This is a list of chicks I have either hatched or gotten from breeders as chicks in 2012. I am very proud to have these.
Hatch dates Breed and Blood Line
Hatch dates Breed and Blood Line
RIR from Gloria Bradford (Don Nelson Line) 04/5/2012 10 total Rhode Island Red
Plain black band on left leg
Greg Chamness (Old Blosl Line) 4/30 12 total Rhode Island Red
Coming from Paul Gingerich (greathorse BYC) (lost one 6 days old 11 left)
Also got Silver Laced Wyandotte 4 total ( I'm not raising these)
RIR from William Post (Don Nelson Line) 05/09/2012 14 eggs Rhode Island Red
05/31/2012 3 chicks
Received 2 batches of eggs from Bill. Ended up with 8 healthy chicks. 6 pullets, 2 cockerels.
White bands on right leg. only ended up with 3 very nice pullets
Another clutch of Greg Chamness (Mohawk line) 08/01/2012 12 chicks Rhode Island Red
These also came from Paul Gingerich I will have a nice group of these to work with for 2013.. Ended up with 9 cockerels and 3 pullets.
Received 18 eggs from Jim Heinz (got Underwood birds from Trish Dusil) 10/19/2012 Rhode Island Red
Put these eggs in bator 10/20 15 of these eggs made it to lock down and 12 hatched out 11/10/2012
Received 25 day old chicks directly from Gary Underwood today 2/12/2013 lost 1 but the others all seem to be just fine.
I have a dozen eggs ordered from a lady in Florida from a different strain (same bloodline) of Mohawk.
I am only going to be concentrating on RIR's for 2013. I have enough pullets/cockerels of the Don Nelson, Kittle, Mohawk, Horstman RC and the Underwood SC/RC birds to start my breeding program for 2013. I won't really know for a couple of months whether I am going to keep all the lines or if I will just be choosing a couple of these to work with. For sure I will be keeping the Nelson and Underwood lines. I have to do some serious thinking on the other lines. If I go with them all then I will have to build a couple of more pens. ????????
4/1/2013 4 Don Nelson chicks hatched. These babies are out of DN hens from dinahmoe and NYREDS with a dinahmoe male.
Terrible luck with this hatch. Will have to try this again.
Plain black band on left leg
Greg Chamness (Old Blosl Line) 4/30 12 total Rhode Island Red
Coming from Paul Gingerich (greathorse BYC) (lost one 6 days old 11 left)
Also got Silver Laced Wyandotte 4 total ( I'm not raising these)
RIR from William Post (Don Nelson Line) 05/09/2012 14 eggs Rhode Island Red
05/31/2012 3 chicks
Received 2 batches of eggs from Bill. Ended up with 8 healthy chicks. 6 pullets, 2 cockerels.
White bands on right leg. only ended up with 3 very nice pullets
Another clutch of Greg Chamness (Mohawk line) 08/01/2012 12 chicks Rhode Island Red
These also came from Paul Gingerich I will have a nice group of these to work with for 2013.. Ended up with 9 cockerels and 3 pullets.
Received 18 eggs from Jim Heinz (got Underwood birds from Trish Dusil) 10/19/2012 Rhode Island Red
Put these eggs in bator 10/20 15 of these eggs made it to lock down and 12 hatched out 11/10/2012
Received 25 day old chicks directly from Gary Underwood today 2/12/2013 lost 1 but the others all seem to be just fine.
I have a dozen eggs ordered from a lady in Florida from a different strain (same bloodline) of Mohawk.
I am only going to be concentrating on RIR's for 2013. I have enough pullets/cockerels of the Don Nelson, Kittle, Mohawk, Horstman RC and the Underwood SC/RC birds to start my breeding program for 2013. I won't really know for a couple of months whether I am going to keep all the lines or if I will just be choosing a couple of these to work with. For sure I will be keeping the Nelson and Underwood lines. I have to do some serious thinking on the other lines. If I go with them all then I will have to build a couple of more pens. ????????
4/1/2013 4 Don Nelson chicks hatched. These babies are out of DN hens from dinahmoe and NYREDS with a dinahmoe male.
Terrible luck with this hatch. Will have to try this again.