Recent content by karenbrat1

Wyandottes and Chanteclers :-)

Not putting light on any this winter and I provide no heat either... ya gotta be tough to live on my place. The two breeds I have are in a communal winter "coop" (a bunch of draggable hoop coops butted up to a shed), so probably late January I'll take the roos out and a month later (to make...

I wish we had more feed'n'farm store choices and some locally made feed in my area, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. The only "farm-lite" big box one here is called Big R, which I believe is only in the NW. It's a great store, has pretty much anything you could need or want from backyard garden up...

Please tell me you didn't throw that away! Great to render down and use in dumplings, in biscuits, for frying, etc :-)

Do it outside on a propane camp stove :-)

My butchering setup... a Whizbang plucker on the left (my husband built it for me from the book), and 007medic is right, a good plucker is SO nice to have. Three burner propane camp stove is sturdy enough to hold the 32-quart turkey frying pot that is my scalding pot, plus a large grannyware...

Like any time, you have to make sure they have heat adequate for the situation, and draft protection. I'm in northern Idaho and our first frost is theoretically mid-September. Winter is cold, windy and snowy, with often one week each in December, January and February that has highs in the...

Detroit is a BIG city with multiple delivery offices... I am guessing that the ducklings arrived at the local mail processing plant on the 28th, but then there were no trucks scheduled to take them to the appropriate delivery office til the next morning. However... the PLANT should have called...

And from post #1: "The faculty will judge all submissions and will make comments about the birds' color, stance, back, head, feathering, tail, breast, wing carriage or any other area that strikes their fancy." So... what is good and what is bad about all these Buckeye photos which have been...

We've helped stuck chicks out. A lot end up with curly toes from being stuck. I've also held gooey chicks under wrist-temp running water to loosen the goo (making sure to never douse its head as they can aspirate the water and then die of pneumonia), then blow dry them til they're fluffy and...

ISO a docile utility Pilgrim male for a friend who has females but no male; or a few Pilgrim goslings of both sexes. Coeur d'Alene area.

'S beautiful! I have a Leahy I will someday get around to restoring -- it was being used by the previous owners as a coffee table, because it's about 38" square and 22" high. Wish it had a smaller footprint like yours does.

I wouldn't recommend any hatchery for good examples of any breed, though hatchery stock is fine if you're just looking for utility birds. Any hatchery is going to breed for volume, not adherence to the SOP. I've only had Buckeyes since last fall but I love the laidback, calm, yet bold and...

I am a novice at chicken conformation, so I really can't critique yet except for a glaring error like crow head, curly toes, pinched tail etc.

Here are two photos of my 15 month old Buckeye cock for critique.