Hi, HI. Long time no yammer at... Moved and had to sell all my chickens. It nearly killed me. I am getting more chickens this weekend! Yay.
So... I am going to be truly awful and odd this year. I'm going to raise wheaton marans as pure. But over everything else I am going to cross a silkie roo. This is wrong and evil. And I can't help it. I want to make giant sizzles for my own amusement. I understand I am warped. it's been noted. I loved my sizzles and someone profited majorly from my having to sell out fourth, fifth and sixth generation birds. I can't take any but the wheaton project seriously since I am moving again - this time with my birds, this year, and we have a serious hawk problem. So not going to worry much about anything this year, try not to get too attached and all that. But Sizzles look immensely silly and entertaining free ranging. Face it, that's ridiculous. But man talk about funny. And you know, most of them do quite well if you keep their bangs trimmed. But the whole time I was closetly in love with giant breeds. Fine. Time to play at chickens. If it is for fun, I can do anything I want. LOL. I'm about to be fifty. Not going to be serious minded this year, so there. I'll lose some to foxes and hawks but even the best fences and coops sometimes fail. I'm all in. Anyone got spare buff eggs? I'm going for buffs in my mixes. This should be fun. Or anyone with a buff roo in Northern VA, will get stock silkie if need be, but thought I'd ask? Startup is going to be buff silkie roo, over buff cornish and buff Brahmas. Wee
So... I am going to be truly awful and odd this year. I'm going to raise wheaton marans as pure. But over everything else I am going to cross a silkie roo. This is wrong and evil. And I can't help it. I want to make giant sizzles for my own amusement. I understand I am warped. it's been noted. I loved my sizzles and someone profited majorly from my having to sell out fourth, fifth and sixth generation birds. I can't take any but the wheaton project seriously since I am moving again - this time with my birds, this year, and we have a serious hawk problem. So not going to worry much about anything this year, try not to get too attached and all that. But Sizzles look immensely silly and entertaining free ranging. Face it, that's ridiculous. But man talk about funny. And you know, most of them do quite well if you keep their bangs trimmed. But the whole time I was closetly in love with giant breeds. Fine. Time to play at chickens. If it is for fun, I can do anything I want. LOL. I'm about to be fifty. Not going to be serious minded this year, so there. I'll lose some to foxes and hawks but even the best fences and coops sometimes fail. I'm all in. Anyone got spare buff eggs? I'm going for buffs in my mixes. This should be fun. Or anyone with a buff roo in Northern VA, will get stock silkie if need be, but thought I'd ask? Startup is going to be buff silkie roo, over buff cornish and buff Brahmas. Wee
. Sizzles are fun, perfect or not. Though some here have achieved very nice sets of birds. And when/if they have even a few, spare or old eggs, should PM me. I always have a bator running 
. And as a mad hatcher, do not worry about percentages in old eggs. I've hatched refrigerated, 4-6 week old eggs, muddy eggs, cracked eggs... I consider it a positive challenge to succeed with odd eggs. And I do. So I keep at it. Sure it's nice to have pristine new eggs and 100% hatches. But I feel a little more pride at hatching that cracked egg, etc.
