Recent content by makhir63

Cleaning the stable one day I came around the corner pushing the wheel barrow and nearly ran over the single baby chick of our proud and protective mixed breed bantam hen. The diminutive little hen was so incensed that she fluffed her feathers and began verbally berating me for me inexperience...

Help! I have tried everything I know and still no eggs. My hens (I have a variety of layers and ages, 40 + birds) quit laying altogether about 6 weeks ago and show no signs of starting again. What makes this more than just the winter blues is that my friend and I buy all of our birds together...

$55.00

I'll go first. $25.00 it is.

$45 it is.

I realize the auction technically ended at 1:00 PM Central Time (I'm assuming that since you are in Texas), but I tried to bid from my phone at that time and the new platform would not accept the bid (I had no problem with the old one, will have to update the phone I guess). I'm happy to...

Well, I'll go $17.50. I do have a question though. When does the auction end? How will we know we won?

A follow up question. What then happens when a chocolate is crossed with a bird that is dominantly red in color such as a RIR or Buckeye?

Thank You!

So, my curiosity is up. What are the genetics of the chocolate coloring? Where did it come from and how does one select for it? By the way, I have seen at least one of Pips and Peeps chocolate birds and it is a beautiful bird.

I'm afraid of what the chicks would look like. Smurf chicks?