Comments on: Immigrants http://chickensintheroad.com/barn/immigrants/ Life in Ordinary Splendor Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:03:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Julie http://chickensintheroad.com/barn/immigrants/#comment-73624 Julie Sat, 03 Apr 2010 00:21:36 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=8716#comment-73624 Refund!Cute! White leghorns are know for their laying ability. They average approx. 360 eggs a year, But they lay white eggs. Rhode Island Reds are excellant too but tend to be mildly aggressive in the coop and fairly skittish Black Autralorpes Are my personal favorite. They're not usually skittish and very seldom agressive, but they do like to let it be known their the boss in the coop. The two latter breeds lay brown eggs. The worst rooster I ever owned was a bantam Old English Game Brown and Red. I could only set his food and water up at night. His name was JERK. Refund!Cute! White leghorns are know for their laying ability. They average approx. 360 eggs a year, But they lay white eggs. Rhode Island Reds are excellant too but tend to be mildly aggressive in the coop and fairly skittish Black Autralorpes Are my personal favorite. They’re not usually skittish and very seldom agressive, but they do like to let it be known their the boss in the coop. The two latter breeds lay brown eggs. The worst rooster I ever owned was a bantam Old English Game Brown and Red. I could only set his food and water up at night. His name was JERK.

]]> By: Suzanne http://chickensintheroad.com/barn/immigrants/#comment-45454 Suzanne Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:26:25 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=8716#comment-45454 The best egg layers I've had so far are Rhode Island Reds! The coop doesn't require much maintenance, just periodic cleaning out and changing out the straw bedding. The best egg layers I’ve had so far are Rhode Island Reds! The coop doesn’t require much maintenance, just periodic cleaning out and changing out the straw bedding.

]]> By: Lola http://chickensintheroad.com/barn/immigrants/#comment-45453 Lola Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:23:15 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=8716#comment-45453 We just moved to a rural area and are thinking of starting up a little chicken farm. I have a few questions and if anyone would like to answer them for me that would be great! What types of chickens are best for egg laying? I was thinking of getting three different types. How much maintenance does a chicken coop require? We have lots of snow here so I don't want it to be very much? Thanks alot! By the way Refund is adorable! Trust me you won't be able to bring him back once you get to know him! We just moved to a rural area and are thinking of starting up a little chicken farm. I have a few questions and if anyone would like to answer them for me that would be great!

What types of chickens are best for egg laying? I was thinking of getting three different types.

How much maintenance does a chicken coop require? We have lots of snow here so I don’t want it to be very much?

Thanks alot! By the way Refund is adorable! Trust me you won’t be able to bring him back once you get to know him!

]]> By: jean http://chickensintheroad.com/barn/immigrants/#comment-40368 jean Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:47:18 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=8716#comment-40368 That last chick looks like a baby eagle...what a stare. That last chick looks like a baby eagle…what a stare.

]]> By: Jenny http://chickensintheroad.com/barn/immigrants/#comment-40003 Jenny Fri, 10 Apr 2009 03:27:17 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=8716#comment-40003 I didn't even know the Walton Thriftway had chicks, but your post was the undoing of me. We now have a dozen new chicks residing in our laundry room. Who can resist the fluffy cuteness! ~Jenny~ I didn’t even know the Walton Thriftway had chicks, but your post was the undoing of me. We now have a dozen new chicks residing in our laundry room. Who can resist the fluffy cuteness!
~Jenny~

]]> By: Dawn http://chickensintheroad.com/barn/immigrants/#comment-39878 Dawn Wed, 08 Apr 2009 03:04:16 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=8716#comment-39878 The little white one looks like Sam the Eagle from....maybe the muppets? I can't recall, but he's cute--I posted about chickens today too! The little white one looks like Sam the Eagle from….maybe the muppets? I can’t recall, but he’s cute–I posted about chickens today too!

]]> By: Sheila Z http://chickensintheroad.com/barn/immigrants/#comment-39740 Sheila Z Tue, 07 Apr 2009 09:28:18 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=8716#comment-39740 I'll tell you all I know about chicken genetics, which sadly isn't a whole lot. LOL The feather wing test thing works on some breeds not on all. Breeders have selected for this trait so some breeds can be sexed this way. Others have to be vent sexed and only a few people are skilled enough to do this. Apparently, bantams must be near impossible because almost all hatcheries only sell them straight run (unsexed). The sex link ones like the Golden Comets were bred specifically for the sex color differentiation at hatching and efficiently high egg production of course. Sadly since they are a hybrid you can't breed them and be able to color sex generation two. Instead you'll get mutt chickens that could end up with any of the traits of the original parent cross. I’ll tell you all I know about chicken genetics, which sadly isn’t a whole lot. LOL

The feather wing test thing works on some breeds not on all. Breeders have selected for this trait so some breeds can be sexed this way. Others have to be vent sexed and only a few people are skilled enough to do this. Apparently, bantams must be near impossible because almost all hatcheries only sell them straight run (unsexed). The sex link ones like the Golden Comets were bred specifically for the sex color differentiation at hatching and efficiently high egg production of course. Sadly since they are a hybrid you can’t breed them and be able to color sex generation two. Instead you’ll get mutt chickens that could end up with any of the traits of the original parent cross.

]]> By: Wheezay http://chickensintheroad.com/barn/immigrants/#comment-39732 Wheezay Tue, 07 Apr 2009 04:30:08 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=8716#comment-39732 :chicken: Oh..chicks are the cutest things ever, I really wish I could have just 1, but we have no room. :chicken: :chicken: Oh..chicks are the cutest things ever, I really wish I could have just 1, but we have no room. :chicken:

]]> By: mim http://chickensintheroad.com/barn/immigrants/#comment-39731 mim Tue, 07 Apr 2009 03:38:35 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=8716#comment-39731 Wonder if the little white is a rooster if Spartacus would act different toward it than the other little chicks.... You would think with all the modern technology someone would come up with a sure thing about sexing chicks. :pawprint: Wonder if the little white is a rooster if Spartacus would act different toward it than the other little chicks…. You would think with all the modern technology someone would come up with a sure thing about sexing chicks. :pawprint:

]]> By: Wendy http://chickensintheroad.com/barn/immigrants/#comment-39730 Wendy Tue, 07 Apr 2009 03:37:21 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=8716#comment-39730 Suzanne, I saw an episode of "Have It's Made" on the Discovery channel not to long ago and it was at a hatchery. They were sexing chicks by the feather alignment method mentioned by Donna above. I wrote it down so I would remember it. The two rows of feathers on the wings are uneven= pullet The two rows of feathers on the wings are even= rooster Do me a favor and test it out and see if it works. I haven't had any chicks since I wrote this down. You will love your Golden Comets...they are laying machines. Suzanne, I saw an episode of “Have It’s Made” on the Discovery channel not to long ago and it was at a hatchery. They were sexing chicks by the feather alignment method mentioned by Donna above. I wrote it down so I would remember it.
The two rows of feathers on the wings are uneven= pullet
The two rows of feathers on the wings are even= rooster
Do me a favor and test it out and see if it works. I haven’t had any chicks since I wrote this down. You will love your Golden Comets…they are laying machines.

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