pretty smart critters. Miss them!