Recent content by Kodiakkoop

of course I'm biased as the DW, but it is an amazing coop! brings people in off the street to check it out, nice way to meet your neighbors! update, it's 7 roosters and one hen..... adding a one year old this weekend after the roo's go to the freezer and we now have four more in the brooder...

so think we're in a pickle now. confirmed that 7 of our 8 are roosters we're working a trade with some friends if all birds agree. they are taking a rooster (he left tonight and seems to be getting along just fine - good thing or he goes to the freezer) and giving us a 1 year old laying hen...

didn't crow but looks exactly like his brother? this is the beautiful guy we'd love to keep my pullet? this is "mary" on the fence about her

holy cow - at 5:45am 4 of the 8 started crowing and of the four that didn't only one appears to be a pullet. seriously how could i have managed to pick 7 males out of 8? i'm sooo bummed but not defeated. we picked up 4 new two week old babies tonight, hatchery sexed this time. so we have four in...

any gender guess on these four?

any thoughts on the breed of the black one? forgot to mention that his feet are black, all black

yup, that's what we think too. those two with with the single big combs have been on our suspect list for a month. the gray one sandwiched in between them joined the "cull" list two weeks ago and unfortunately the pretty brown one in the back is now on the list. of course those would have to be...

so these are two of the guys we're pretty sure are Roo's. they are only 8 weeks old now but seem so big! the guy in the back is the one I'm wondering about. as a chick he was all black and scrawny, i call him Lyle. he's now transformed into a beautiful bird. the black on the body has some...

Our chicks are 4 weeks old now and we're getting ready to move them into the coop this weekend. we got 8 straight run hoping to end up with 3 - 5 hens in the end. is there a preferred age to cull a Roo from the flock? (dinner plans aside - I'm not concerned about making the decision based on...

we built the coop inside our shop and moved it outside this weekend. i'll post more photos once it's finished. coop is 4 x 4 and run is 4 x 13. currently we have 8 chicks from a straight run, and have identified one Roo for sure, or as sure as a novice can be! we thought we'd end up with 3-5...

the one in the middle, the black one right? it's the same bird. unless you mean the cute baby in the foreground? she's too cute to be a Roo and I can't have a Roo.

let's see - we have Hillary - smart and stubborn Baby Tallulah (Tally) - was the runt Rumor and Remy - my chipmunk babies but I just couldn't live with Chip and Dale Tucker - might be a cockerel, time will tell. might have to rename Lyle (Lovette). looks like a prehistoric creature! Blaze -...

same guy - one week later that's BB King in the middle of the action no way it's not a Roo, right? oh ya, not sure what's breed he is for sure but those wings feathers are pointy he's so big at 3 weeks, i think i need to find a home for him now rather than waiting til he gets destructive - but...

the little "guy" i mentioned and his brother? in the background. I've two roos, don't I. none of the other chicks are showing combs like that yet

I will try to post a photo but here's the scenario. 2 weeks old, mostly black chick ( I have no idea breed on this one) long neck, large single comb, giant thick legs also black and way behind other chicks of same age in the feather department. I have two other mostly black chicks although they...