This was copied from another site. i found this interesting!
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New Breeds
The genetics and history of chicken breeds is a fascinating subject and the more...
So I have been looking at getting a few pigeons.
But what are the best for a first timer and quickly breed. and how many should I have? The cage/pen is about 3 m by 3 m and about 4 to 5 metres high (all approx). what sort of food should I feed them? Should they get treats like Chickens? Are...
my two white silkie hens, tipsy and margarita were bought at a pet at around something like 16 or 17 weeks old. i think... now they went through a laying stage. one went broody and hatched 3/3 chicks. though i had too many sets of broodys with chicks at the time to keep seperated in defferent...
This information has beened copied off a a few site. so, i hope this information is going to be helpful! if you want to keep it just copy and paste it!
http://threecedarsilkies.webs.com/allaboutsilkies.htm
The Silkie is a breed of chicken with soft, fluffy plumage and black skin. It is...
okay, here's how it goes. someone writes a word. for example, apple. the next person writes that with thier eyes closed.
example: (lets just say someone went before me, i have to write that word with my eyes closed)
chooks (hey! i got it right!)
(then i will write a word with my eyes open)...
so here's how it goes...
10 kg of chicks starter will cost approx $10 (bought 5 kg one time, cost about $5 and another note. this is australian dollars) and it will last approx 1 week to feed 19 chicks. so i feed the chicks for 6 weeks on this and that means, $10 x 6 = $60.....
So i need to...
this little chick belongs to a brahma x hen. she laid the egg and she sat on it. but the other 9 eggs havn't hatched and i needed to take it away, but mother hen goldy who is a bantam buff broody and already had 7 chicks. she gladly accepted it. but it was a shame for the brahma x hen her name...
I won!
my goal: 1 700
ray's goal: 2000
guinea's goal: 1650
and i had a goal 100 more (because i had less posts than them at the time) and i won! uh huh, oh yeah! ray and guinea! i hope you see this!
I WON!!!
So Christie! i have it up! now we can start chatting!
NOTE: other people are allowed to ''comment'', you are not allowed to hijack our thread! no going on here and just talking! otherwise i will have to do this!
so, christie, i will notify you where we are chatting right now. then we can chat!
~~Post a pic of your chicken with a funny caption competition!~~
This is great! i thought it would be good for people to add a pic and post a funny caption with it! after a while i will choose the WINNER!
well, two winners: ''Most Funny'' and ''Most Cute'' caption! okay everyone! start...
at the pet shop they had turkeys about 1 week old. we thought of having one and then eat it for christmas. but would it be okay on its own? not get lonely or anything?