Eggs Are In The Incubator! CL- Cream Legbar, BCM- Black Copper Maran, EE- Easter Egger. All Are Hopefully

I gave Sampson some peanuts and he decided to stand in the planter. He should be keeping an eye on his hens in the back yard but I guess he wanted a break. So I guess his daddy is keeping an eye on them.

Colored oreo and commet for Christmas. Don't worry, it's 100% pet safe!

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So... oreo got a hold of me. That's his teeth marks on my neck. My daddy put the heat lamp up for the goats and I was trying to distract oreo and hold the light cause it's late evening and dark. Oreo was on his desk trying to pull daddy's jacket so I started petting him and scratching behind his horns. He started pulling on my shirt and when I looked up at daddy oreo nipped me. Goats don't have top front teeth so they can grip plants and use the bottom ones to cut the grass or leaves off the main plant.

Oreo and Franny have their winter coats on. Franny has a thicker short coat compared to Oreo's longer thinner coat.

This is about 3 years' worth of Oreo's wool that I brush off him each spring. Franny doesn't usually let me brush her, so she just rubs it off herself.

I've quit posting for a little while, but I did want to share that my hen Teryaki is once again a momma! (Well, technically, they're her grand babies, but I won't tell her that).

My cat found the pizza and decided she would claim the warm boxes as her throne.

I'm thinking of eventually starting a breeding project and would like to know yalls opinions on body type. Most probably wouldn't even notice much difference.

First off, cubalaya are much heavier/sturdier in body whereas the marans classic dual-purpose body type can fool you as to how much meat they actually have on them. Cubalayas are technically a dual purpose breed but most keep them for show. It's one of the rare breeds and most online breeders only keep the bantam varieties.

Personally I prefer the small comb and almost nonexistent wattles of the cubalayas along with the hens flat back in line with almost level tail.

What I'm looking for in my breeding project is

Color - white pattern red wheaten (finished breed)

Egg color - Speckled brown (not required)

Temperament - Flighty to escape predators

Foraging - excellent foragers

Egg/meat production - at least 3 eggs a week on the low end (most produce at least 4 a week) & good feed to meat ratio.