promiseacres
Herd Master
Coffee is on. Someone else might have to take care of the coffee for the weekend... I am going camping!!
The "Super Blues" are designer chicks that My Pet Chicken worked to develop by crossing blue egg layers with leghorns. They won't divulge the exact crosses and the F2, F3s seem to have the darker blue eggs. Well, a darker TINTED blue. Hoping to get the darker I spent mega buck and bought several about 4 yrs ago. Day olds.@Mini Horses what are super blues leghorn? You said they are good moms, do they go broody? They lay blue eggs?
Sometimes it is good to stand out and sometimes best to blend in with the crowd.and now that her chicks are grown...I can't tell which she is! So all white Leghorns get a reprieve.
Congrats! Be ready for the "what day is it??" fog. Day of the week isn't so clear when you don't have a set schedule. Every day is Monday or Tuesday or ... No "Hump day", no TGIF, no weekends. The only day I'm really sure of is Sunday since DW doesn't work on Sunday. If she's home, it is Sunday ... except when there is a holiday or she takes some vacation. REALLY screws up my concept of what day it is. Good thing I have reminders on my computer calendar.I had the BEST day at work today. I wrote a letter. I put it on my boss's desk because she was out. I sent a copy to HR. It was my official retirement letter!! My last official day working for someone else will be Dec. 31st. But, my last actual day of work will be Dec 13 when Christmas vacation starts. Woo Hoo!
Curious. The blue layers that I know of EE, Ameraucana, Araucana and (I think Legbars) have a shell that is blue all the way through, brown eggs are brown tint on a white shell just as green and olive are a brown tint on a blue shell. Is there a breed that tints white shells blue?Well, a darker TINTED blue.
The "Super Blues" are designer chicks that My Pet Chicken worked to develop by crossing blue egg layers with leghorns. They won't divulge the exact crosses and the F2, F3s seem to have the darker blue eggs. Well, a darker TINTED blue. Hoping to get the darker I spent mega buck and bought several about 4 yrs ago. Day olds.
So the roos were mean has shell!! Look & act pure leghorn. The pullets were/are flighty, excellent foragers, excellent layers, large eggs true NINJA moms!! As the years pass the color fades but, still obviously a touch blue there. I was surprised at how many were broody, as leghorns are not & had to come from the ?? crosses. Shell color big disappointment BUT, these girls are still active, laying, setting and all that. So, nice end results. I do get green from those chicks where hen crossed with my Marans roos. Love the colorful eggs. Also, they are the size of leghorns, slender look. Like EEs, many crosses can produce these.
Same ole, same ole weather -- no complaints. Back to work today thru Sun with demos. Rain Sun/Mon, so might as well be inside working. Then, slack M-F, so hope farm work gets done. It's my happy place. Better be REAL happy because I have a lot to get done.
I had the BEST day at work today. I wrote a letter. I put it on my boss's desk because she was out. I sent a copy to HR. It was my official retirement letter!! My last official day working for someone else will be Dec. 31st. But, my last actual day of work will be Dec 13 when Christmas vacation starts. Woo Hoo!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!I am sooooo HAPPY FOR YOU
I had the BEST day at work today. I wrote a letter. I put it on my boss's desk because she was out. I sent a copy to HR. It was my official retirement letter!! My last official day working for someone else will be Dec. 31st. But, my last actual day of work will be Dec 13 when Christmas vacation starts. Woo Hoo!