Place hatching eggs in the subject box (I have an over active
spam box)
If you are having a hard time and need help with your farm or are just
getting started feel free to ask,
that is why we are here, we are all in this together.
That said, if you are in the same boat let me know
and I will put some extra goodies in the box…if you are a teacher this
also applies.
Home school family's and 4-H children and parents this
applies to you as well.
Be Blessed
Shekhinah
Your personal hatch rate will depend on many different
things, such as temperature, turnings, humidity and such.
Because of this no one can guarantee a real hatch
rate;
Depending on cause I will consider
resending eggs for the cost of a dollar per egg, plus shipping.
Our chickens (male and female)
roam free during the day at night we put them up to bed with all the
love any parent would.
We say a blessing over them to
G-d for the joy they have brought to our lives as well as eggs and meat.
They are spoiled well fed and
overly loved.
In our current flock all of our
birds are healthy and happy and they are great layers.
Thus the reason for us selling
some off.
We have a full incubator; all of
our little darlings look great as we have been candling them every few
days.
Only the Freshest eggs will be
shipped, I collect them three times daily (most of the time more).
Each Egg will be Bubble wrapped
and carefully boxed for safe arrival to you!
Shipping is done though the
U.S. Postal Service Priority Mail.
If you want them sent over night
it is a bit more costly but I would be happy to find out the amount for
you upon request.
I can not ship these little
loves outside of the US, sorry.
One more thing we
except all donations to our farm, equipment, feed, livestock, seed…if
you have it, most likely we need it…
Be Blessed Mahanaim
Farm and Ranch
Below is a basic look at
how we wrap our eggs...it has taken us years to figure out that this is the
safest and best way to ship them safely.
After the last step above the boxes are padded again and
sealed than they are shipped with great love from our door to yours....
Just the blues eggs....Americana's and nothing
but....Blue and Green eggs....
We have many different and wonderful birds in our little flock. 3
white Americana they are little charmers, sweet, bright white and lay an
almost sky blue egg. They are big eggs, blue inside and out.
Some of our new girls this year are rumpless, they
do not have their 13th vertebra), we acquired these girls and the fella from a
closed flock from a friends local farm. they are just as cute as a button.
Our Golden Americana or Aracauna are also sweet well mannered birds,
beautiful gold and brown feathers They lay bright blue eggs. These as all my
Americanas has blue feet or green and in some cases willow colored feet and
puffy checks…and yes and all their vertebra.
They are just darling…go ahead ask for close up photos. Heck
ask for other photos even...lol
Our blue/gray Americanas are an odd ball color that we are very proud
of and hope to breed many more . They tend to lay the more olive green
color eggs. We also have a few black and gold Aracauna or Americanas
and a few reds that we added threw a trade last season they lay various shades
of blue/green eggs.
Our birds are highly sought after and have been winners at many
County Fairs and 4-H events.
These have been bred to eat up all the little pests you might have
laying around..i.e.Ticks, scorpions, snakes and almost any bug or small critter
that they may come across (including mice...Yuck! Saw them do it myself). Their
(the eggs) moms and dads keep this six plus acres squeaky clean...
Just a little add in note, I have a lot more green and olive eggers
laying this year for some reason. I am working on fixing this and adding
more blue genes back in. they are still lovely birds and lovely eggs, I
just want more blue.
Americana Eggs are $24.95 a dozen and
include priority shipping.
If
you need fewer eggs or a lot more like 6 dozen, just email me.
You can pay using Pay Pal or by Postal Money
Order.
If you are looking for Easter eggers look
below for our very own creation Americanans.
Americanas Mahanaim style....
These Aracauna/Americana/Araucanas/
Ameraucanas also known as the Easter egg chickens as they lay colored eggs. If
you are looking to buy these eggs you are looking to get a nice mix of lovely
birds as described below. Mine
lay many lovely large blue eggs inside and out. Some are laying pink, two for
sure are laying a pale yellow, I have a few that lay green and a scant few
that lay spotted eggs. The spotted eggs are blue with a sort of odd reddish
brown colored spots.
All of the birds in the
photo are ours, yup! We are proud parents and have many more photo’s and
will email as many to you, as you like.
We have many different and wonderful
birds in our little flock. 3 white Americana or Aracauna if you like, They are
little charmers, sweet, bright white and they lay most of our blue eggs. They are huge eggs, blue inside and
out. Some of our new girls this year are rumpless, they do not have their 13th vertebra),
we acquired these girls and the fella from a closed flock from a friends local
farm. They are just as cute as a button.
Our Golden Americana or Aracauna are also sweet well
mannered birds, beautiful gold and brown feathers They lay bright blue eggs.
These as all my Americanas has blue feet or green and in some cases willow
colored feet and puffy checks…and yes and all
their vertebra.
They are just darling…go ahead ask for close up photos.
Our
blue/gray Americana or Aracauna is an odd ball color that we are very proud of
and hope to breed many more like her. We also have a few black and gold Aracauna
or Americanas and a few reds that we added threw a trade last season.
Along with the Americans listed above, this
year you will also get some of our new
Americans. You will get our
new Americana Turkens, our Crested Americans and our Pheasant Cross Americans along
with some other really neat colors that you don't normally see Americana's in .
That's a mix than anyone would be proud of.
Our birds are highly sought after and have
been winners at many County Fairs and 4-H events.
These all lay blue,
green, pink and yellow tint (when available). Again you will get a mix of
eggs, please do not email me and say, I only want blue or green or pink or
yellow. Just because one bird lays a blue egg does not mean it's baby's
will. I have had a pink egg layer hatch chicks and those chicks at maturity
lay green eggs. It's a strange think but also very cool.
These have been bred to eat up all the little
pests you might have laying around..i.e.Ticks, scorpions,
snakes and almost any
bug or small critter that they may come across
(including mice...Yuck! Saw them
do it myself).
Their (the eggs) moms and dads keep this six plus acres squeaky
clean...
Note our wonderful eggs in the basket, from one mornings
gather.
Please take a moment and note all the brilliant colors.
The brown eggs at the
bottom are for contrast only.
Americana Eggs are $24.95 a dozen and
include priority shipping.
If you need fewer eggs or a lot more like 6 dozen, just email me.
You can pay using Pay Pal or by Postal Money
Order.
They are colorful and if you are looking for a duel purpose birds, this bird
is for you.
The Naked Neck is a breed of
chicken that is naturally
devoid of feathers on its neck and vent. The breed is also called the
Transylvanian Naked Neck, as well as the Turken. Originally from
Central Europe, it
originated in Hungary and was
largely developed in Germany.
The name "Turken" arose from the mistaken idea that the bird was a
hybrid of a chicken and the domestic
turkey. Naked Necks are fairly
common in Europe today, but
are rare in North America.
The trait for a naked neck is a
dominant one controlled by one
gene and is fairly easy to introduce into other breeds,[1]
however these are hybrids rather than true Naked Necks, which is a breed
recognized by the
American
Poultry Association since 1965,
it was introduced in the
Britain in the 1920's.
Silkies
I myself love these birds they are sweet and
well mannered, easy to care for and a joy to watch.
They will brood any type of egg and make great
moms.
Our silkies are flock bred you will great a
great mix of color.
We have buff, blue, black, white, splash,
partridge and Cuckoo and try to add
other colors are they become available.
The information below comes from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silkie
Silkies are one of the
oldest breeds of chicken. It is unknown exactly where or when
fowl with their singular combination of attributes first
appeared, but the most well documented point of origin is
China.
Other places in
Southeast Asia have been named as
possibilities, such as
India
and
Java.[1]
The earliest surviving written account of Silkies comes from
Marco Polo, who wrote of a furry
chicken in the 13th century, during his travels in Asia.[2]
In 1599,
Ulisse Aldrovandi, a writer and
naturalist at the university of
Bologna, Italy published a
comprehensive treatise on chickens which is still read and
admired today. In it, he spoke on "wool-bearing chickens" and
ones "clothed with hair like that of a black cat".[3]
A black Silkie hen and her
chick. The breed is renowned for its broodiness and
mothering abilities
Silkies most likely made their way to the
West via the
Silk Route and maritime trade. The
breed was recognized officially in the North America via
acceptance in to the
Standard of Perfection in 1874 (the
first year of publication).[4]
Once Silkies became more common in the West, many myths were
perpetuated about them. Early Dutch breeders told buyers they
were the offspring of chickens and
rabbits,[5]
while
sideshows promoted them as having
actual mammalian
fur.[6]
In the 21st century,
Silkies are one of the most popular and ubiquitous ornamental
breeds of chicken. They are often kept as ornamental or pet
chickens by backyard keepers and in
zoos, and are also often used to
incubate and raise the offspring of other poultry (including
waterfowl like
ducks and
geese) and
game birds such as
quail
and
pheasants.[7]
Silkies are often considered a
bantam breed, but this varies according to
region, and many breed standards class them officially as large fowl.
Almost all North American strains of the breed are bantam sized, but in
Europe the large is the original version. However, even "large" Silkies
are relatively small chickens, with standard size males weighing only
four pounds (1.8 kilos), and females weigh three pounds (1.36 kilos).[8]
The
American Standard of Perfection calls for
males that are 36 ounces (1 kilo), and females that are 32 ounces (910
grams).[9]
Silkie plumage is unique among
chicken breeds; Silkie-like feathering may
appear as a recessive
mutation in individuals of other varieties,
but no other true breed has it. It has been compared to silk,[10]
and to fur. Their feathers lack functioning
barbicels,
and are thus similar to
down on other birds. The overall result is a
soft, fluffy appearance.[11]
Silkies most likely
originate in
China, but other Southeast Asian countries are also
sometimes proposed. The first written account of the breed by a white European
comes from
Marco Polo,
who mentioned chickens with fur-like plumage in his Asian travelogues in the
13th century.
All Silkies have black skin, bones
and grayish-black meat; their
Chinese language name is wu gu ji (烏骨鷂[13],
literally "crow boned chicken"), meaning "black-boned chicken".[14]
Melanism which extends beyond the skin into an animal's
connective tissue is a rare trait, and the
Silkie is one of only a handful of chickens to exhibit it. Disregarding
color, the breed does not generally produce as much as the more common
meat breeds of chicken.[15]
Silkies lay a fair number of cream-colored eggs, but production is often
interrupted due to their extreme tendency to go
broody; a hen will produce 100 eggs in an
ideal year. Their capacity for incubation, which has been
selectively bred out of most egg-laying fowl,
is often exploited by poultry keepers by allowing Silkies to raise the
offspring of other birds. In addition to being good mothers, Silkies are
universally renowned for their calm, friendly temperament. They do well
in confinement, and interact very well with children. This docility can
cause Silkies to be bullied by more active or aggressive birds when kept
in mixed flocks.[16]
Eggs are $24.95 a dozen
and include priority shipping.
If you need fewer eggsor a lot more like 6 dozen, just email me.
You can pay using Pay Pal or by
Postal Money Order.
This is my prime roo curly...He is our greatest little love and quite the little
spit fire.
we once had a huge, aggressive Wellsomers
roo and Curley nearlly killed him...
So we gave him ( the wellsomers) away.
Curly his lady's and our other two non realted roos are all
quite the charmers.
I went threw a great deal of trouble to buy from many
different breeders to get unrelated birds to breed with and now have a nice
flock to breed from.
A little more about them:
Our Self blue OEG ( Old English
Game birds) are true Bantams and true blue.
They are a lovely powder
blue-described by some as slate blue.
They are a true self blue bird
that breeds true.
They lay a slightly tinted egg.
Full grown they weigh about 22
ounces for a hen and 24 for a roo.
I love our and I know you will
be very happy with these little charmers.
This year we will be able to
sell a few dozen of our prize winning darlings.
These birds are
very productive, small lovely and a wonderful edition to any farm collection.
By the egg the cost before
shipping is $5.00
6 eggs are $30.00 which
includes priority shipping.
A dozen is $60.00 which
includes priority shipping.
Available now as of January
2010...
Eggs
will be shipped on a first come first served basis and only when weather permits.
Muscovy Ducks
Muscovys are the only domestic ducks that are not derived from Mallard stock.
They are a South American species. Males are huge, weighing up to twelve pounds,
with the females grow to be about seven Their feet have strong sharp
claws and are built to grasp, so that they can perch on branches, this makes
them sort of hard to deal with sometimes. Muscovy's will often fly up and
roost.
why own Muscovy's and what are they really
good for, click on the link and article below.
The
Khaki Campbell was introduced in Great Britain by Mrs. Campbell of Uley at the
turn of this century. The origins are from the wild mallard; the fawn and white
Runner and the Rouen. She only produced a simple breed standard initially
because the main purpose was to retain the egg laying properties. Ours
lay over 300+eggs per year all year round.
This is one
of the breeds of duck developed in North America their
origin is lake Cayuga, in New York State.
It is thought to have been breed from the large black
ducks that have been coming to the lake since the 1850's. It
is a hardy and quiet breed. These ducks are best known for
their plumage, which is a brilliant greenish-black. They are
quite amazing to see in the sunlight.
These ducks are
great for eating and for egg laying, laying 100 or more eggs
a year.
Early in
the season, Cayuga eggs are usually black or dark gray,
fading to light gray or blue over the laying season.
Cayuga
egg Here is a
chicken egg next to a Cayuga egg to show contrast
This is on e of the oddest Cayuga eggs we have ever
gotten...it's lovely!
Early in the season, Cayuga
eggs are usually black or dark gray, fading to light gray or blue over the
laying season.
Limited-
Available
Order will be shipped as soon as eggs become
available!
You will be notified by phone or email before
they ship.
On sale
$39.00 per dozen including Priority shipping.
Helmeted Guineas
We have a full range of colors on these little
guys.
Lavender, blue gray, buff, white and brown, so
you could get all the colors or just a few.
Although they are not laying yet and most
likely will not be until at least May.
I am taking reserve orders for them.
By the dozen they will be $39.00 which
includes priority shipping.
Limited-
Available
Order will be shipped as soon as eggs become
available!
You will be notified by phone or email before
they ship.
This is Sam, she is sweet and shy, this photo was taken when she was a year old.
Mary is a spoiled rotten brat, but I love her anyway...she always finds the
worst place to nest....
This is Chanuka...named for the meal we had planned her for, lucky for her that
she was a her...we only eat toms.
This is chocolate because he is so sweet and gentle, he currently weighs over 40
lbs.
I have more photos of our turkeys, i will try to get them up soon....
We have old world turkeys for sale eggs for sale, drop us a
line to learn more about them.
