Posts by BlackBart

Yup the Hen is mine across of a Welsumer and a Brahma, going to keep the babies. I think half are Roosters. They will have to go away. She is a good Mother, very protective. The chicks are wary of humans but pretty sure that will...

Mother Hen (a cross) and 15 of her 16 chicks. She had a nest hidden in the bush and one day she walked out with 16 bumblebee sized chicks in tow. She was sitting on 18 eggs. I knew she was laying eggs in that area but I couldn't...

My Mistral Gris go to the butcher in a week. That will be 13 weeks for the first batch, all Roosters. The Hens will go after in a couple of weeks.     I can't be more happy with them. They spend all of...

All the Silver Lakenvelders I have bought from a hatchery have lived to adulthood.

I have Silver Lakenvelders from a hatchery and a private breeder. The ones from a private breeder are a bit bigger, deeper in the body. If the average person saw them side by side they couldn't tell the difference but a experienced...

Mine are all off the ground, 2 1/2 feet or so so they can go under the buildings if it rains or snows, also good for shade and shelter against flying predators.  Wood floors, proper concrete footings, no snakes...

thank you I will pass the info along

Got a lot of veggie and fruit discards at the local fruit and veggie store today. Chickens are pretty lucky. Green grapes, cherries, raspberries, chard, lettuce, spinach, corn on the cob, oranges, watermelon and stale dated...

Posting for a friend who doesn't have a computer. Some of her young birds at approx 8-10 weeks are vigorous and healthy one day, the next day the odd one is hunched up and doesn't eat, within 48 hours it is dead. Light as a feather...

Quote: Originally Posted by call ducks  Hey Guys and Gals Mistral Gris come from PA, a four way cross created by an Amisha (sorry can't spell) breeder that has bred barred rocks all his life he is now 82. The Mistral...