The Middle Tennessee Thread

[Cinny]

Oprah is the first to try out the new coop....alll alone.....for now

 

[ChickenQueen12]

My RIR Hen with 2 of her chicks hatched 9-10-12 So cute. She hatched 3 out of 3 eggs (100%) .all 3 still alive. The one in her wing is a RIR/Ameruacana cross. The other 2 are from my hen that was killed the same day they hatched RIR/Silver Seabright cross.

 

[emmalynn]

Just letting you guys know that I have started posting everything for sale on CL. 10 Sebastopols, 5 lav/lav pied/opaline guineas, 1 IB peahen, 4 Welsummers, 18 silkies, 9 OEGB, 13 goats, and 3 Pyreness. I have only got the guineas, peahen, and geese up so far and won't be able to get to the others until tomorrow. I would prefer they go to people on here over general public as I feel good about how the people on this thread take care of their animals.

PM if you are interested in anything. Check out the CLs ads for pics.

 

[CarolJ]

I got my first Rhodebar egg today - and it's an olive green color! Rhodebars are supposed to lay brown eggs! They've been in a secure pen by themselves for over a month. I'm puzzled.

 

[Cinny]

Been encouraged by fellow peeps on this thread to try Tractor Farm Supply.....me and the hubby went to the one near us today and wow, they had everything I needed and things I didn't need but got anyway!! Thanks for the tip!

 

[DMRippy]

I got my first Rhodebar egg today - and it's an olive green color! Rhodebars are supposed to lay brown eggs! They've been in a secure pen by themselves for over a month. I'm puzzled.

Cross breeding would not have caused that at your house.... I would contact GFF and tell them.... they OWE YOU SOME MONEY! They sold you some that were cross breed at THEIR farm not YOURS. These are chicks your grew out from GFF right?

 

[pickledchicken]

Donna hope the chicks are doing well wish I could have been here when you stopped in. I think I had mistaken a blue Marans for a EO my bad oops. Keep me posted those should do well for what you have planned for them.

 

[DMRippy]

Guys I am still trying to thin down a little. I have 4 White Leghorn Hens and 1 Super Blue Egg Layer I am putting on CL and I think at least 2 NH hens too.... maybe more if I find wing problems in the GNH pullets. They will be some good layers for someone. I also have 2 Cuckoo pullets about 3 months (1 with some gold and 1 blue without feathered legs) I think I have 2-3 blue and 1 White EE about 2 1/2 months old. 1 white (sport? ) Lavender Ameraucan and 1 Lavender Split pullet ( I know the white is laying not sure about the other but she is close)

 

[CityGirlintheCountry]

Soooooo... I figured out what killed the LF chickens. I got a game cam and set it up all last week. I have a bobcat coming out every night. It shows up anywhere from 7:30pm to 11pm and scopes around to see what it can find. My smaller live trap wasn't working so a friend has loaned me his. Fingers crossed that I can catch that sucker. I'm not always at home by 7:30pm to lock all the coops.

 

[CarolJ]

Cross breeding would not have caused that at your house.... I would contact GFF and tell them.... they OWE YOU SOME MONEY! They sold you some that were cross breed at THEIR farm not YOURS. These are chicks your grew out from GFF right?

Yes, I got the chicks directly from GFF. I know other people like GFF, but I am really dissatisfied with them. First of all, they sent lots (for me) of extra roos - no extra pullets. So after paying top dollar for the chicks, I had to deal with rehoming a bunch of roos that I didn't want - which at the time was a major hassle & I ended up having to sell a pullet with 3 roos of both Rhodebars and Legbars in order to get rid of them. No one wanted just roos. GFF's response to my email about the extra roos was to act like I was ridiculous to complain. So I dealt with the extra roos and figured I learned my lesson about GFF. I would never order from them again. And today's experience confirmed that. It is obvious that at least one of the Rhodebar hens I got isn't purebred. I sent them an email earlier today and got a borderline indignant reply - i.e. saying they don't crossbreed rhodebars with other breeds! I just don't care for the way they do business. I read through the Rhodebar thread here, and found out that at least one other person has Rhodebars from GFF that are laying blue/green eggs instead of brown.

Except for the non-purebred issues - the egg is a really pretty olive color! When I figure out which hen laid it, I'll add her to my layer flock. Hopefully the other two will lay brown eggs - but even if they do, there's no way to be confident that they're purebred. I couldn't in good conscience sell Rhodebar hatching eggs from this flock. Anybody want a Rhodebar(?) rooster? LOL!