Posts by jimrichter

Quote:Originally Posted by mom23chicklets Thanks for sharing!  Very sweet.  Can you tell me how the temperment is on GLW roosters?  I think I have one out of my order of 25 chicks.  Thanks!I think the GL...

Not clear as to how to submit a coop page for consideration.  Do we post here, or is there some other means of submission?Here's my page:http://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=886-The_Coop Thanks!Jim

Last time I posted any photos of our Golden-Laced Wyandottes was back in May when they were barely 2 months old.  Here's a photo of a few of a flock being held by my other bird brains To see some other photos of the Wyandottes, you...

Thanks for the comment.  Here's the updated page with some photos I took today.  I think it's a good practical set up.By the way.  Like the personal pages!  Always think that's a nice addition to a...

Here's mine on my newly created coop page.  Going to get some more recent photos of the coop and the chickens (for the Wyandotte page) up later today after I snap them. The guiding principle was to reuse materials that we had laying...

Well, shows where my mind is at.  I thought this thread was something entirely different Jim

That's very true about leg color.  The Wyandotte leg color is a very "school bus" type yellow.Thanks about the coop.  I'm not a carpenter by any stretch of the imagination.  I pride myself that there is a...

Could be.  This is what ours looked like at 3 weeks:

The chicks came from Mt Healthy Hatcheries in Cincinnati--excellent mail order hatchery.  15 is the minimum order (rather than the customary 25).  We ordered 15 and they stuck in 2 more for whatever reason (warmth?).  All...

I don't mean any disrespect by this, but I don't name anything I'm going to eat.  To us, they're utility animals.  It may have a very generic name like "Brownie," but I don't my kids or me to get too attached to...