Recent content by Rockpile99

Sheesh! I'm on the road for two years and you guys go and post over 10,000 posts while I'm gone! Let's see if I can get caught up in the couple days off I have while my truck is being fixed! Oh yeah - Hi everybody!

That was my point exactly. I don't deny that we had hawks before, we did, I saw them almost on a daily basis, but I hadn't lost any other birds to them. And if color didn't play a role in the hunting of the young chicks then why were the white ones the only ones that disappeared? Not having...

A couple things to consider for you new free ranging folks... One was just touched on, is the age of the flock, If you have all youngsters they are much more vulnerable being inexperienced. The other thing is the color. I know I didn't think of that when I added a8 1-2mo old chicks. I not...

See there, I can only get on about once a month - lots of stuff to catch up on. I rode around last summer with my husband to see if i liked it and if we could get along on the road. I got my license in February and have been teaming with him for the last 9 months. I absolutely love it...

Hi all, I've only read about the last three months worth of posts. Nice to see how our state's chicken interest has grown. I'm living vicariously through you all, as I no longer have any cickens. Had a change of career, to Over The Road truck driver that precludes having a house let alone...

"If I don't get some eggs out of you soon you're going in the stew pot" "Can you move the chicken from in front of the lawn mower? I'm trying to finish the yard!" She was a smart one, she knew all the grasshoppers would be coming her way as we mowed.

Can you? Yes, no one can stop you. Should you? That's open for a whole series of debates, health, ethics... I personally feed them all types of meats and other food. Natural type foods that is. No twinkies or anything like that although they probably would have eaten it! They get all my...

Chicks only start growing when the eggs are incubated. If you collect your eggs everyday, you shouldn't have a problem with this.

So long as critters can't get in, don't worry about the cracks as much as ventilation. More chickens die from respiratory disease due to poor ventilation than from the cold.

Hey all, I've got a coop that i need to sell. Its in Longmont. It's 4x8, elevated about 3 ft off the ground and stands just over 6 ft tall. I think inside height at front is 4 ft and at back is 3 ft. I'm on the road right now and not sure if I have a pic of it on my phone, if I do I'll...

Quote: x2 I have tried to find information on that show and can find nothing. I will go searching online again later tonight when I have more time. You would think they would be putting out some sort of premium book/rules or some sort of information about entering somewhere. We must just...

The lady you contacted clearly doesn't know how showing works or how new breeds & varieties are recognized. If you are interested in showing your beautiful cuckoo hens, by all means go ahead. The only way new breeds and varieties are accepted into the APA is by showing them. There are propsed...

Thank you Sonoran and Kev! I'm learning soo much today.

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Thanks Shelly, I didn't think of the Orpingtn leg color, good point. The pic does have a greenish tint to the legs. I'll go look at the legs on that chick and report back what color they really are. Maybe an EE with no muff? Who else has green legs?