Coffee anyone ?

[SageHill]

Left- Canada thistle. Oft decried as the ruin of pastures by my stalwart Yankee kin.

Right- I just found this monster and a dozen of his brothers in my lower pasture. Battle is joined. (this thing is nearly 3 ft tall

YIPES!!!!

 

[Baymule]

I need to do some thistle destruction myself.

 

[Finnie]

I’m so excited I’m going to post this here first, and then go over to SS and put it on the poultry thread over there!

I’ve been working on a “Purple Egger” project for years. I started with some nice brown eggs that had a purplish bloom on them, and at the time my only rooster was a Penedesenca. I’m not sure which hens laid the purplish eggs, but their offspring laid even better ones. Since then I’ve been using roosters from those breedings or other dark gene roosters such as Penedesenca or Black Copper Marans. And setting the eggs with the best “plum bloom”.

Well last year’s pullets are coming into lay now, and today I got the best “purple” egg ever!!

Not sure what I will do for the next generation, because the only dark egg roosters I have now are siblings to the pullets, and they are all from sibling to sibling breedings. So I am going to have to bring in a rooster from a good egg color breed. I’m leaning towards Brahma or Langshan.

 

[Baymule]

That is a beautiful egg! How many generations has it taken to get to this point? I love it, so pretty! In fact, the whole carton of eggs is gorgeous!

 

[Finnie]

That is a beautiful egg! How many generations has it taken to get to this point? I love it, so pretty! In fact, the whole carton of eggs is gorgeous!

Thank you. This is the 5th generation.

 

[Blue Sky]

I need to do some thistle destruction myself.

Have you seen anything this? (Thistle) I know Texas does everything bigger but…
I’ll find a way to handle it. Wonder if US military could weaponize …. no I wouldn’t want this getting around. Lordy what beasts. Plants.

 

[SageHill]

I’m so excited I’m going to post this here first, and then go over to SS and put it on the poultry thread over there!

I’ve been working on a “Purple Egger” project for years. I started with some nice brown eggs that had a purplish bloom on them, and at the time my only rooster was a Penedesenca. I’m not sure which hens laid the purplish eggs, but their offspring laid even better ones. Since then I’ve been using roosters from those breedings or other dark gene roosters such as Penedesenca or Black Copper Marans. And setting the eggs with the best “plum bloom”.

Well last year’s pullets are coming into lay now, and today I got the best “purple” egg ever!!

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Not sure what I will do for the next generation, because the only dark egg roosters I have now are siblings to the pullets, and they are all from sibling to sibling breedings. So I am going to have to bring in a rooster from a good egg color breed. I’m leaning towards Brahma or Langshan.

OMG that’s absolutely FANTASTIC!!!! Huge congrats on that!!! 💜💜💜

 

[Baymule]

Have you seen anything this? (Thistle) I know Texas does everything bigger but…
I’ll find a way to handle it. Wonder if US military could weaponize …. no I wouldn’t want this getting around. Lordy what beasts. Plants.

Cross a thistle with a nuclear missile…… the thistle would be worse.

 

[Mini Horses]

@Finnie. The egg is awesome!! Beautiful color 🥰

 

[canesisters]

I’m so excited I’m going to post this here first, and then go over to SS and put it on the poultry thread over there!

I’ve been working on a “Purple Egger” project for years. I started with some nice brown eggs that had a purplish bloom on them, and at the time my only rooster was a Penedesenca. I’m not sure which hens laid the purplish eggs, but their offspring laid even better ones. Since then I’ve been using roosters from those breedings or other dark gene roosters such as Penedesenca or Black Copper Marans. And setting the eggs with the best “plum bloom”.

Well last year’s pullets are coming into lay now, and today I got the best “purple” egg ever!!

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Not sure what I will do for the next generation, because the only dark egg roosters I have now are siblings to the pullets, and they are all from sibling to sibling breedings. So I am going to have to bring in a rooster from a good egg color breed. I’m leaning towards Brahma or Langshan.

OHMYGOSH!!!! That is amazing. Beautiful color on all of them. I'm jealous. When I got my first chickens my 'goal' was to have both a colorful chicken yard & an easter basket of colorful eggs.