Posts by desertmarcy

Quote: Originally Posted by MaddBaggins  A broody breaker, sounds like a decent solution.  Thanks! I have broken 4 broodies so far this year by placing them in wire bottomed cages. It works!

Quote: Originally Posted by vtguania  desertmarcy I am super excited with these chicks out of all the ones I have. I was changing out their cage tonight & had a few that where being defensive. I'm thinking they...

Quote: Originally Posted by vtguania  I am just getting into this breed. I was doing research about some chickens my neighbor got for free and came across a description of the Orloff. It was love at first site. I have...

Quote: Originally Posted by MarinR  Sorry if this has been addressed already on this thread.... I don't have a ton of extra time to sift through all the posts. But I just hatched two little spanged russian orloff chicks...

Quote: Originally Posted by GAFarmGirl87  Ok, so any hen offspring from the two would lay olive eggs. Good to know! What about the coloring of the chicks themselves? I'm hoping someone here has had experience...

Quote: Originally Posted by Robert Blosl  About 18 years ago I had six large fowl males in conditioning pens in my barn 4x4 ft. I gave them each day a 16 oz of feed. I did this at 9 pm at night and the lights where...

Quote: Originally Posted by ashandvine  Yes, there was an issue of BYP that was written by Don Shrider.  It has pics of birds from a man in OH who I can't find any way but snail to get in touch with.  His...

Quote: Originally Posted by 520farmer  Hi everybody I just joined byc and love all the great advice on our local az forum and the natural chickens forum as well, anyone else raising chickens down around Rio Rico?

Had a guy over here last week buying turkey poults. He also has a flock of chicken hens and wanted a rooster, didn't really care what kind. At first I said I didn't have any, they were all my breeders. But then I thought, no, maybe he...

Quote: Originally Posted by heidisue  There are a few, I didn't know desert Marcie is from marana hippie chicks comes into tucson 1-2 times a week also. I don't know of anybody with the breeds you are looking for...