Florek's Legacy Acres

02/16/2025

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02/11/2025

Whew. We got a ton of farm equipment to move. So buckle up and please share. 🙂

1️⃣ Penta 6720HD feed mixer. New feeder chain. $34,000 OBO.

2️⃣ Agbag G6060 silage bagger. Very well maintained. New rotor bearings. Applicator. 9 foot tunnel with extension. $25,000 OBO.

3️⃣ John Deere 5830 forage harvester. 4 row corn head and hay head. 460 hours on engine overhaul. Kernel processor and cutter head all gone through 3 years ago. Has the stainless steel tunnel, reversing engine fan, new worm gears in spout, l**e kit, and rear hydraulics. Corn head had all new shafts, bearing, and sprockets last year. $40,000 OBO.

SOLD 4️⃣ Brillion hay seeder. Twin hoppers. New tires. $3500.

5️⃣ IH 1586. Newer TA. New draft pin seals. $15,000.

6️⃣ Black machine planter. Kinze row units. 15” bean 12 row 30” corn. Bean and corn meters. Rows setup for liquid starter. $10,000.

7️⃣ Allis Chalmers 7040. Hours unknown. Front timing case rebuilt and reman injection pump. New injectors. $7000 OBO.

📍Located in LaFontaine, IN.
Call or text Andrew @ 7six5-6six7-1zero70 for more info or to schedule a time to come out.

02/08/2025

Wonderfully written!

EGG COLOR BREEDING & EXPECTIONS

Have you ever had what you thought was a green layer only to have the disappointment of it laying brown? Olive Eggers (OE) are a bit complex because they aren't a breed on their own but a cross. What a hen lays depends on how that cross was made.
F1, multigen, backcross are all terms used to describe OE.
Understanding what they mean helps you know what to expect.

An F1 OE is a cross between a brown layer & a blue layer. Their offspring will always lay green. The shade of green depends on how dark the shell of the brown layer is.

Multigen is a term used to describe various generations of OE. This does not always mean that their offspring will lay green.

Backcrosses (BC) are OE crossed back to a brown or blue egg laying parent. This can be done for multiple generations to get the shades you want.
BC to brown makes richer shades & darker olives.... however offspring have a 50/50 chance of green or brown.
BC to blue can make brighter shades with aqua undertones.

As a buyer, there is absolutely nothing wrong with asking for clarification on what you're getting when purchasing OE. It's not reasonable to expect breeders to give away their "trade secrets", BUT...it is fair to ask what percentage of offspring are expected to lay green.

Speckling is a trait that can be selected for & passed down to offspring. However the amount of speckling can vary a ton between birds. Hens with the exact same parents may lay completely different eggs. It can also vary from day to day & as the season goes on. Even when breeding for it, the amount of speckling isn't guaranteed. The same goes for bloom.

Breeders invested in these projects may have spend years, growing out generation after generation, to achieve the colors/speckles you see.

As well as various F1 & BC, I also use an OE rooster with multi gen hens. I know that the offspring in that particular group have a 75% chance of laying green & a 25% chance of brown. This gives me the most variety...which makes it fun!

***Pic of eggs from new layers last January 2024

02/06/2025

The girls are finally picking back up! 🥰 Got this nice rainbow yesterday, but this BLOOM on this new BC1OE! 🩶

01/19/2025

I have 2 NR360 incubators up for grabs.
22 egg capacity (30+ if you’re a stacker like myself)

✨SOLD✨ 1 works just as it should, I just hatched from it on Christmas. $110

The other needs a new power cord. It works, but if bumped or wiggled just right it’ll shut off. I haven’t bothered to replace it because I’m in the process of replacing all of my NR’s with larger ones. Amazon has the power cords. $75obo

📍Located in LaFontaine.

01/18/2025

In love with these new BC1 OE pullets! 😍

I’m very proud of this line of breeding.
When I had my last hip surgeries, I sold all my birds so that Andrew wasn’t stuck with my chores for 4 months. I was 3 years into that Olive project when I sold them. This is year 2 with the new flock and I am thrilled with how we’re starting! 🫒

Let me know if I can hatch some for your flock. ☺️

01/10/2025

My BC1 test hatch laid their first egg today and I am thrilled with the results! 🫒😍 I’ll be putting these back under a Welsummer this spring.

12/25/2024

Close to 100 Christmas Day chicks! 🐣🎄

12/24/2024

Available hay! 🌾
3x3x7.5’ big squares only. Stored indoors.

Grass/alfalfa - $85/bale; approx 200 left
1st cutting alfalfa - $85/bale; approx 300 left
3-4th cutting alfalfa - $100/bale; approx 150 left

Cattle grass and grass/alfalfa - $65/bale

SOLD OUT - Straw - $35/bale

📍Located in LaFontaine, IN
Can deliver 15 at a time @ $1.75/loaded mile within 70ish miles of the farm.

12/19/2024

In love with this rumpless F1 Olive Egger rooster I created last year! 🤩 I can’t wait to assign him his own flock! I’m thinkinggg F2’s and Backcrosses. 💚🤎

11/15/2024

CLAIMED
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I have a dozen Backcross Olive Egger hatching eggs up for grabs!

F5 and rumpless F1 Olive Egger roosters backcrossed to pure Araucana and pure Welsummers. Will include 4 blue, 1-2 speckled, and 6-7 heavy blooms.

Can 🚢 on Monday (within the state of IN), or can be picked up locally any time this weekend. After Monday, they’re going in my own incubator.😆
📍LaFontaine, IN

11/07/2024

Another stunning hatching egg order arrived today, this time from Clutch of Color LLC!

What a lovely addition these will be to my Welsummer flock and my multigenerational Olive flock. 🤞

11/02/2024

Needed some new genetics for my Olive project, and what a BEAUTIFUL order of Olives, blooms, and Silverudds I received today from Almost Something Like A Tiny Farm! 😍

Ordered them on Thursday and they all arrived in great shape! Will be putting them in this evening. 🤞

10/19/2024

CLAIMED
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Fall chicks make spring layers! 🥚🐣🐥

7 BackCrossed Olive Eggers hatched 10/17.
5 Heavy bloom BC OE’s hatched 10/20.

Rooster is an F5 Olive Egger.
Hens are Welsummers; there is a chance for speckling.

I also still have 3 Easter Eggers hatched 9/27.
(F5 OE rooster over Araucana hens)

Straight run.
3 chick minimum, unless you have other chicks in a brooder already.

📍 Located in LaFontaine, IN.
Pick up only.

10/03/2024

Starting to get some lovely speckles and heavy blooms in our new OE project flock! 😍

09/29/2024

CLAIMED
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Just hatched 9/27! 🐣 4 EE/OE’s.

Rooster is an F5 Olive Egger.
1 is out of a White Leghorn.
1 is out of a pure Araucana.
2 are out of Welsummers.

Since I only have 4 I will not separate, to avoid having just 1 or 2 left in a brooder.

📍 Located in LaFontaine, IN.
Pick up only.

04/14/2024

Yesterday we had our very first Barn Hunt trial! They each only had 3 classes before going to trial…which is crazy. 😂 TOTAL newbies. So they both handled it amazingly well!

Millie earned her Instinct title (ribbon coming in the mail), as well as 1 of 2 Novice Q’s with a 1st place.
And Bailey Rose earned 1 of 2 Novice Q’s with a 2nd place. (Both NQ’s were entirely my fault 😅)

So proud of my girls! 🥰🐁
On to the next!