Posts by Schwartzfarmnc

I don't mind doing the deed, I've dispatched many birds before for others but this would be the first of my own flock, but after the torment my girls have been through, I'm ready to see this guy deep fried with a side of hotwing...

This is our first roo, I don't mind making him into nuggets stinks though, he is so pretty and was a good protector, but I agree about his behavior being an issue, I will not risk the flock for one roo, my girls are too much of pets to...

I hope I'm not intruding on this conversation but I also have a 8 month old Easter Egger roo who has been a great bird until last week.  He has tried to kill 2 of our hens, one a Speckled Sussex and the other is a Buff Orp both...

Gravy's as red as she was a few weeks back and still nothing has changed in her coloring she's just gotten a lot bigger!   I'm going to try and take some pics and post them here, they look so much alike it's freaky.

When I first read this posting I thought someone had came by the house and took pictures of my "Gravy", looks identical to mine, I've not taken pics for a few weeks because nothing has changed much but she/he is 12 weeks also, I'm...

Quote: Originally Posted by Wishing4Wings  Thanks for the info about the Delawares. Guess we got lucky with the Leghorn. So sorry to hear about your SS. How old was she? Sad when the ones we are attached to die....

Quote: Originally Posted by Wishing4Wings  I just read back over the thread and realized that, unlike about 90% of folks on this site, you were actually hoping for a rooster!  There are so many folks trying to...

  Here are the new pics from the weekend, my laptop broke so I'm just now getting them online.  They both still look girly to me, combs still small and flesh colored, Gravie's continues to be more pink but only because...

Quote: Originally Posted by FreeChicken!  (Not sure if I should put this here or in Raising Baby Chicks. But I chose here, and hopefully it's the right place.)   I have four two-month-old chicks that...

Good luck, I've been posting my 2 for 6 weeks now and still unsure, I'd say the first is coloring in as a roo but way too early to tell, each week the color and patterns change on these chicks, so 50/50 you have a roo