Post by bergere on Apr 17, 2015 20:38:11 GMT
..... before I run out of room!
Right now, I just have 12 in an incubator, the 6 d'Anvers and 6 of the lavender/Porcelain bantams eggs (these should start hatching in the next couple of days), another 12 of the later, under a broody hen, she has a couple more weeks to go.
Going to pick up 10/12 d'Anver chicks, hopefully mostly Blue Quail color, these are show quality birds.. in a couple of weeks,
Have another 15 Lavender Ameraucana chicks arriving about the same time... where I am getting this stock from, even the Roosters have a sweet easy going temperament.
On a waiting list, to get a dozen hatching eggs from some Wheaten Ameraucana (full sized), they are the most blue eggs I have ever seen!!
Also from a well known private line of show quality birds.
And I have 4 full sized pullets getting here are some point. From a good line of Welsummers and Blue copper Marans.
Not set up well enough... really need to put a couple more hen houses and breeding pens in. Specially if I keep this up.
And last but no least, hope to get some Calico Sweetgrass turkey hatching eggs. They turkeys I have now, want a male so badly, they are driving all the other animals silly. Figure they can hatch one out.
On the waiting list for some of Holderreads Lavender Geese. Was thinking of the Mini Oregon Geese, but decided I wanted something a little bigger for now. The area where they would run, is pretty safe, so
far no foxes have gotten in....but why take the chance until I can put more poultry houses and runs up..
Granted, last year, as far as buying chicks I ended up with 98% Roosters. Never in all the years of buying and breeding chickens, have I ever gotten that many Roosters. Was rather depressing.
Figure this year... I might get half Hens.... IF I am lucky. Will cull down to only the Best Roosters.
I know this isn't many chickens compare to a lot of folks, but for the set up I have... starting from scratch.... is a lot of birds.
Just wish I could find some big Rabbit hutches, in good condition. Keep checking craigslist,, find some, but I am always to late.
Right now, I just have 12 in an incubator, the 6 d'Anvers and 6 of the lavender/Porcelain bantams eggs (these should start hatching in the next couple of days), another 12 of the later, under a broody hen, she has a couple more weeks to go.
Going to pick up 10/12 d'Anver chicks, hopefully mostly Blue Quail color, these are show quality birds.. in a couple of weeks,
Have another 15 Lavender Ameraucana chicks arriving about the same time... where I am getting this stock from, even the Roosters have a sweet easy going temperament.
On a waiting list, to get a dozen hatching eggs from some Wheaten Ameraucana (full sized), they are the most blue eggs I have ever seen!!
Also from a well known private line of show quality birds.
And I have 4 full sized pullets getting here are some point. From a good line of Welsummers and Blue copper Marans.
Not set up well enough... really need to put a couple more hen houses and breeding pens in. Specially if I keep this up.
And last but no least, hope to get some Calico Sweetgrass turkey hatching eggs. They turkeys I have now, want a male so badly, they are driving all the other animals silly. Figure they can hatch one out.
On the waiting list for some of Holderreads Lavender Geese. Was thinking of the Mini Oregon Geese, but decided I wanted something a little bigger for now. The area where they would run, is pretty safe, so
far no foxes have gotten in....but why take the chance until I can put more poultry houses and runs up..
Granted, last year, as far as buying chicks I ended up with 98% Roosters. Never in all the years of buying and breeding chickens, have I ever gotten that many Roosters. Was rather depressing.
Figure this year... I might get half Hens.... IF I am lucky. Will cull down to only the Best Roosters.
I know this isn't many chickens compare to a lot of folks, but for the set up I have... starting from scratch.... is a lot of birds.
Just wish I could find some big Rabbit hutches, in good condition. Keep checking craigslist,, find some, but I am always to late.
