Recent content by jeanniejayne

Your hen is lovely! Such subtle, intracate coloring! I just came across this link and am going back and forawards to catch up. Re-invigorating ancient, disappearing breeds is something I have a growing interest in. Thanks for taking all this time & effort to include us all!

I ran a cross a British heritage breed I would love to have. Greenfire Farm has also been on the lookout for a source of good stock for this LF lovely old breed. which are excellent foragers, with several color patterns, including Wheaten. Black, Brown, and White. Very few exist in Britain. I...

I love that Will breeds for what reall matters -- eggs and meat in this case, and not so much to the visual "standard". He is THE breeder for the backyard flock owner looking for sustainable useful chicken stock. I have four of the five Welsummer hens I picked up as week-olds 3 years ago, and...

I just found our first yard egg in 3 years this week! Arrgghh!!! Could it be a sign of the end times a' comin'??????

I hear that music! I see that whimsical bag! I bid!

Beautiful, well-made tractors! You should be SO PROUD! I wish I needed one! Mighty Fine, well-thought-out and executed work. Someone lucky flock will have a wonderful home in these! :thumbsup

Whitmore is a great breeder -- good people, beautiful farm, great stock, and his flocks are PASTURED, if that matters to you. For production of eggs and not so much show focused, but Will is a careful breeder. He raises the clean-legged Marans. he wrote several articles on breeding for Back...

Some of the smaller breeders will let you pick up small quantities at their farms. Also check out the sales sections on BYC. You never know. There are also local swaps and sales you may be able to find in your area. Check the index here. If you are near western Md, you can go to Whitmore...

For the Ameracauna and the Maran ( I'm pretty sure he breeds black and blue) I can wholeheartedly recommmend Whitmore Farm. Will Morrow is a top-notch breeder focusing on egg production, but he will only ship straight run. Very good reputation. You can mix & match, but there is a 25 chick...

The message above sounds like a great plan. This same concept works for keeping birds from landing on roof lines.

I'm on my second group of inroductions to my flock now. I have been hatching all summer. My first intros were two BC Marans, who were introduced at about 3 months by putting a tractor inside the yard with the flock (we have a large fenced grassy yard adjacent to the big coop and run). I have...

We are lucky to have a large coop (the back 8 feet of a 16 foot shed, with a cement floor) that has shade on 2 sides, and a double-hung window in one wall with a fan. It seems to work best if I turn the fan off in the AM ( the hens go out in the shaded back yard ) and turn it back on around...

Thanks for sharing Drumstick's story with us. It is amazing -- when we first get chickens we read all the diseases etc that they are prey to, and we think gee, they sounds so fragile, but soon find out how tough and plucky they really are. If all he has is one perfect summer, that will be...

Welcome, kind momma - hen saver! That girl owes you a lot. and she sounds brave and fiesty. Hard to not love a little hen momma who goes after a big dog to save her babies! Not that your puppy can help it. They naturally are curious, and if something runs, instinct tells them to chase...

I think the chickens will know how to free range naturally, if Mom does. But the babies will be very vulnerable until they are bigger (and even then, hawks, foxes, dogs, cars etc.). If you let them out once theya re grown, the males will mate with the famales and you'll have more chickens...