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My biggest fears are that I won't be able to introduce new chickens to my community coop for my 4H kids! We had a 4H member that housed her 5 month old bantam at our coop. She was kept in quarantine for about 3-4 weeks BEFORE introduction to the flock. While I was cleaning I noticed she seemed...

GORGEOUS and docile! I have fertile white Silkie eggs for pick up only. Southern California. I also have two 4 month old Old English cockerels free to good home

i think I do have a photo of my frizzles. they were just entered ina small local fair and the two that were entered got 1st place! yes! they are just pullets too! i will try to dig up a picture. I have frizzle chicks for sale right now too!

helooooooooo again! I've been sick, (no not swine flu) again. It seems like my head cold has been off and on for about 5 weeks now. What the heck is goin' on? If I get too stuffy, I start to have asthma issues and then I can't enjoy going out to spend time with the chickens and livestock. It's a...

Quote: Where is SoCal are you again???? ETA: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=176473 Hi there! I am in south orange county down in the hills above Irvine. It is really pretty and really clean and really cookie cutter-like. But, because we live close to the hills, we...

heloooowww! i am out to feed the turkeys and the chickens. My daughter has lamb showmanship practice soon too. I have to face the snotty little 4H teen leader and try to be an adult when he comes up with some rude and snide remarks! uggghhh! sometimes i just wanna smack him. heeeheee.

how do i get to chat? i am a chatty katty!

sigh* its nice to chat.

we won't let that happen!

kindof weird.

lets see here, 3 frizzles, 2 belgian bearded d'uccles-porcelian, 1 silkie, 3 modern game bantams, 1 rosecomb, 2 leghorns, 1 old english game. they are all show birds because we are 4Hers and we show all over southern CA. My personal birds are leghorn and frizzle. the rest are the kids. (kindof)

Hi all!! I was a regular until I drifeted away. now i am back with a vengence! haaaaaaaaaaaahahahaaaaaaaaa!!

i missed you guys!!!!

we dust with sevin dust. You can get it at the hardware store and even WalMart. Look at her vent, if she has little tiny bunched up whitish round things at the base of her feathers around the vent, that is lice eggs. Lice are harder to spot because they a re fast, unless she's really infested...

hey! i was gonna say pertridge too!