Recent content by MissJenny

Handle them, handle them, handle them. And give them treats -- chopped grapes, watermelon, tomatoes, worms. Before you know it they will think you are All That! Enjoy. It's all on a sharp learning curve. Jenny

Some 40 years ago, when I was 11, my mom brought home left-over Easter chicks from the nursing home where my grandmother lived. They became a 4-H project. Then about five years ago I saw chickens in someone's backyard as I was driving by and I thought how nice it would be to have chickens again...

Handsome calico Bantam Cochin, getting more and more handsome by the day. He is 22 weeks and ready for his own flock. Nice shape, sweet disposition, beautifully marked, easily handled, developing good leadership skills. He will be an dazzling addition to your breeding stock. Send a note here or...

I was telling my boyfriend about how I can tell chicks are developing in the eggs in my incubator because they are gaining weight -- and he laughed at me, like I'm some silly girl. He says the egg can never weigh more than what it does when it is laid. That the material inside remains the...

Handsome boy!!! They could be brothers! I have hatched out a dozen mille fleur eggs and no two of them look alike! But, all of them are oh so pretty!

Too bad it didn't work out -- this handsome boy is still looking for a home.

Don't Miss This!! Darling Mille Fleur cockerel, 4 months old, hatched August 26, 2011. He has stunning golden highlights on his head, black and gold splatters on his white body. His tale is irridescent black, lined with white and he shows beautifully. He has a nice type, an impressive broad...

Will the sale/auction area open soon? I've read the rules and changes -- I don't really understand them, but I have read them -- it says something about not being able to private message the seller till after you've hit the Buy It Now button. What's up with that? So, will the Sales/Auction...

Stacks of straw to jump on, elevated outdoor roosts, a pumpkin or head of cabbage... a log or two... Entertaining chickens is kinda hard. Jenny

My cat is fine with the chickens -- but the strays who wonder into my yard -- like it's Cat Central -- aren't here for the floor show. My run is completely covered and at least one cat sits on the top waiting for her opportunity to find a gate left undone or a hole in the wire... a cat can...

Great hatch rate -- that's remarkable. I have had eggs sent bubble wrapped, in an egg carton packed in a well-stuffed small box and also in a well-stuffed larger box -- the larger boxed ones offered a better hatch rate. Smaller boxes are easier to toss, fling, jostle, drop. The larger box...

Thank you -- he is brassy. It doesn't show well in the picture, but his head is practically golden. The yellow-brass-gold toward his tail does look dirty -- I can't decide if I like it or not. He was hatched here -- I bought the eggs from a breeder of mille fleurs. This is my second batch from...

My little banty cochin is cute as anything, but I don't know how to describe his color. What would you call it? Thanks, Jenny

Give them a big bowl of water -- like crockery -- mine like to dunk practically their whole head in the water, something they are unable to do in those plastic water reservoirs. It won't hurt to give it a try. (Chickens have been known to die of thirst because they either don't get or won't use...