Posts by SweetSilver

NW, like up near Bellingham?  Or NW meaning Oly Peninsula?   Zones aren't really going to matter, though if you are talking fruit trees in WA.  You are good there.   I'm still thinking of the pine trees and...

I'm guessing that it is more that there is only 20 feet of space between large pine trees.  Do you mean between one trunk and the next?  Or is there 20 feet of clear space between tips of the branches?   Why are you...

And where do you want to plant them?  Are you wanting to water them, to eat them, for wildlife or chickens?

Yes, ours are pets.  If they weren't, we'd have every one in the freezer because I am still buying eggs!  Partly because I began my flock in town, and the first large batch of birds once we moved were for 4-H and mostly...

The only CM rooster I know personally has a deep, resonant crow.  Sounds quiet to me, but then I have screechy, loud bantam cockerels that make this guy sound quiet by comparison.  But in a neighborhood without a rooster, the...

Quote: Originally Posted by ChickAudie  Here is a story I wanted to share with you!   DH has always lived in the city.  I have been trying to convince him for years that we need to just high-tail...

Quote: Originally Posted by FlyRobinFly  They need to sit for a bit so the rigor mortis passes anyway. I can tell you that roo stock and gravy are very, very tasty! Unfortunately I had no room in the fridge and...

Quote: Originally Posted by lovinchickypoos    Oh man, I hear ya on being overrun w/ boys!!! BOTH of the BCM ended up cockerals, as is my hatchery Welsummer, and 1 of my hatchery Cochins!!!!!...

Quote: Originally Posted by justbugged  Sometimes the best revenge is having a mean roo for dinner.        I'm waiting for the butchering to recede from my head a bit before...

The saga of the cockerels is finally at an end!   I told the girls months and months ago that they were going to grow up to be trouble.  Oh no, not these sweeties!  They would have no giving away, no separate pens,...