Recent content by ThePepperPatch

I wasn't able to choose more than one on this list, I have a barnevelder and a maran. I also have a salmon faverolles that isn't on the list!

Here is an update on my girl. She's become more red underneath and her feathering has become more defined. Her hatch date was 1/28 so I think ours are close in age. Sweet as pie and has legs like a super model. It's so interesting to see how they all have been turning out!

Did they lose their speckles?!

I will keep this in mind when making the side aviary! I like the shiny aluminum foil idea. They used to free range in the side yard but a hawk took one so they got a whole new run set up and no free ranging in the yard til its safely covered!

Completely covered 20×20 run. Our run is made of chain link kennel panels and hwc skirting + bottom 2 feet of chain link covered in hwc. Top of main area has thick tarp kennel pitched roof and hwc running between tarp and run wall. The rest is covered with welded wire fencing covered in 1x1...

So pretty!!! Love the tiny speckles. Mine ended up being blonde, this is her at 12 weeks. She's smaller than everyone else - different breeds, but same age and she is still the sweetest of the group.

I have a barnevelder, she was one of my first chickens! I got her from a friend who had too many and I didn't know anything chicken breeds at the time, just that I wanted chickens. She's friendly, inquisitive, talkative and laid her first egg in the dead of winter. She lays regularly every other...

I have an 8 week old pearl star pullet and she's the friendliest, most outgoing of the bunch. I wasn't planning on getting her, but she was too pretty to pass up and has proved to be my best choice

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? New as of october 2019. It all started with an acquired one legged columbian wyandotte pullet and her barnevelder friend. The wyandotte unfortunately was killed by a hawk in february, but the chicken obsession had begun and my barnie...