WHAT YA GOT SWAP Chat Thread

[coldupnorth]

Pauletta, Thank you for the card that was so kind of you!

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[Bettacreek]

I'm not sure where he was from. The newsclip said that he had to downsize to five roosters though.

Debi, well, it all depends. That'd be WAAAAYY to many for me, but then again, I only have 40 birds total, lol. We have more testosterone running around here than I originally planned for, but crap happens, right? I have my favorite leghorn rooster, then G has his favorite rooster, and when the big bear came and those two boys attacked it head on, they were both put on the permanent list here. Only need one, but yanno? Then, we have three Ameraucanas (though I'm getting rid of one, I think, lol), but one's a black breasted red who's really pretty, and the other is a splash, who's also really pretty and I want blues. Then of course, there's the cornish cross roo, Brooster, who is around for whenever he decides that sex is good, so I can hatch out pure cornish crosses. We even have an extra tom turkey that we really don't NEED. Two hens and two toms, yanno? Ah well, such is life. And, we'll have more males flowing with testosterone once the seramas and OEGB hatch (gotta have one of each). BUT, I like having all of the boys outside. With 40 birds, the extra watch eyes are really nice. As long as none of them start attacking us, they have a pretty good chance here, lol.

 

[Ray_n_Debi]

Has anybody bred Lavender Orps to Buff Orps?
I did! Here is the results


Here are the second generation chicks:

 

[SleepyOwl]

I like them!

 

[Ray_n_Debi]

Well I have a few to many breeds and I need backup roos and don't I need backups for the backups?

 

[Ray_n_Debi]

I like them!

Thank you! I sold all the 1st gen chicks and only kept the 1 pair. I sold all the 2nd gen. chicks and now against my better judgement I Sold the pair yesterday. Wonderful temperaments and she laid an egg everyday for the last 30 days,

 

[gabrielle1976]

so pretty i like orps but they are a bit big to be apartment chickens i think

 

[Ray_n_Debi]

I gotta agree, these were huge!

 

[Bettacreek]

I agree! I bought a dozen pekin eggs and eight hatched out... Two drakes and six hennies. I ended up selling a drake and a hennie. Well, someone ended up running over my remaining drake, so I actually had to BUY a drake! I spent $2.35 on the dozen pekin eggs, and paid $10 for the darned drake. He's not nearly as good as my old drake either, he can't keep the hennies all together throughout the day. When he was first introduced, he was confused as to what the heck he was supposed to do about the hennies going all over the place. Now, he pretty much ignores them and goes with whatever set of hennies is going to a spot that looks good, lol. So, I'm thinking that with the eggs that hatch out, I'll keep one more drake.

 

[babymakes6]

I got a HUGE box from Pauletta yesterday from a side swap!

In addition to the 7 items I asked for (this was a BIG swap!) she included: 4 soaps from Reesepoultry (mmmm!!!!!!), a cute ceramic chicken scrubbie holder, 2 BEAUTIFUL and soft pillowcases, a bag holder (homemade), a gorgeous Rose print canvas, two rolls of shelf liner, and I am sure I am missing something, but I'm not home to look!

Thank you so much Pauletta! You REALLY outdid yourself!