Posts by Gallusfarm

Quote: Originally Posted by gilavina  Well, I couldn't find the birchen photo right off hand, but did find a shadowed photo of a blue copper with a crow head. I particularly like that the shadowing forces you to focus...

Quote: Originally Posted by gilavina  Thanks Karen for mentioning over on the Sussex thread that Sussex were being discussed. I would like to post a few photos of my birds if that's alright. They will be photos I've...

Quote: Originally Posted by OSUman  The birds release heat through their combs, so if they are exposed to a lot of heat during their growing period, hotter than what the line is used to, you will get bigger combs on...

Quote: Originally Posted by OSUman  I was always told that summer hatches the birds would get to lanky, and if not raised in a large enough pen indoors winter hatches would stunt growth, so they would not reach their...

Quote: Originally Posted by lavender pekins    Berry my only pullet not broody humph     We have discussed the problem that this bird has previously in this thread, as just about...

        Sweet!!   That is a great hatch rate.  Thanks for the culling tips.     Here's a female at one month.    here is a male the same age of the...

Quote: Originally Posted by WesInSF  So now that my first hatch is a month old, I'm noticing a very definitive difference in comb and wattle development...being either crazy big, or not big at all, with not one...

hey I see you are from Virginia, I think I met you at the Dinwiddie swap...  I use Southern States brand feed exclusively.  It is priced well, and they have great choices.  My favorite feed by far that I feed to hens as...

he looks fine to me.  Young birds are constantly replacing feathers, and the fact that he isn't holding his tail up is probably because he is still developing.    

Quote: Originally Posted by merlg  Wow, 7-9lb rooster?  Wikipedia says this breed is really flightly, but he's the most friendly chick I have so far (14 easter eggers, 2 spangled hamburgs) and certainly the most...