Posted: Thursday 24 April, 2008
There was a time when the best present Dan could buy me was a chocolate bar but no more! (Actually, chocolate is also welcome anytime).
Today, 6 Cream Legbar eggs arrived in the post. They are the most lovely colour and if Dan hadn't taken the camera to London (again), I'd have taken a photograph of them. They have now been "resting" for about 12 hours so I'm just going to pop them in the incubator.
Fingers crossed!
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elizabeth
hi Rosemary!
do you really get chicks in the mail?!
it is getting to be gardening time here in Toronto. a few weeks ago I watched your video tours, and Dan showed tires for potatoes! I am very curious about this, is this how you grow your crop?
also, wondered what you do with your comfrey. I have a few plants in the yard - there was one very established plant that I tried to move and now, well it is everywhere!!! I don't mind, but wonder what to do with it.
Looking forward to pics of your cream chicks!
Elizabeth
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Rosemary
Hi, Lisa. Good to hear from you - hope the shop is going well.
Hi, Elizabeth. No, not live chicks - we get fertilised eggs and stick them in an incubator.
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diane
we have had some lavender arucuna eggs and some copper black marans hatch one of the copper blacks is ginger all over so i think we have an imposter but all seem good so not too worried how have your hatching eggs turn out
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Rosemary
Hi Diane
I think your "ginger all over" CB Maran is a cockerel - we have two ginger ones and four black / cream ones, which are hens. I'm pretty sure these are a sex-linked breed.
See later diary entries for the results of the hatching!!
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Lisa
Wednesday 30 April, 2008 at 3:56pm
Hi there, haven't said hello for a wee while! Cream legbars are the loveliest little hens, we've got 3 and they lay the most spectacular blue eggs, our customers just love them!
Happy hatching, we've got a hen on 8 runner duck eggs at the mo.
Lisa :)