Posts by karlamaria

Wish it rained as much as you all got, not so much here, just cold. I'm thrilled the grass is growing some, my chickens ate my back yard, the front is nice and hog and we will be mowing it this week to give to the girls. The chicks are...

Quote:Originally Posted by montanachicks Can anyone tell me what the incubation period might be for wild duck eggs?  Last week, a wild duck decided, for whatever reason, to make her nest in a flower container outside of the...

Quote:Originally Posted by DuginMT RoyalT, so sorry about your losses to the ravens.  I know they are protected in Alaska because they are sacred to the native americans up there, but I don't know about here, it seems if they are...

Quote:Originally Posted by montanachicks Getting ready for a wind/thunderstorm, and hoping that the worst goes around us. I'm attaching several pictures of one of the young roos I have ---  Teddy the One-Wattle Wonder This is...

Quote:Originally Posted by RoyalT Where to start? A few (we think 4... one HUGE, two medium and one smaller) ravens have decided my ranch is AWESOME for picking up take-out dinner for the nest... 9 of my juvie chicks and about a...

Im trying to figure this out so I can give the roosters away. Some have big combs , some have medium combs. Some pinker then others . Only one has no comb yet. They were all born with in hours of each other .

Quote:Originally Posted by rookiefarmers Hot here too! We have SOME shade but definitely not as much as we need. I was so paranoid about the Montana winters I failed to factor in the heat! Yikes! I am heading to get some Kore...

Quote:Originally Posted by DuginMT Hot here today - 93.3 Degrees inside the shaded coop right now!  Saw my first bull snake of the year last week, on an asphalt road near Laurel.  My chicks are not as active today, hope they won't...

well the combs are all different sizes. I want to give the boys away, just not sure what are boys. there all growing the combs at different stages, a few of the boys have larger combs and there darer, but all but one have small pink...