Just placed the rest of my 2013 chick orders!

[HotPepperQueen]

I've really gone and done it now. It has been so much work with all these unexpected meat birds that I had to cancel my order of egg layers coming in April. So while I was sulking around saddened by the fact that there wouldn't be any cute peeps around this year....I went ahead and made a different order for the end of May! This on includes the following-

2 Dark Brahma chicks
2 Salmon Faverolle chicks
2 Black Star chicks
2 Golden Laced Wyandotte chicks


and....

2 Cayuga ducklings
2 Gold Star ducklings


I need things to keep me busy in the next few months. Josh is working out of town now and won't be back steady until June. So I have lined up all kinds of fun projects for me to do until he gets back

 

[897tgigvib]

I sure like seeing those beautiful breeds

 

[thistlebloom]

That should keep you occupied HPQ!

The feed stores will be having Chick Days starting in April. I'm really tempted, especially because one of the breeds is a light Brahma. ( How does that compare with Dark Brahma I wonder?)

But brooding them in the house is rather unpleasant, so I'll probably just watch for somebody to sell pullets in a breed I want.

 

[canesisters]

Yeah HPQ!! Soo happy that you're going to get your 'eye candy' chicks after all.

 

[Jared77]

From what I understand the only difference is color in the Brahmas. http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/poultry/chickens/index.htm it has photo links to both the light and darks.

 

[897tgigvib]

Something like 9 colors of brahmas!

 

[bj taylor]

i'm going to enlarge my flock a little. i have four girls and a roo. i want to add six or seven. i am going to get mostly grown pullets. how long do y'all think i need to quarantine them?

 

[Chickie'sMomaInNH]

i know that there are 3 different colors of brahmas being offered at most hatcheries. the light, dark, and buff. but i have seen a breeder working on other colors over on BYC! and i was over his buff laced he had been working on for years!

wow! i just went onto FeatherSite and i see that Dan Powell has been working on a lavender laced too!

 

[HotPepperQueen]

I quarantine mine for at least a month before they go in with my other hens. I bought some grown pullets on craigslist and made sure I asked lots of questions before I even went to their farm. Were they vaccinated? Where did they come from? How old are they? Have you had chickens here before? Has there ever been an outbreak of any disease here before? What other animals do they have contact with? Are they free ranged or penned? What kind of feed are they eating at the moment and what is the protein percent? When I went to pick up the birds, I wore different shoes and clothes than what I wear at home because you can pick up diseases that way. I made sure to disinfect the bottoms of those shoes and wash those clothes in hot water as well. It may seem like a lot but an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure!

i'm going to enlarge my flock a little. i have four girls and a roo. i want to add six or seven. i am going to get mostly grown pullets. how long do y'all think i need to quarantine them?

 

[HotPepperQueen]

Lavender laced? I think I just died and went to heaven!

i know that there are 3 different colors of brahmas being offered at most hatcheries. the light, dark, and buff. but i have seen a breeder working on other colors over on BYC! and i was over his buff laced he had been working on for years!

wow! i just went onto FeatherSite and i see that Dan Powell has been working on a lavender laced too!