Recent content by OldChurchEggery1

Happy New Year! Looks like this thread has been very quiet. Anyone planning on hatching some Wheatens this spring? I'm looking forward to having eggs in the incubator soon

Hi everyone! It's been a while since I posted, but now I'm in a bind so I'm hoping someone here can help. A raccoon killed my Wheaten Marans cock so I'm looking for a replacement. I'm in the vicinity of Richmond, VA. If anyone has hatching eggs, what might you charge for them? That's my...

Second from the left is a pullet I hatched this spring out of a crested legbar hen and gold duckwing EE. What I find really interesting about the cross is that a male from the same breeding looks nothing like her. She looks like a mossy Silver Ameraucana (my favorite of the Am colors) whereas...

Here's a fun picture: my favorite EE beside my last remaining Jersey Giant. They're both almost 3 years old. No matter what I do the file won't stay oriented correctly so apologies in advance for any neck kinks trying to see it! Here are our spring 2015 EE gals. The leftmost pullet is from the...

I have an EE with coloration similar to your final hen. It's no official term, but I call it "smoky."

Hey folks! My wheatens have all battened down for the winter and I'm getting no eggs. I didn't hatch any this past summer as planned so this spring I've got to. I've only get a few to work with and will be looking for some to add. If anyone is in or near Virginia, send me a PM.

I am outside of Richmond and may have something. Send me a PM if you'd like.

How many other chickens do you have? With this sort of respiratory illness, your other chickens are likely to become infected as well. In treating any chicken for respiratory disease you have the think of the future repercussions: 1. Do I ever want to sell chicks or chickens to someone else...

I second the suggestion of coccidiosis treatment. It's been a bad year for it and the protozoa responsible for it can cause significant damage to GI linings and result in decreased productivity and poor growth if untreated. Corid is easy to use for poultry and as a drench for goats, so it's a...

The other roosters are probably chasing him and grabbing onto his comb to flog him. You could move him, but it's likely they'll take up the fighting again when reintroduced.

Looks like a pullet to me. I had another SFH hatch some eggs. I hadn't seen two of my hens in a while and found out they'd been camping out on nests inside of some crate-boxes. I tried moving them to the broody hutches but to no avail! They wouldn't settle back down so I returned them to their...

I put my replies after your questions as broken out above.

I added SFH to an order of Cream Legbars from Greenfire Farms back in 2012 because I was worried about so few chicks being shipped in a box. My purchased "packing peanuts" turned out to be more appealing than my intended order! They have been calm and easygoing for me which is great because at...

Okay, major picture entry here. I hatched 15 EEs earlier this spring and it looks like I've got loads of cockerels. 3 chicks were a BLR Wyandotte & EE cross and there are a couple of EE & Legbar crosses as well. There is one chick not pictured here, another blue-based cockerel. I couldn't get...

I've got to get some pictures of my current crop of EEs. Looks like mostly boys- sigh. I will have some very attractive ones to choose from for next year's hatches, though, so there's a silver lining. Jerry, I love the fanned tail on that pullet.