Posts by ChicKat

Thanks for the structural tips for keeping chickens safe and - dretd and Flaming Chicken -- 1 picture is worth 1,000 or maybe more words. 

Quote: Originally Posted by Steen  how do you tell the sex "even Before" they hatch on the silkie male over a white leghorn female cross. sounds amazing.  just sayin' -- I'm thinking it was meant to say...

Quote: Originally Posted by Steen   When i look at lonnyandrinda rooster i can see some color in the neck and saddle just where the barring should be, id say its imo yellow white. When i look at the uk birds...

Quote: Originally Posted by AlleysFarm  Up to six chicks now they still need to fluff up a bit  pictures...pictures...pictures!!

They look a little damp -- I'm guessing that you do have boys.  Sometimes girls have a faint headspot...but girls definitely have those prominent stripes.  --  Maybe the ones that you have yet to hatch will be the girls....

Quote: Originally Posted by sol2go  I am always trying to outsmart predators, how am I supposed to know?  I would appreciate shared advice/experiences.  If I can find it, there was a good resource that...

Quote: Originally Posted by 1muttsfan  Newest little guy, the only one of 6 eggs.  Hope he grow up beautiful, I am not thrilled with any of the other boys I...

Thanks - those are pretty amazing birds-- I used Google translator to translate from German to English.  (Do you know German - or do you translate? -- Is Spanish the language of Nicarauga?)-- Here is part of the translation that...

nicalancia, those are some beautiful examples of leghorns.     flying - the way you approach it - sounds like the way Punnett describes it also -- in layers. (as in Photoshop layers and not laying hens). 

Quote: Originally Posted by lonnyandrinda  Oh ChicKat that is AWEFUL!  So sorry!  Somehow I missed that this had happened?  Yeah, I'm still devistated and in denial.