Posts by jesirose

Did you seriously ask a neighbor who already doesn't like you, to borrow his vehicle to use to pick up manure?  

We thought about eating it but I am horrible abou saving mementos! We didn't have to wait long, there was another one this morning!! Wow!!

We got off to a rough start with our backyard chicken keeping, with one chicken unfortunately not making it, and three of them turning out to be roos, so now we're down to one hen, a RIR we named Frittata. We are going out tomorrow to...

Did you mean to post that on a different thread? Or if you are talking about mine which one do you think is a girl?

*sigh*   Now to figure out what to do with these guys and where I can actually get some hens.

Oh for crying out loud...really? That one is much smaller than the other one, and has almost no comb and it's pale...what makes you guys think it's a roo?   I'm not so much attached to them as invested in them. We raised...

So, we're pretty sure one of our chicks is a rooster, and you guys on here confirmed it. Now we have another we're not sure about. If I end up with only two hens after all this I'm going to be so sad :( :(   This is my 9-10...

The four chickens are doing great, they run into their house whenever someone opens the fence gate, but they quickly come out if they see me or my husband. If one of the dogs is nearby they stay inside. No visible injuries and they...

  Quote: Originally Posted by sourland  That's looking a lot like a cockerel, sorry.  Cool shirt that your husband is wearing.   I'll pass it on, I think it's from Lucky Brand.   I'm...

I bought 3 chicks from a local feed store who claimed 90% accuracy on their chicks. Two of them were sold as "Ameraucanas". The guy said they were "about two weeks old" when I got them, making them about 6 weeks old now.   One...