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She's beautiful...and knows it lol!

I "processed" my first chicken this past Saturday and let it rest in a saltwater bath in the fridge until the 4th. It was a 16 week old 'packing peanut' (possibly a EE). It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Kind of like cleaning, skinning, and preparing those cheap $0.59/lb. chickens...

Hens/pullets can have 'nubblets' or spur bumps.

That was adorable. I love the picture of the 2 silkies running.

How about these: 22) Your friends leave voicemail/ answering machine message saying, "I guess you are outside with those chickens again." 23) Those same friends no longer go to the front door when they visit you at home, but head around back to the coop.

I have a male double maned lionhead that is a frosted pearl.

I love my 3 BSL hens. They are friendly (spoiled), forage well, and are great egg layers (2-3 eggs a day) at 2+ yrs old.

I hope things work out for you, Cheeks. Even if you have a coop, it doesn't mean the hens aren't domesticated. My favorite hen gets brought into the house for a handful of oatmeal occasionally. 'Outside dogs' have doghouses but go inside the house at times - doesn't make them less tame or...

I had a Southern States employee tell me that it was susposed to discourage the "Ohhh, I'm gonna get a cute pet chick for the kids" thing.

Quote: I just wanted to say that picture makes me smile everytime I see it.

Quote: Mudhen, I'm having the same problem here and my hens are starting to look like bowling balls since I put the chicks outside (chick starter for everyone). I put out oyster shell free choice and the hens ignored it, but the 8wk chicks devoured it like candy.

My BSL Nicky was riding around on my shoudler one day and reached over and plucked the earring out of my ear and ate it before I could even react. Ouch!

I'd like to know about the nests also.

Beautiful birds. I love the sunbathing picture especially.

Thanks everyone for your comments. No, none of the chicks pictured are banties. The big one had me puzzled because he's the same height as the other chicks just twice as heavy. The other 'packing peanuts are RIR cockerals and he's heavier than them as well.

These are my two 5wks pullets looking very leggy and shy: The ten straight run that just arrived: 'Cleo' the EE: And finally, this is 'Bigman' who is HUGE and easy twice the size of any other chick in the brooder at only 5wks. He was one of the 'packing peanuts' thrown in extra...