tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81126371548586528112024-02-20T19:30:25.761-08:00Rarest of the Rare ChickensYour place for rare and hard to find rare and heritage chickens of the finest breeds.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11973434428262894029noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8112637154858652811.post-16493948699639931352012-05-24T15:02:00.000-07:002012-05-24T15:03:29.603-07:00"Just pullets please "Had lots of call lately re chicks I have for sale. Lots of people wanting only " hens just about to lay " . If only my hens would cooperate and only lay pullets and I had the room to grow them out for 5 months ! As it is my chicks usually hatch 50% males 50% females and I only have limited space to grow out my birds. So for now I will only be selling straight run chicks and started pairs. Until I have sold off all my extra roosters I will not sell any pullets without a rooster. These are very rare colors/ breeds or both and as much as I would love to keep all the extra boys I just dont have the room so if you are buying st run chicks be aware that some will be males.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11973434428262894029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8112637154858652811.post-86398008999747583082012-05-20T21:56:00.001-07:002012-05-20T21:59:59.845-07:00Blue Orps enjoying the day freeranging in the sun.<div><br/><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTuq9ksVqsDtfVvex7byy6chJ2oWbi4MK001S8kLo2RYLgN82-Ii7W3pwPjeAaWyGf_kqhhWbUfwYZwkSEAwuB7tBECxRJ5c2BR4VsqfsylF8rlbRW_2Fs1Atxzo6HDhqctWm_G6lqbxg/' /><br/><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH4W-TAQVEaEBYO3pwvV8s1JqapKa3S3iUl5tHBaN8e2nLHVVJJErowVTcsYuajpp0nJOprOsr7PLcaTBUV0EKrW1EhozBAue_DuwGwd7qQkZHtN6a46qyzjDJGD5cM8-MoYuspyt9Gjo/' /><br/><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibbhea-5UEZjKeMJ3CxaMbCOBkouCntZ7OoD1bA7WlPeuwOIztWaa6ViZG2HSw-HShQK-5xsTVqcgIfd44FbHHMnAFo7ewkeCgz3hPENESZtHsNq48JIiFfOMRfT9SNBO8tdeZgNl3YjQ/' /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11973434428262894029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8112637154858652811.post-91733578102145822702012-05-19T17:46:00.001-07:002012-05-19T17:51:29.142-07:001st chicks from my Orpingtons<div><p>A Blue and a Splash Orpington 5 wks old from my BBS flock the lacing on these guys is awesome!</p>
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<p>Large plastic tub or metal livestock trough. I like the plastic tubs with wheels , easier to drag them outside for cleaning.</p>
<p>Bedding, I like wood pellets over shavings as they don't clog up the waterers as much as shavings.</p>
<p>Paper towels, I use these over the wood pellets for the 1st few days. You can sprinkle food on paper towels until chicks figure out where feeders are. Newly shipped chicks that don't find food and water quickly will weaken and die.</p>
<p>Waterers, come in different sizes. Chicks need a continuous supply of fresh clean water. I use a quail size base for the 1st few days as tiny day olds can drown in larger sizes. Use marbles in your base if it is larger to prevent drowning. Never thought much of this until I found several day old chicks drowned one morning!<br>
I keep an extra waterer ready so I can just switch them out in the morning as I start work early , this saves time when I am busy. </p>
<p>Heat lamp with red bulb, keep an extra bulb as bulbs always seem to go out on the coldest night. I usually keep a few extra white bulbs as they are much less expensive and will do in a pinch. Be sure to secure these well as they will start a fire if they fall into tub. Only heat one side of tub as chicks need a place to escape from heat. If chicks are panting and far apart they are too hot. If piled into a heap they are to cold. If sleeping next to each other in a single layer you have the temp just right.</p>
<p>Chick food, you can use either medicated ( for coccidiosis ) or unmedicated, I like to use gamebird starter as it has higher protein and more vitamins.</p>
<p>I don't use chick grit as I get my chicks out on soil as soon as possible. However if chicks do not have access to outdoors they will need grit to grind up any whole grains they are fed ( scratch included ) If you have sandy soil you can sprinkle a little on food.</p>
<p>Other supplements that are nice to have on hand, water soluble vitamins to make up for any deficits in parents diet, electrolytes to give your new chicks a boost, especially if shipped.</p>
<p>Special note on shipped birds, I always take a kit to the post office when picking up birds. I have scissors to open box, food and water. Every minute counts when your chicks have been at the mercy of the post office for two days or more. An extra 30 min in your car can mean the difference between life and death! I open box and offer food and water immediately.</p>
<p>Most of all have fun with your new babies, the more they are handled the tamer they will be. Don't expect friendly birds if they are not brought up as pets, especially roosters! Once your chicks have fully feathered out at 4 to 6 weeks they can go outdoors as long as they have shelter.</p>
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Splash x Black = 100% Blue<br />
Splash x Blue = 50% Blue 50% Splash<br />
Black x Blue = 50% Blue 50% Black<br />
Blue x Blue = 50% Blue 25% Black 25% splash<br />
Splash x Splash = 100% Splash<br />
Black x Black = 100% Black<br />
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Lavender is a different gene . It is recessive so can be hidden . You need two sets , one from each parent. I keep Black hens with my Lav flock as black are thought to improve the type and feather quality . A Black split is a black bird carrying a hidden Lav gene. I will be breeding my lavs to Black English Orps this year to get bigger fluffier birds.<br />
Below are the results you can expect from various combinations of black and lav breedings.<br />
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Lav x Lav = 100% Lav<br />
Lav x Black split = 50% Lav 50% splits<br />
Black split x Black split = 50% splits 25 % Lav 25 % Blacks<br />
Lav x Black = 100% Black splits<br />
Black split x Black = 100% BlackAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11973434428262894029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8112637154858652811.post-44862470607141817132012-03-27T11:26:00.002-07:002012-03-27T13:50:48.168-07:00Hatching eggs for sale I have Cuckoo Olive Eggers, Orpingtons in Blue, Black,Splash and Lavender and Sussex in Light, Coronation and Silver. I am charging 2 per egg, no guarantees on hatching as anything could happen with your incubator or broody hen. I collect eggs several times per day and place on an automatic turner . I only sell the freshest eggs to my customers, any that dont sell will go into my own incubator. At this time I am charging the same price for all my breeds but that may change depending on demand and the rarety of the breed. Mix and match is also fine.<br />
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The Birchen Marans are doing well but more boys than girls so once they grow out I will offer 1 or 2 for sale. They would be great to breed with solid Blue Marans to start a Blue Birchen project ( I had planned to do this before I lost my Marans flock ).<br />
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New arrivals this week will be Lemon Cuckoo Orpingtons chicks and a breeding pair pure English ( Pricilla Middleton lines ) and Gold laced, Silver laced Brahmas ( Dan Powell lines ) . These are to start my own breeding flocks with but I may have a few to share once they have grown out a little.<br />
I am also offering hatching eggs at this time in limited numbers, 2$ per egg. No guarantees on eggs hatching as anything could happen to them between my house and your incubator of broody hen.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11973434428262894029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8112637154858652811.post-49126998010661833982012-03-11T13:56:00.001-07:002012-03-27T14:03:07.734-07:00OrpingtonsThis year I will have Blue, Black and Splash in addition to my Lavenders available. I held back a huge unrelated Lavender cockerel from last years chicks and will be breeding him to my black and lavender hens( my old lav roo is now living in Wyoming , he was one of my favorites so I hope he is doing well ).<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JD7upuGkYHs/T3ImYz6BC1I/AAAAAAAAAFY/PCw0fCmbbRg/s1600/20120311131416.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JD7upuGkYHs/T3ImYz6BC1I/AAAAAAAAAFY/PCw0fCmbbRg/s320/20120311131416.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-apKXXkbsyE0/T3IqMIA-SlI/AAAAAAAAAFo/MsqxmAhUvf8/s1600/20111204131811.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-apKXXkbsyE0/T3IqMIA-SlI/AAAAAAAAAFo/MsqxmAhUvf8/s320/20111204131811.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNR47MhB5-720B2BOWOoDYvqRYcl7geexsv3C_8gr2QmB6bOXMrp7-iyX0hlSJnkCXYo3hg6Y6inaT-Q71mXly26NfF1xhJFPzjoPIl5TdfRwwLEHnCM_cX1txQIjv5RTSJ2Z6LmiTKRc/s1600/20111127122945.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNR47MhB5-720B2BOWOoDYvqRYcl7geexsv3C_8gr2QmB6bOXMrp7-iyX0hlSJnkCXYo3hg6Y6inaT-Q71mXly26NfF1xhJFPzjoPIl5TdfRwwLEHnCM_cX1txQIjv5RTSJ2Z6LmiTKRc/s320/20111127122945.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>My BBS Orps are all massive and super mellow they are great for 4H and show. I added some English birds to my flock last year they are slightly younger but just as big and a little stockier than the American birds and are just starting to lay. The Lavs are still a work in progress and are coming along nicely. <span id="goog_2048665248"></span><span id="goog_2048665249"></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11973434428262894029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8112637154858652811.post-50898055813816626702012-03-09T20:27:00.000-08:002012-03-09T20:27:49.334-08:00Silver Birchens are here!Almost two weeks ago I received a much anticipated box in the mail, a lively little group of Silver Birchen Marans! I' ve had these birds on my wish list for over a year now and I hope to add a few more to this group, will post pics of their progress as they grow out.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11973434428262894029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8112637154858652811.post-38394391930475813232012-03-03T06:56:00.001-08:002012-03-03T11:11:12.287-08:00Rest in peace Black Copper MaransWell its happened again , dogs got out and had the time of their lives. Lost almost my entire flock of Marans last weekend. The dogs were kind enough to leave me one lone cockeral and five eggs so all hope is not lost. I put the eggs in the incubator a few days ago so hopefully will get at least a pullet out of the batch. Can't describe how sickening it is to find a sea of dead bodies completely gone to waste! The dogs just kill for the pure fun of it and dont even take a bite of meat! Three years of selective breeding gone in a 30 minute bloodbath! Oh well, life goes on so keep your fingers crossed with me and hope for the best.....Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11973434428262894029noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8112637154858652811.post-88752186466752490712011-12-31T16:54:00.001-08:002011-12-31T16:54:36.596-08:00What goes in to a point of lay pullet- Article to come soon!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11973434428262894029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8112637154858652811.post-89760302712762082432011-12-31T08:58:00.000-08:002012-04-22T11:11:24.256-07:00The Sussex<div><div>I started my Light Sussex flock almost two years ago and have enjoyed them immensly. I was fortunate to obtain Lights from several sources including Pennsylvania, New York and Colorado Springs. Most of my Lights are recessive for Coronation ( Lavender ) so I was able to produce the visually stunning Coronations I now breed from. I also recently obtained two more Coronation pullets so have a nice diversified gene pool to pull my breeding stock from. Of course most if not all of these birds can be traced back to Greenfire Farms bloodline with a little Canadian blood thrown in for good measure! <br />
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For those new to chickens the Coronation/Lavender is a recessive gene so both parents must carry gene to produce a Coronation offspring. For instance two parents may look like Lights but if they both have the recessive gene 25% of the offspring would be visually Coronation. The nice thing about these two colors is that you can breed them together since Coronation is just a dilution of black so the black color is replaced with the lavender/Coronation.<br />
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My next project with Sussex are my Silvers. Visually stunning these guys are huge gentle giants. I have a very small flock in the works this year and am working on obtaining more breeding quality stock. I have read that periodically crossing a Coronation to a Silver helps to brighten the silver color. <br />
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Last year my Sussex produced eggs all winter long. They are very fluffy and cold tolerant. Because they are so calm around people I highly recommend this breed for families with kids. We took my Sussex hens to a birthday petting zoo last summer and they sat quietly on the kids laps as if they had been doing that for years!<br />
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I will be planning test hatches late winter and have chicks available in early spring.<br />
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I have two extra Sussex cockerels available. Not for food, I would just as soon keep them for breeding stock than chicken stock! These boys were hatched out last Easter so even though they are large they still have some growing and maturing to do. They have grown up together so would be fine in the same flock . One is a Coronation the other a Silver. Both rare and hard to find locally. They would be nice to diversify a flocks gene pool or just increase the size of your next generation of dual purpose birds. I do keep my roosters tame and pick them up frequently so you would not have to worry about an aggressive bird with these two.<br />
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