Recent content by Onyx9370

Mine is always "Save that poop for the compost/garden." and "Don't throw that out! Give it to the chickens!" -referring to my husband always attempting to throw away his food scraps.

Lol mine are kind of like that when I have the feed bucket, all of them underfoot. But try to catch one and they are as far away as possible. Silly birds

Glad to hear she should calm down. No I'm not on any lists to get any. This is my first year with chickens so I was/am a bit cluless when it comes to the breed strains. I got all of mine at the feed store. I did know though that hatchery birds aren't of as good a quality as breeder birds. But...

No they are all pullets, and it's just the one that has been behaving that way, another is a bit grumpy. But all the others are much more calm. Maybe one day I will get a few heritage :) thanks for the help

Yes I got mine from a local feed store, so I'm certain they are hatchery stock. A peck here and there is one thing, but one pullet will actually attack. She tried to flog me like a roo would, ran up flapping and jumping and clawing at me, and bit me on the foot. It's only been within the last...

Are you talking about the thread: The Heritage Rhode Island Red Site? And yes they are RIR, although I'm sure they are more "hatchery" than heritage since I got them from a local feed store. And this is my first year with chickens so I could be wrong about any number of things lol. But thanks...

Anyone have any experience with their RIR getting a bit aggressive around the time to start laying?

I have 6 RIR, and they have always been ok.Out of my whole flock they are the least interested in people. They do not want to be touched or picked up, and boy are they fast! (I always got to them last on wing clipping day)but they weren't aggressive. Then a few weeks before they started to lay a...

HAHAHA! I know all about chicken math. I decided to get 6 hens originally. I now have 30 pullets, 3 roos, and 4 ducks. These are just so darn cute!

I want to hear! :)

LOL I have GOT to get me some of these feathered kids!

I'm glad I found this thread. I just discovered this breed, and I'm in love! I can't wait to get some!

So glad I found this Cochin thread! I'll get some pics of my 2 Cochin girls.

Thanks! :) I wasn't sure if they started around the same time as chickens. I guess ill be doing a quick search in their run everyday.