COLD DARK ROOM

[Bee62]

I used to have a whole flock of Black Australorps. - great, quiet, friendly and good layers of big brown eggs.

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The Australorp is a chicken breed of Australian origin, developed as utility breed with a focus on egg laying. It achieved world-wide popularity in the 1920s after the breed broke numerous world records for number of eggs laid and has been a popular breed in the western world since.

Australorps are big and beautiful. The roosters are very impressive. I know them from many chicken expositions I have visited.
Do you know the Marans chicken ? They lay very dark, red brown eggs.

 

[Bee62]

Silkies are the best moms. Had one that hatched 15chicks at one time and raised them all to adults. It was funny too watch her walk around with all those babies under her. She would stand up and half the chicks would stick under her, their little feet would dangle under her as she would shuffle along.

That`s true. They breed on stones when they can get no eggs.

 

[DE42]

That`s true. They breed on stones when they can get no eggs.

I had two neat things like that while I had them. I had a silky sit on a nest with a bantom hen I had and took half of her chicks lol. It was funny because that banny was sitting on over 20 eggs and she would flatten herself over them to keep them all warm. I did not think they would all hatch. Lol
But what happened is my silkie hen started sitting with her 3 days before they hatched. That banny hen could not run her off and just have up and let her sit there. After the 3 days the eggs hatched and about half went with the banny and about half went with the silkie. She looked rather proud of herself too lol.

I also had one try and hatch a golfball.

 

[Bee62]

Could such strange looking chicks be intelligent ? No ! LOL.

 

[Bee62]

These are eggs from the Marans chicken


and so look the chicken like:

 

[Bee62]

Light Brahma, barred rock, white leghorn, and a blue something in the game family?

The blue something is a hybrid of a leghorn and a Araucaner chicken. She lays green eggs.

 

[DE42]

These are eggs from the Marans chicken
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and so look the chicken like:
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I love there eggs and they sale high here.

 

[DE42]

The blue something is a hybrid of a leghorn and a Araucaner chicken. She lays green eggs.
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Looks kinda like olive egger eggs.

 

[Bee62]

Looks kinda like olive egger eggs.

Okay, you are right. Not green but olive

 

[DE42]

Okay, you are right. Not green but olive

The CDR is starting to over flow with chickens. Lol

 

[Moozillion]

These are eggs from the Marans chicken
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and so look the chicken like:
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WOW!!!! [emoji33] I have NEVER seen chicken eggs like that!!!! Quite beautiful![emoji2]

 

[Bee62]

WOW!!!! [emoji33] I have NEVER seen chicken eggs like that!!!! Quite beautiful![emoji2]

Yes, the eggs look yummy and taste yummy too. I have 4 of these chicken but this year I want to have some more.

 

[Bee62]

Something to read about the chicken

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marans

 

[DE42]

Yes, the eggs look yummy and taste yummy too. I have 4 of these chicken but this year I want to have some more.

I'm surprised you don't have bielefelder chickens. Ive always wanted some.

 

[DE42]

Greenfire Farms offers this description:

What would happen if you took the extraordinary sophistication of German engineering and applied it to the challenge of creating the über-chicken? You might create something like the Bielefelder. This breed was developed in Bielefeld, Germany in the early 1970s by a poultry breeder named Gerd Roth, and the breed is highly valued in its native country. Herr Roth used a number of breeds in developing the Bielefelder including the cuckoo Malines (also imported by Greenfire Farms), Amrock, Wyandotte, and the New Hampshire.

 

[Bee62]

I'm surprised you don't have bielefelder chickens. Ive always wanted some.

There are so many different breeds. I can`t keep them all. I found my favorites with Brahma, Orpington and Marans.

 

[Bee62]

Greenfire Farms offers this description:

What would happen if you took the extraordinary sophistication of German engineering and applied it to the challenge of creating the über-chicken? You might create something like the Bielefelder. This breed was developed in Bielefeld, Germany in the early 1970s by a poultry breeder named Gerd Roth, and the breed is highly valued in its native country. Herr Roth used a number of breeds in developing the Bielefelder including the cuckoo Malines (also imported by Greenfire Farms), Amrock, Wyandotte, and the New Hampshire.

LOL ! Über-chicken..... That is funny.
I can send you some eggs ....but I think they don`t "overlive" the transport.

 

[Bee62]

It is late and I am a little bit tired. I think I go to bed and dream of chicken.
Btw I have had two horses too. Are you interested in horses too, Dan ? More "stuff" to talk about tomorrow.


I wish you a good night too. Sleep well.

 

[Bee62]

 

[DE42]

It is late and I am a little bit tired. I think I go to bed and dream of chicken.
Btw I have had two horses too. Are you interested in horses too, Dan ? More "stuff" to talk about tomorrow.
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I wish you a good night too. Sleep well.

Good night and sweet dreams.

I know very little about horses. I was afraid of them most of my life but that's a story for tomorrow lol