Posts by flowerchild59

I read through the whole thread.  Thanks for posting it and glad you all were safe and sound.

I really like to plant in pots, would love to do "real" raised beds some day.  I like to plant veggies with flowers and herbs and I try to keep all my pots within distance of the hose so I don't have to carry buckets of...

        Since I spend so much time out by my chicken house I decided to plant a theme bed that is (creature ) based.  It has flowers in their like tickseed, cat mint, butterfly bush, and hostas...

I was happy with my EE's from MM that I have purchased in the past.  They were all different colors from one that looked like an eagle to a buff sort of color :(probably more wheaton colored).  Egg colors ranged from blue to...

Quote: Originally Posted by Mumsy    This is one of my shipped Ron Fogle chicks. Hunkering down in the cold outdoors but gentle to handle. All eleven are growing and...

Quote: Originally Posted by Bill Matthews  I certainly do not claim to have  the  depth of knowledge and background experience of breeding heritage chickens that Mr. Blosl does,  but I do know for sure...

On the brinsea manual turn type, when you turn the eggs do you open the entire thing, or do you turn them without losing your heat and humidity? 

Mine were in a mixed flock and they roosted fine with the other birds.  they were so much smaller than some of my other birds though just because MM stock is really not up to par size wise.  They are a smaller sized bird...

Pretty birds.  Marginal layers of medium white eggs.  Flightly.  But sweet and kept their distance.  They were from MM so weren 't the best quality.

Taste comparisons of the meat of the different birds will be useful.  Post your findings, many of it will find it interesting. And were the RIR birds a heritage strain?????