My 7 yo daughter's silkie hen was killed...she got a mated pair for her birthday in March...she is heartbroken, the rooster is distraught...please help! If you have a hen you can part with near us in Coeur d'Alene, please send a pic and what you would charge her...thank you!
We have too many lambs to name well...
This year they will all start with the letter "N"...ugggh!
If it helps to see pictures - here's one:
The rest are here:
http://www.promisedlandfamilyfarm.com/icelandic-sheep-breeders/2009-icelandic-sheep-lambs
There nine ewes yet to lamb...so more babies...
They are seven weeks old...we've heard one crow...but still are having quite a time sexing them...are cockerels legs yellow and pullets blue? Any one have any idea???
My little brabanters are not babies anymore...at exactly six weeks we are hearing our first crow! How do I know it's the first...they are still in the living room!
I bet daddy builds the baby coop soon! There are 25 in there...how many will be crowing by the end of the week???
At this point I am...
For those of you who enjoyed the Icelandic lamb pics on the "milk, meat, fiber" thread...we're welcoming a whole new crop. Meet Nala, born just before midnight last night. :
What you can't see is her cute little black tail...aren't the curls darling???
To see baby pictures as they arrive, feel...
As long as you are completely available to your does...they won't kid. The secret is to fill your schedule with "unavailable times"...the doe will seize the first opportunity!
We have been waiting for our Saanen doe with great expectations since March 15th...16th...17th...18th...any day except...
Someone out there must have them...How early can you sex a Brabanter by plumage or development? No combs to go by...Are the girls the first to get the head tuft - or are those the boys???
They are all so cute...just love 'em!
Triple purpose: milk, meat, wool. 17 different colors and patterns with infinite variety...Easy keepers, cold - rain - and snow hardy. Good mothers, easy lambing, no tail docking. Use instead of cattle on small property to run in front of pastured poultry. Visit our website for lots of pics and...
Our first order had starve out with 24/34 chicks dying in the first 24 hours...Today nine replacements arrived and one of them is MEAN. It's trying to peck everybody's eyes out! What do I do? If they all make it, I'm still less than 50% of the flock I had hoped for when I ordered 40...I don't...
I want Speckeld Sussex and don't want to buy from a hatchery...prefer naturally nested to incubator hatched. Willing to drive to pick up near Coeur d'Alene Idaho/Spokane WA
Thanks!
Have never shipped...usually sell local, but if you would like to try these, I'd be willing to give it a go! What do you think they are worth? The blue roo has taken 1st in a local fair in Fancy Breed Rooster, one roo is black, one is blue, hens are blue. Can send pics.
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