Rural Gardening: The price of eggs, whats large, whats not?, 1 by silkiechick

silkiechick wrote:
yes, that is one of the colors i'm looking for. i lost my cuckoos shortly after winter started due to rats. yes some of mine were speckled to when i got them in to hatch, that is normal.

thank u so glad u like them, i have worked really hard on them with my breeding projects, i'm my own worst critic with my birds,lol so that means alot to hear how others like them. lets me know as a breeder i'm advanceing and doing things right. mine see cuz they always get their crests wet from the waterers, rotfl. although ya can't see them alot they turn their heads to look at ya so they can still see, so they have learned tricks that help them. lol, that would be a great bumper for them!

no a showgirl is what my cotton in this pic is. a showgirl is a silkie with the naked neck gene, it shouldn't resemble a turken in anyway except the naked neck and all other traights should follow that of the silkie standards. the origion cross is turken to silkie then breed many generations back to silkies, cotton is an 11th generation hen but i have them up to 17th generation.

my silkies will hatch anything u give them they have sat as many as 31 silkie eggs at a time under only 2 hens, lol so they r deturmined little girls,lol. i used to raise crevs, i haven't for about 2 years now, i raise polish now and definately can't see them,lol. i lost my crevs due to cold here, they just were not hardy enough here for me

mabe in spring we can do some egg trades if u want, u'll have to let me know what all breeds ya got..