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Say all you want about how slow the south is, but I planted my tomatoes 2 weeks before Easter

for turduken

At least it won't be like waiting on a giraffe.   

At least it won't be like waiting on a giraffe.   

At least it won't be like waiting on a giraffe.   

At least it won't be like waiting on a giraffe.   

At least it won't be like waiting on a giraffe.   

At least it won't be like waiting on a giraffe.   

The eggs are north of Pittsburgh.  Those babies are already flying!

That's one of my favorites!! Maybe they need more practice..

They do, but the harmonizing on California Dreaming is horrendous

Do the Mamma & Pappas sing for you????
 
They are beautiful birds!!

I don't have recent pictures of them, but here are the mamas and the papas back in January. They are much bigger and more colored now. I'll try and get some new pics by the weekend
 




 
 

Just don't say yinz guys, call them y'all

I should have asked whether they understand English above the Mason Dixon Line.......oh well, they will be bilingual!

I have been hatching for 7 years, and I have honestly never had that happen. I have had porous eggs from Ameraucanas leak, but never explode. The marans eggs are not porous at all, they are extremely thick. That's why the low humidity incubation works so well with them.
These really are awesome birds. Black copper marans are highly sought after in general, and the Bev Davis line is one of the most desirable. Bev stopped selling a few years back, so she recommended the breeder I ended up purchasing from. This breeder got her birds directly from Bev, and never bred another line into them. It's hard to find Bev's birds that haven't been mixed with Wade Jean, Greenfire Farms, Little Peddler, etc... These are about as pure Davis as you can get. I have a 3 month waiting list for chicks.
I really hope you hatch plenty for yourself. These are my favorite birds I have ever had. Their disposition is just so docile, even as chicks, and of course they lay those giant chocolate eggs

So very interesting and thanks LandFill Guy.

Those chickens would make a lot of turkeys look small.

They do have a different taste, and they are more lean, but a dressed chicken costs less at the store than I can grow one that size for. Hybrid chickens can get to butcher size in 7-8 weeks, my purebred take 4-5 months. I would still process them just because I always have too many roosters, but my wife ain't having it

I remember my grandpa beheading them and they flop around, no, mine come from the store, someone else can do the dirty work.

Having proccessed a few chickens in my day I can assure you that going to the local market and purchasing one is a whol lot easier and cleaner.  That suits many of us a lot better.

Having proccessed a few chickens in my day I can assure you that going to the local market and purchasing one is a whol lot easier and cleaner.  That suits many of us a lot better.

Chickens. Keep chickens in your yard and you will never see another tick

We never know when our day will come, but in Jennifer's case it was far too soon.  Prayers for her family and especially her children.

100% correct!!
Look at all the people nowadays that fly to the doctor or urgent care as soon as they or their kids get a little runny nose.
They eat antibiotics like M&M's and take baths all day long in hand sanitizer. Then they wonder why they are sick all the time....