Posts by de kippendame

These are great!!  I can't stop laughing!!    Some things we say around here: "Bernadette, Sweet Pea is in that box right now!  Just go in an empty one and quit griping about it!!"   "If...

I would have to say that is a hen close to laying.  My RIR roo looked very much like a roo by that age(tall comb, long wattles, long tail feathers, etc.).  Get ready for some yummy eggs!!  Oh, and

I figured the buttermilk was starting to do its job!   I'll have to stop being so lazy and zap some water instead of the milk!  May take a little longer, but oh well!  It looks fine cold from the fridge, its just when I...

I have a gallon mixed up for our one 12 day old bottle pygmy.  Whole milk, buttermilk and evaporated milk(as per recipe found on here/backyardherds).  I mixed it up on Monday and its about half gone right now.  My...

Quote: Originally Posted by GreyhoundGrrrl  All my Buff Orpingtons are now 8 weeks old and they still have very small combs, none of them, and none of my Barred Rocks (they are 1 week older) have any red in their...

OK, here they are now at 7wks.  The obvious roo I feel is still all roo so we have named him, Buford.  The one I've suspected to be a pullet I would have to say is for sure a pullet.  Now, the one I've been questioning...

Ya, that is definitely a pullet.  All 3 of my Black SL hens have red on their chests.  This is a picture of our BSL Rooster, he is 7 weeks.  As a previous post stated, BSL are commonly crossed w/ a Barred Rock and the...

This is our first year with EE so I am still learning their characteristics and such.  I think I have one Roo and one pullet, but I'd like your opinions please!   This one I suspect is a roo.  I was told around 4...

Quote: Originally Posted by Fred's Hens  White rooster over RIR won't make a sexlink, it's the other way around.    Yup, there are lots of people falsely advertising ISA Browns.  As far as I...

Quote: Originally Posted by Fred's Hens  There are lots and lots of Red Sex Links, made in several ways.  There all kinds of shades of production reds as well.   An ISA Brown is a patented,...