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[Arielle]

Quote: Same here!!! These are lovely.

I have stayed with standard size because, as it is, I have large turkeys and a muscovy drake that can pin a std fowl rooster!

 

[drumstick diva]

the beautiful pullet facing the camera looks like she has some salmon favorelles behind her and maybe a touch of EE plus silkie..

 

[BunnyMomma]

the beautiful pullet facing the camera looks like she has some salmon favorelles behind her and maybe a touch of EE plus silkie..

Hi Diva! She does have a similar look to the faverolles, but I promise, there are no faverolles or EE's in the making of them!
I will say that it is the mix of three breeds and one of the breeds is Silkie!

It would be interesting to try to get blue eggs from them by breeding them to bantam Ameraucana's though!

The only problem would be that it might breed out the awesome spikey poufyness on the rooster crest. So I think I will just stick with the white eggs. Sometimes it is best to leave well enough alone. I might try to get some mottled Silkie Flowers later, but I need more pen space.

But that would be a cool project.
So many projects, so little time!
I have a serious addiction to my chickens! That is why I am here!

 

[chickadoodles]

Hi Diva! She does have a similar look to the faverolles, but I promise, there are no faverolles or EE's in the making of them!
I will say that it is the mix of three breeds and one of the breeds is Silkie!

It would be interesting to try to get blue eggs from them by breeding them to bantam Ameraucana's though!

The only problem would be that it might breed out the awesome spikey poufyness on the rooster crest. So I think I will just stick with the white eggs. Sometimes it is best to leave well enough alone. I might try to get some mottled Silkie Flowers later, but I need more pen space.

But that would be a cool project.
So many projects, so little time!
I have a serious addiction to my chickens! That is why I am here!

BunnyMomma
I see that the chicken addiction is getting to me as well! I just got 20 something chicks and still thinking what all can I get come spring!!!!! HELP!!!!!

 

[BunnyMomma]

BunnyMomma
I see that the chicken addiction is getting to me as well! I just got 20 something chicks and still thinking what all can I get come spring!!!!! HELP!!!!!

How many chickens do you have? I think I have around 200.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

How many chickens do you have? I think I have around 200.

I counted mine tonight. Total poultry: 85 birds. Included in that number is 8 turkeys and 4 ducks. The rest... chickens.

Sigh.

 

[gryeyes]

I feel impelled to announce I don't have any chicken breeding projects. It's just a free-for-all around here. The Cayuga ducks are reproducing just fine. The chickens are making some interesting crosses and those crosses are also mixing it up further.

It's one reason why I occasionally participate in the BYC Hatches, so I can get some more easily identifiable breeds.

 

[chickadoodles]

How many chickens do you have? I think I have around 200.

I have somewhere around 50 but I just started in poultry this spring y'all

 

[ChooksChick]

Well, folks, at long last, I'm back...but I have rotten news.

My job has whipped me up and down the block for the last year or so, and that's in addition to having relatives here, being a caregiver, and home-schooling teen daughters. I'm strung out.

I have to liquidate. I've said it before, but this is really it. I have to get rid of everything that isn't legal within city limits, because the farm at which I have my breeding facility is also closing down. I have a deadline now.

So: I'm listing in BYC threads initially because so many of you are like-minded and I'd love some of my projects to go on...I'd like to get back into them eventually! I mean, these kids will be going off to college, and perhaps someday I'll have my own farm! Having a farm on someone else's property kinda stinks, really...I'd like to be able to go outside to care for all of my birds...not have to get in the car!

Anyway...

I have a flock of banty Cochins, which were moving toward Chocolate. I have a Blue hen, a Mottled trio, a Chocolate pullet, three black cockerels split to Chocolate, and a Black trio.

I have a flock of d'Uccles that were moving toward Chocolate: 5 Chocolate pullets, a split cockerel, a Black Copper roo, a 6 pack of Isabel chicks and lots of Black and Chocolate chicks.

I have a flock of Marans: a trio of FBCM, 2 Chocolate Copper pullets, a Black roo, a Blue hen, a Splash hen...and tons of chicks, many of them split to or fully Chocolate.

I have a flock of Silkies: 3 Black hens, a Blue roo, a Splash hen, and a White hen. Tons of varied chicks.

The Konzas. Here my heart breaks. I have 5 roos and 10 pullets and a bunch of chicks. They are magnificent. I may just try to keep them locally somewhere if someone around here will foster the project for a bit. They are everything I wanted them to be.

I have a Chocolate Rock project, but need to inventory them...

I also have a trio of Bourbon Reds, a pair of Royal Palms, and 4 or 6 poults of varied lineage.

*sigh*

Message me if you're interested. I will ship.

 

[BunnyMomma]

I feel impelled to announce I don't have any chicken breeding projects. It's just a free-for-all around here. The Cayuga ducks are reproducing just fine. The chickens are making some interesting crosses and those crosses are also mixing it up further.

It's one reason why I occasionally participate in the BYC Hatches, so I can get some more easily identifiable breeds.

You are too funny!