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[RustyHen]

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I going to keep you and yours in my prayers, hope everything turns out for the best, My SIL just spent last week in hospital in Boise and DH and his family went over, not such great news for her, either.

 

[Chickielady]

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Maybe that mean silkie is really a cock bird !!!

Oh Boy!!!!!!! Would THAT be an interesting bird ?
A silkie x wheaten ameraucana cross ?????????????????????

lol No kidding!!! Buff hatchery silky crossed with a nice wheaton roo. lmao might be cute, might be not so cute. lol And yes. Even the silky eggs have been fertile!

Nah! She's definately a hen. An evil fuzzy little screaming hen!

Maybe you are seeing a nice big fat target, and there is no circle around it?
Better look again, a seperate circle around the dot~~

 

[herbandteas]

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These are Wheaten/Blue Wheaten, so carry the brown/red & blue genetics and have a blue beard.
Shows up really good.

Come to think of it! herbandtes, your boy looks allot like my Olive egger cockerals!

now that I am thinking of it I think Debbie told me they were olive eggers If so I would be happy for any color they are. So does olive eggers mean not amerucana ?

 

[Chickielady]

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Is it really cold there in winter?
Stick to pea combs then, If not, try a couple Cuckoo Marans or Black Copper Marans...you will not be disapointed.
One thing everyone needs to do when picking out a breed is to consider the weather where you live.
Frostbite can be an ugly issue to those on the Eastern & North of the state, and can get low temps here!
I keep my standard comb birds locked in the coop during the few days of 20 & 10 degree days we have....
By the same token, feather footed breeds get so muddy here it is insane...covered with clay dingle balls and have to be brought in & bathed to soften & remove the dingle balls.
If I were going to get dotties, I would get some chicks from WA4-HPoutryMom, babies from Wyatt & Wynona , both birds are on her BYC page.
Gorgeous!

 

[Chickielady]

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Come to think of it! herbandtes, your boy looks allot like my Olive egger cockerals!

now that I am thinking of it I think Debbie told me they were olive eggers If so I would be happy for any color they are. So does olive eggers mean not amerucana ?

Half Ameraucana.
But note, an Olive Egger Cock bird is essentially useless, he cannot lay eggs...
If you want an olive egger, breed a brown egg layer to a blue egg layer, then keep the pullets.

 

[Chickielady]

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He gave up his workbench?

He must really like you

The work bench came with the house. Mr H doesn't enjoy working with his hands, so it was no great sacrifice on his part. i wish he were handier.

He must be awful good lookin'.
They say if you aren't good looking, you better be handy.

 

[SadieSue]

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My gosh - so sorry to hear. Hope he can pull through - that's a lot to handle all at once for your family.

 

[Chickielady]

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I know. I saw some that Paul's Poultry had...but I'd have to get rid of a breed to get them....

and they don't lay as well as anything I'd have to give up to get them....

but they are really pretty.

I've drooled on my keyboard looking at Paul's Poultry many times, but I can't even have one more chicken at the moment .... well, I can for the moment, but once the snow comes again I'm going to hate dealing with my tractors. I need to limit myself to how many can winter over in a 10X12 coop with a 200 sf covered run, and an Eglu cube in a 10' X10' covered dog kennel. They will get to free range on 1.5 acres all year long, weather permitting.

I like the Crele Wyandotte.
This is not a wyandotte, but is a Crele, so you can see the colors..........

But all is lost if you do not have the Cock Bird.

 

[herbandteas]

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Their eggs are kind of pale too...

For great layers and friendly birds, I love my RIR and Australorps hens. The New Hampshire is pretty decent too. One of my EE's is an excellent layer, the other was until she went broody for 3 months and is now raising chicks.

My SLW's are pretty good foragers. Barnevelders are supposed to be good layers of a fairly dark (not marans dark) large brown eggs. Mine will be old enough to lay in about a month. They are friendly and don't seem to eat as much as my others hens. but it may be that their feeder is more resistant to spillage. It is my Sussex that I always find with her head in the foodbowl!

My barneveder's were flighty So I found a new home for them because I was tired of them running in the fence and freaking out anytime I came out to feed or water them.

 

[herbandteas]

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Their eggs are kind of pale too...

For great layers and friendly birds, I love my RIR and Australorps hens. The New Hampshire is pretty decent too. One of my EE's is an excellent layer, the other was until she went broody for 3 months and is now raising chicks.

My SLW's are pretty good foragers. Barnevelders are supposed to be good layers of a fairly dark (not marans dark) large brown eggs. Mine will be old enough to lay in about a month. They are friendly and don't seem to eat as much as my others hens. but it may be that their feeder is more resistant to spillage. It is my Sussex that I always find with her head in the foodbowl!

I know I just posted these, but here's what I'm getting from my girls. Barnevelder's eggs are the darker brown on the bottom. Not Marans dark, but still a pretty rich terra cotta color. Top egg is the Sussex, then Pips&Peeps Ameraucana green/blue row. Starting to give my eggs to family members now as we're getting so many. Soon it will be time to bribe, I mean, gift our neighbors with some eggs. And yes, my Sussex is always the first to eat, as she has decided she is Queen. Poor Mimi, (the barnevelder) is always last.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/54793_eggs_are_like_a_box_of_candy.jpg

Wow those are a lot darker than mine were too hmmmm