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Title: Pleased with the results of this years Coloured Egg pullets
Post by: darkbrowneggs on September 04, 2012, 06:13:55 pm

The first of this years experimental crosses are just coming into lay, and I am delighted with the results so far  :thumbsup:

Title: Re: Pleased with the results of this years Coloured Egg pullets
Post by: Beewyched on September 04, 2012, 06:51:14 pm

What a lovely basket of coloured eggs  :thumbsup:
My OH has been incubating EBAY eggs over the summer, with some success, so we may be keeping an extra few breeds.  Out of interest, what have you been crossing or is it  :-X  at the moment  :eyelashes:
 

Title: Re: Pleased with the results of this years Coloured Egg pullets
Post by: darkbrowneggs on September 04, 2012, 07:47:56 pm

Thanks ... I am really pleased with them.  Basically they are my Marans and Welsummer with various Cream Legbars, but then recrossed back again to improve the egg colour.  They are excellent layers also which is a plus, and once they get going the eggs are mostly large.
 
I do have a few spare growers if you are interested.... :innocent:

Title: Re: Pleased with the results of this years Coloured Egg pullets
Post by: in the hills on September 04, 2012, 08:44:07 pm

 :thumbsup: :trophy: :trophy: :trophy:


They are cracking  :roflanim:


Just showed hubbie and daughter. Very impressed. Think we maybe in touch next spring.  ;D

Title: Re: Pleased with the results of this years Coloured Egg pullets
Post by: darkbrowneggs on September 04, 2012, 09:36:19 pm

Hopefully next years should be even better.   :excited:

Title: Re: Pleased with the results of this years Coloured Egg pullets
Post by: omnipeasant on September 05, 2012, 12:58:31 pm

You should enter some of those in a village show.