Ebrant10 0 Report post Posted June 22, 2013 15 right now with about 20 eggs incubating and more eggs going in daily. Its such a slow process when you only have 2 chickens laying eggs lol. Id like to be able to get to a few hundred in a couple years and i have some new colors lined up ill be getting this fall. On the bugger hackle, i have a friend who is actually working on developing a line of streamer birds so im anxious to see where that goes for him. I want to try and focus on dry fly birds for a while before i start trying to work with wet hackle and streamer birds. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ebrant10 0 Report post Posted June 22, 2013 Thought i would put a current picture of my grizzly breeder up, he is 13 months now, his saddles drag the ground Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riffleriversteelheadslayer 0 Report post Posted June 22, 2013 I'm grinning ear to ear that bird is gorgeous Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mybadhabit 0 Report post Posted June 22, 2013 Now if he cold just raise them in chartreuse, then we'd really be in!!! :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ebrant10 0 Report post Posted August 2, 2013 Just wanted to update everyone with where im at with the birds. This summer has been great for adding chicks to my flock, i only have two hens that are old enough to lay eggs so im very limited on how many i can add, that being said by the end of the weekend i should have added my 40th chick and some time im the next week to 10 days i will hit 50 birds. I have about half and half grizzlies and barred duns right now. I hatched a lot of the dun eggs over the last month and am adding grizzlies again starting next week. I plan on offering full skin hens for you soft hackle folks, they should be ready to start around september-october. Im planning on adding brown birds to the flock in the fall, but need to get another building put up to handle them. Thanks again everyone for your support on my adventure and ill be starting a list to request hackle in a few months. Take care Evan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted August 2, 2013 Now if he cold just raise them in chartreuse, then we'd really be in!!! here's a starter kit Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
novabass 0 Report post Posted August 2, 2013 Just wanted to update everyone with where im at with the birds. This summer has been great for adding chicks to my flock, i only have two hens that are old enough to lay eggs so im very limited on how many i can add, that being said by the end of the weekend i should have added my 40th chick and some time im the next week to 10 days i will hit 50 birds. I have about half and half grizzlies and barred duns right now. I hatched a lot of the dun eggs over the last month and am adding grizzlies again starting next week. I plan on offering full skin hens for you soft hackle folks, they should be ready to start around september-october. Im planning on adding brown birds to the flock in the fall, but need to get another building put up to handle them. Thanks again everyone for your support on my adventure and ill be starting a list to request hackle in a few months.Take care Evan This is awesome Evan! Sounds great! That grizzly bird above looks amazing!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brian Brown75 0 Report post Posted August 3, 2013 I raise chickens too!! I would be down for a skin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ebrant10 0 Report post Posted October 19, 2013 Just wanted to give a shoutout and say thankyou to crotalus for buying this full skin grizzly. This was the last of my original birds i had that i sold for hackle. New birds will be coming on in the winter months starting after the first of the year for roosters and in November/december i have 2 hens i will sell full skins off of also. So i just wanted to get a list of who all would be interested? Tight lines Evan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LP ID 66 0 Report post Posted October 21, 2013 This is sweet, keep posted I would be real interested in a home grown skin. Thanks for sharing... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Henrik Thomsen (DK) 0 Report post Posted October 21, 2013 Nice piece of bird there... I would really love to see the duns and browns, when they are ready. Henrik Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Horseshoes 0 Report post Posted October 21, 2013 put my name down. much rather give the $ to you. full skin. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mybadhabit 0 Report post Posted October 22, 2013 How much are your full skins going for again? I'd be interested in one of the roosters this winter. Blane Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crotalus 0 Report post Posted November 1, 2013 I received the skin in the mail yesterday, too busy to open it and admire though. I'll be posting some pics of the skin and flies tied with it in the near future. Now that I have 2 of Evans saddles I am going to be dyeing some of the feathers, probably chartreuse and pink, will post some of those photos too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ebrant10 0 Report post Posted February 9, 2014 So it's been a while since I've posted on ftf much. 2013 was super buisy for me with a new baby and 50 of these bad boys running around to tend to. I start skinning the end of the month, and eggs are gonna be incubating starting march for next years flock! Also I started a blog if anyone wants to check that out. It's www.sidlinghillhackle.blogspot.com Take care Evan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
