Posts by Chicky-dees

Does anyone here show eggs at the poultry shows?  How do you get into it?  Do you have or know of any article/publication/wise old friend who has tips on showing eggs?  I was lurking on another forum and the folks were...

Love the pics - I ordered some SSH from McMurray when I placed my order for fryers to be delivered later in February...just for fun, because I love their polka-dotted look.  They will be a nice addition to my already eclectic...

Here are my two:   Charlie is a Rose Breasted Gala Cockatoo - he was given to me (he's was a plucker long before he was given to me and probably always will be but we still love him) and is 10 this...

Parrots need to be warmer than the 60's - I keep mine at a temp of 72 (where I like it ) and they have heated perches because even that isn't warm enough.  Mine like it at a minimum of 76!  If she gets chilled, she will get...

I ordered a Cubalaya male and got something that has yet to be decided (altho he was as mean as the devil and he didn't make it to his first birthday)- some people here and others who live near me say he's a cross between all the above...

A few months ago I posted a pic of a bird of the breeding I had no clue, only that it wasn't the Cubalaya male i ordered.  Here is the pic of the bird in question back then:       now about 6 months or...

LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!  And what a beautiful coop as well!

Something else I find interesting - I wonder if anyone else has geese that do this?  My birds have a baby pool that I will dump and refresh every few days and I always find the strangest foreign objects in their pool.  Pieces...

Quote: Originally Posted by NanaKat  Thank you...I guess I've been a little over-protective since I received them 2 weeks ago.  Ninya has had several leg issues and of course Charlotte is more...

I have a reg. Missouri Foxtrotter that my pre-teen won grand reserve champ with at a local 4H show here once, but that's all she cared to do - she thinks the show lifestyle takes too much work.  LOL!  I dabbled in Western...