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Trinitydraco said:
LOL YAAAAS! You always need more breeds! The 9 eggs I have in the bator now are "mystery" eggs as they came from a fellow chicken lady up the road who has everything under the sun! I can tell 2 of them are Marans and one is speckled so I know it's a cucoo Maran. The other eggs are 2 pink, 2 tan and the rest varying shades of brown. I had 2 blue ones at the start but wouldn't you know they weren't fertile. My friend is penning her EE roo up with the two Americana's to make sure they get fertilized and I get those on Monday. I just got a bantam cochin who is super broody and I am going to put half of those eggs under her and the other half in the bator just to see how it goes. I want those blue egg layers SOOOO bad! You watch, they will all hatch out roo's right? LOL I am lucky. I have the land to have as many chooks as I want! The new coop is being built for 30-40 as I think it's a good number for me. I hope you get your Marans for those great chocolate eggs! And yes...we are most definitely crazy!
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Good luck with the blue eggs! I hope these next eggs are fertile & are all pullets.

We have 5 EE girls. Only 2 have started laying yet though. One lays a pretty pale blue and the other a pretty green-blue. Our Favaucana lays a pretty sage green egg. So we have some beautiful colors already.

My husband wants a bluer egg so I am thinking maybe a Cream Legbar and of course I want the dark chocolate colored eggs. Marans seem to be easier to find locally from some reputable farms than barnvelders or welsummers so that will probably be what we go with. My other want is a salmon Faverolle. They are so pretty. Our Favaucana is a Faverolle-Ameraucana cross and has the feathered legs/feet & 5 toes. Plus she is just a doll temperament wise. One of the few my daughter can catch and hold regularly. So I am hoping they would be chickens for my daughter.

It is only crazy when I think about having a bajillion and one eggs to get rid of if I get more girls. At least I won’t have to buy eggs anymore .

We have the room (10.5 acres) and can build a bigger coop next year before we get any newbies so that won’t be an issue. The smaller coop can be for the babies.
 
I am really hoping to try breeding my own olive eggers! Depending on this hatch I may put a couple more Maran eggs in this next batch with the blue ones to up my odds of getting the right mix to try it. I have been reading about breeding for egg color and it looks like so much fun. Plus green is going to be the only color layer I don't have providing this and the next hatch go well. My husband already has co-workers asking to buy eggs from me as soon as I have a surplus so at least I won't get stuck with more eggs than I can eat! LOL. My current chicken goal is to have a full rainbow of eggs! Maybe after that I will try a few pure breeds. I am thinking about Old English Game Fowl Bantams but there are just so many great ones to choose from! yes I know...I have a problem:jumpy:ya:oops:
 
Trinitydraco said:
LoL At least I came to the right place! For the last year all I could talk or think about was getting my chickens. Then I got them and all I could think about was them and wanting to try hatching eggs. Now all I can think or talk about are my hatching eggs and now that I have a good broody hen I have added THAT to my list of things to talk and think about!...And I couldn't be happier!
I have a feeling I am going to be one of the WORST enablers! :wee
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I know I have probably bored my husband more than once with my nonsense rambling you won’t believe what these chickens are doing stories and then I found an outlet here and now I get to bore him with my did you know chickens fact ramblings too so double score!
 
ButteCA said:
I know I have probably bored my husband more than once with my nonsense rambling you won’t believe what these chickens are doing stories and then I found an outlet here and now I get to bore him with my did you know chickens fact ramblings too so double score!
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Yup! I tried taking a break from chickens by watching some dinosaur documentaries but instead I am now just quoting facts about how similar chickens are to T-Rex!:plbb
 
Trinitydraco said:
Hello! For about a year I thought about raising chickens and this Feb I decided to do it! I started as many do, with 6 chicks from Tractor Supply and a pre made coop. Now I am building my own, have a Rooster and 9 ladies and 9 eggs in the bator with more on the way! Gotta love that chicken math! Also, let me assure you that chickens ARE the gateway animal! We will be building a goat shelter this fall for baby goats next spring! All in all I am very happy with the turn my life is taking and plan on clearing some of our land to start a small farm! I now own my first air compressor and nail guns, my first coop and chickens, my first incubator and hatching eggs and I am sure many more firsts are coming and I can't wait! Weather you want chickens for pets, food or show I guarantee that the little Dino's will change your live for the better! Happy Hatching!
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Trinitydraco said:
Gotta love that chicken math! Also, let me assure you that chickens ARE the gateway animal! We will be building a goat shelter this fall for baby goats next spring!
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