Recent content by capayvalleychick

They just sent the notice to me about this. Yes still available

I haven't been here in a long time. I'm retiring from having chickens and have all my stuff for sale on the sale thread, if anyone is interested. I'm in Guinda, Yolo County. Have a mobile coop, incubators, hatcher, exhibition cages.

These are Keippler Coops which are bottomless cages used in poultry shows. Used but still in good condition. 3 double cages, 1 single. Old photo of them in use. I used them to train my birds to get used to being in a cage for shows, also for evaluating individual birds. $150. for the set...

Used 5 tray Dickey Hatcher. Works like new. Retiring from breeding poultry. $400. Contact Kim Located in Guinda CA Yolo County About 50 miles NW of Sacramento

R-Com Max 20 incubator for sale . Used but in excellent condition. I'm retiring from breeding poultry. This was a super simple incubator to use! Never had any issues with it. $275. Contact Kim Located in Guinda CA Yolo County 50 miles NW of Sacramento

Used Hovabator Genesis with turner for sale. Worked last time that I used it. $25. Located in Guinda CA. Yolo County. About 50 miles NW of Sacramento. Contact Kim

Used Large Mobile Chicken Coop for sale. About 20 ft long on travel trailer base. $1200. or best offer. Photo is of when it was new. Located in Guinda CA. Yolo County. About 50 miles NW of Sacramento. I'm retiring from raising chickens so selling my supplies. Contact Kim

Veterinary type stainless steel cage bank. 2 cages on top. One cage on the bottom that we have divided. Divider can be removed easily. 6 feet high. 5 feet wide. Interior of upper cages is 27 1/2 inches high. Interior of lower cage(s) is 30 in. high. Cage bank is on wheels. 2 removeable metal...

I sometimes see slight improvements in feathering rate in some chicks. I make note of that. The problem is, as they age, all the other things that are involved in selection interfere with feathering rate being a priority. Does that make any sense? I apologize for not keeping up with this...

An idea that I've used for low roosts is cinder blocks on the ground with a 2x4 through the holes. Birds sleeping on the ground really mess up their breast feathers. I'm no expert but I wouldn't necessarily breed for much bigger than Standard. I know you see it in shows but if you get too big...

My hens are all in mid molt (half bald) right now. Yesterday, I noticed that at least half of them have some very light buff coloring in varying degrees. It might not show when they finish feathering.

Hi guys! Reading the posts from last to first to catch up... Tom, that conversation was about brassiness, which is different from the red/brown coloring that Leslie posted in her photo.

Sounds like it might be Mareks?

Yes, I have a trio from her. The male and one of the pullets were entered in the Red Bluff show. The hen from my breeding (with the white lobe) placed higher than the Dorkings from Liz at both the Red Bluff and the Modesto show. You liked Liz's pullet at the Modesto show the best. I had...

Oh yes. He wrote Lobes on the cage card. When I talked to him about it, trying to explain that my largest Dorkings have white lobes and the ones with red lobes are underweight - he just said "Liz Munro was able to get rid of the white lobes in her Dorkings and so can you."