Posts by humphrey farms

What colors will I get? Or could someone recommend a color chart for me to look at. I found a chart about GLW x SLW and the percentages of color. I am incubating my first eggs and most of my hens are SLW..three are BLRW hens and i...

WOW!!!!!  I keep track of my eggs,sales, all expenses too but not so detailed! I download your wife's form... really nice!!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by Spifflove  Don't ever let anyone tell you you can't do something.  Find out for yourself that you can't do it. selling older started pullets gets y more $ than baby chicks,...

We are using fresh wood chippings for bedding this summer and expect to save some money doing it ourselves. We are clearing brush from the field that hasnt been mowed for years. The field has become overgrown with thin...

Quote: Originally Posted by jarcoo0153  I was wondering if I could feed rabbit pellets to chickens, because they are a higher protein? I would mix it with the layer pellets. I mixed rabbit feed 18% with my layer...

My rooster "Paul" does this dance as I walk to my coop ect about a foot from my legs. I know its a dominance dance but I totally ignore him and say" Come any closer and you are lunch!" The other day he was ****** because I overslept...

Quote: Originally Posted by azygous  Food. Perhaps they know that food is apt to be coming down those steps. Chickens are very, very clever at figuring out where food comes from.  Mine sleep  or...

Quote: Originally Posted by armdchicken  Yup, they both look like pullets They sure look like pullets to me.

My family has a nice Americana cockeral needing ahome. They live in Gray maine..I purchased him in a straight run from McMurrys last year. If interested let me know..he has been loved by children and well cared for.

Yep, my dogs & chickens are friends! Here Tally the blk Lab chews her bone while the chickens enjoy scratching on our nearly snowless acre.