Whatever you do, don't do bee-keeping. It has cost me thousands with no return. I wish I never started, but they all said, "anyone can keep bees". Very expensive hobby. I have no idea how anyone does it.
I've purchased from many independent breeders and from Tractor Supply. the chicks from tractor supple seem healthier. I got a golden laced Wyandotte from Tractor supply in Dillsburg. They get different breeds each week, and I think you can order breeds from them. We bought some blue laced...
Thanks so much. Yes Pekin. The pond is 3-4 houses past my house, a subdivision with a field. Do you think I can train them to walk back and forth from my house to the pond? I thought I would try to walk them back and forth. Who knows, once they get in the pond, they might never come out! Will...
great job! when I built mine I got a door out of somebody's trash, and wood molding out of a restaurant dumpster, and the wooden 'nesting box' out of some business trash, and $1 windows at a ReStore shop, and a friend gave me metal roofing...... all I bought was plywood, framing, and paint
thanks so much! I bought them from someone who was breeding them, so they could be different ages by about a week, at the most 2 weeks. they are about 3 1/2 months or so...? I'll go with them being roos.
I'm sure the first one is a male, wondering the gender of the second one? In this picture, the male is in the front.
female ?? below:
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it's funny, we have driven all over PA collecting different breeds of chickens because we just love all our pretty gals: Carlisle, Jonestown, Lancaster, East Earl, Dillsburg, and paid what we thought were high prices to get just a few of these pretty gals. The funny thing is that she came from...
I'm thinking this is a rooster, he tried to get his face in other rooster's faces, just making sure though before I give him away, because I think he is the prettiest rooster