June 22, 2007

Let's here what you all have hatched out. Let me here what has been a success and what varieties have failed. I'll give you a quick rundown of mine.

 

Large:

- Black Crested Whites....around 25 chicks.Mostly males and size and color is still non consistant. C+

-Creole's- only 7 chicks out so far. Color on male chicks B+, females need work C-

- Black tailed reds. 20-25 chicks.  Looks good for a start. Bought from Ideal hatchery

- Tolbunt.... I have around 45 pure Tolbunt's with 97% straight toes. A+......20 frizzled

- Tolbunts A+...and 35 chicks of 3/4 Tolbunt mixed with Orloff and around 35 chicks that are 3/4 mixed with Golden Laced.....AA+_

- White Crested Chocolates and White Crested Cuckoo's are doing good with around 20 chicks. B-

 

Bantams.

-White Crested Khaki, Chocolates,blacks each have around 5 out and looks great

- Black tailed red.....only 5 out.......D-

- Non bearded Buff laced.....new on the farm. zero out so far

- Black crested White. 25 chicks so far with only 5 marked correctly.

- Mottled Houdans- lost count at 35.....A+

- Langshans, Dokings, Leghorns and nankins doing good too.

 

Let me know also what everyone has available. I get lots of calls and emails. Let me help you sell some birds!!

Who out there has NON bearded Silvers, Buffs and Goldens???

p.s.The "happening live now: Cleo setting on 11 eggs" will be deleted soon so if you haven't read it, do it soon. Let's all not add to it and let the flames die down.....