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Post by Heaven Sent Ranch on Feb 24, 2012 3:41:28 GMT -5
I love my big old Buffs. My girls give me an egg each a day, rain or shine, cold or heat. Gotta love em. I pulled quite a few 83 gram eggs out of those nest boxes. Can you say OUCH! Wish I could those darn Marans to start laying! I was very fortunate to find two old Leahy incubators a while back. It took about six weeks to restore them but I swear by them. My barn has a concrete floor, no insulation, heat or air and those things never skip a beat. Here in the North in the valley we are at a 300ft elevation. Are temp's swing a lot. 22 in the winter and 112 in the summer. What's even worse is it can be 98 in the day and drop down to 50 at night. When I first bought the bators I would run out there every few hours with the strange weather fluctuations to see if I was having any problems. Now, I just close barn door and call good.
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Post by Heaven Sent Ranch on Feb 24, 2012 3:21:22 GMT -5
Hi All,
Thanks for the welcome! After I posted that intro..............I forgot my pass word and well...................geeez..............getting old ain't for sissies that's for sure.
I just post a rather long comment on the topic called "Dare we discuss Lavenders" or something close to that. If any of you get a chance to read it, I'd appreciate any information you can send my way. I have 25 Lavender chicks coming in out of Tennessee in about four weeks.
Also, Don, I checked into the Black Orps in Oaklahoma. :-((
Debi
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Post by Heaven Sent Ranch on Feb 24, 2012 3:14:40 GMT -5
Hi All,
I'm pretty new to UOC, actually my second post. :-) I have a couple of questions about breeding Lavenders or I should say concerns. I've bred the Buff's (Clevenger) and the Blue's (Mostly Hink) and now I have 25 Lavender chicks coming in from Tennessee in about four weeks. I'm getting them from a flock of Hink birds that were closed last Spring. Don't be afraid to hurt my feelings here as I'm pretty tough skinned and completely new to the Lavenders.
Is it the standard that is lacking in them or color or possibly both? Is this the reason you are taking high quality blacks and breeding then into your lavenders. I hope I'm not sounding ignorant here but if I was brilliant about this I probably would be here. lol
I have been under the impression that Lavenders breed true, so the addition of the blacks is for standardization. And when crossing the black with the lavender you are getting lavender, black and split? Split being what I would refer to as a splash. Boy, I think I'm really putting my foot in my mouth here but some body say something that clears this up for me. Thanks, Debi[/i] Heaven Sent Ranch[/color]
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Post by Heaven Sent Ranch on Feb 20, 2012 12:12:09 GMT -5
Hi,
I'm a newbie also. I live in Northern, CA, about two hours North of Sacramento. My Son and I moved here about ten years ago and now we have a Grandson too!
I was married at one time! lol He didn't really appreciate my hobby, so I had to decide between him and the chickens.............and well, he's gone!
At any rate, I've been breeding poultry for quite a long time but only recently was introduced to the Buff Orpington, on this level that is. A friend of mine gifted me a couple dozen Clevenger hatching eggs and that was the beginning of a love story. Currently I have two breeding trios. Such magnificent birds, huge, love them.
I also breed the ever annoying Black Copper Marans. Now there's a love hate relationship if ever I saw one. My other Orpingtons are one breeding quad consisting of a Splash roo and three Black hens.
Oh, can't forget the dogs! Two of them, Cody, my chocolate Lab and Bell my Staffy and the old very old cat in the barn! ;D
PS My name is Debi
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