Hey all!
Guess what I have zipping and pipping in my incubator? Eggs from Lisa Olson!
This is my 4th try at getting some good marans to start with here in Hawaii.
Last year I was advised to try to get eggs from Lisa Olson and after all this time I finally got eggs from her and they are...
Oh I know it takes forever! I think that is why my husband won't kill them for me anymore. We watched videos on youtube but now looking back I realized that the video I used to show him how to slit the throats edited out the twitched and flapping part. So my husband slit the throat but the...
Hi everyone!
So I did cull my BCM boys. Marans are very nice meaty birds! These guys were huge.
I have a funny story.
My husband cannot handle killing the birds. He is a softy. So since this is my project I do the processing. I got a new feather plucker that actually cut my time in...
*sigh* what I would have given to get a bird review like this...
Butcher days is fast approaching for my boys. I am selling one of my BCM boys tomorrow to a lady who wants olive eggers. Going to keep one just cuz I can. And the rest of my boys....gonners.
Hello marans peeps! I am pages behind on this thread. The ameraucana thread as been hopping and takes all my time to keep up with the drama.
Look what I got in the mail today!! No more plucking by hand for me.
Now I am ready to cull all my marans cockerels. lol! Just had to share...
Regarding the sustainability subject:
Me too!
I don't know what it is. Is it just an subtle idea spreading across the country? I tell my husband that we have to prepare for the zombie apocalypse. Of course it is only a joke but gardening, recycling, solar energy, chickens, etc. is just...
lol... the thing is I am such a kindergartener in the chicken world. All I know is a few ABC's.
I need help! Instead I end up looking like a know it all so better to just not say anything. This is a small island, I don't want to get a bad rep.
I will give it a try....
Splash is when a bird gets two copies of the diluting gene Bl (blue) One copy makes a black bird blue and two copies makes a black bird white with colored patches. If she is white she is a splash. Sometimes people say blue splash because splash also happens in...