Posts by Chickens in Elmwood

Yes!  Here is the only way I could catch my roo (although last time we caught him, we ate him two days later - he had an attitude problem)  or my white leghorn is to get them off the roost while they are sleeping.  I am...

Quote:Originally Posted by mrbstephens Tell your son.....cool pic, but next time use a backdrop.   Thanks...I'll tell him about the backdrop.  Then I will have to tell him what a back drop is.  lol.  He...

Yup!  Yogurt and cottage cheese are the worst...or best. 

20 weeks.  She has been laying for about 3 weeks or so, and has only missed one day, and that was the day after she laid two in one day.  She is an egg MACHINE!

That is a lovely pullet you have.  By 15 weeks, my BO roo had a HUGE red comb and wattles, was attempting to mount the girls, and had little nubs growing where the spurs would be.  That is a girl, IMHO.When my BO pullets got...

We have 10 layers, and 5 are laying consistantly.  5 eggs every day for the past 5 days.Here is the egg-cellent picture my 5 year old son took of our egg bowl.  He wants to be a photographer when he grows up!

I have a GLW that is 24 weeks old, and is just now starting to turn red on her comb. I don't have a good picture of her because she is too fast.  I have a SLW who has been laying for about a week.  Here is a pic of her comb and...

My BO is also laying a light pinkish brown egg like the one in the above picture.  It is more pink in person.  I think I read somewhere that favorelles sometimes lay "tinted" pink eggs.  Other than that...I dunno.

Just butchered our 22 week old Buff Orp Rooster and he dressed at 3.75 lbs.  Legs and thighs were HUGE, breasts were puny.We are also thinking about trying Buckeyes next year for a dual purpose breed.  I am really freaked out...

We used a large pair of very sharp pruning sheer to snip through.   However, the rooster was already dead before this because husband attempted to put him in a killing cone that turned out to be several inches too small. ...