Posts by gilavina

Quote: Originally Posted by Wynette  Okay, some of you were talking about cockerels crowing at a few weeks old...check this out; it's a THREE DAY OLD cockerel crowing - TWICE (these are chicks belonging to another...

Quote: Originally Posted by Ray from PA    Hmm,,, could it be that little guy that was so assertive at a day or 2 after hatch that you talked about ????   haha, that would make sense, but...

HaQuote:Originally Posted by Runawaylobster  oh wow... that is so early!!!  maybe it's a sign he will be a good roo when he grows up ...haha that or else he's ornery and tryin to make me crazy already haha. Really tho, it was...

So, just was getting the chicks all sorted food and water wise before I head off to work, and at 12 days old.....I have a crower. Plain as day, that's exactly what the turd is doing. I sure hope this weather turns quick so I can get...

Quote: Originally Posted by Runawaylobster  Yes the hens are from the same source....     so i'm open to swapping a really nice birchen marans pullet for a nice BTB roo if anyone has...

Quote: Originally Posted by pawtraitart  Hey! I must have been typing at the same time. I had the same thoughts. LOL haha indeed. I was just thinking it might not be a bad idea to hold onto the sprig cockerel and...

Quote: Originally Posted by Runawaylobster  Arrrrgghh!!!!     I had a batch of Black Tailed Buff Chicks and somehow i wound up with only one rooster.    But i've been ok with...

Quote: Originally Posted by heath_elisha  I am getting one marans egg a day - from the one on meds, so I can't even cook it up for us to eat! She gets it.... didn't realize they had such a strong instinct to brood-...

Quote: Originally Posted by heath_elisha  Marans hens = contagious broody syndrome. Just saying.... 5 out of 6 have gone broody this spring. The sixth hen has been away from the other five recovering from bumblefoot,...

Quote: Originally Posted by Ray from PA  Hi Vicki,,, I just had 25 hatch over the weekend,,, my first hatch with the Blue Roo covering the hens, one hen is blue, was hoping for blue and splash,  I got 5...