My 10 month Pure bred Brahma rooster was in the chicken yard... when suddenly he just started doing flip flops, and fell over dead. no signs of any problems prior, all the hens are fine, I have an old Brahma rooster, Elvis, who is 8 years old and still kickin' and only 1 other rooster, a 3 year...
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check it out! it is amazing how little people know about chickens if you read the postings!
I went out to the chicken house last night, DH got 2 new white guineas, full grown, locked them in the chicken house, we raised 40 guineas in it until 2 weeks ago when we took them all to a sale... never lost 1.. they had been in there for 2 days, well, there was the white guinea on the ground...
75 total, 50 light brahma pullets, and 25 Rhode Island Reds.............. Mt Healthy bonus chicks! Very pleased with shipping, they shipped yesterday and we got them this morning! Packed great too!!!
What a bunch of cuties!!!!
As some of you know, every year I make a new chicken cake for my fall display cake where I decorate cakes at walmart. I even made a sign that says please don't pick the corn, and I can't believe noone has touched it yet!!!
I lead worship at church with my guitar, there are several groups that lead, and its my turn sunday, I am looking for any suggestions, whats your favorite song???
My Ruth had her babies yesterday, she is a month behind all the rest! Took this video... warning.. if you want goats, and can't talk your better half into it.... this is the video for you to show them!!!
I have had a few others post cakes on this post, and others are welcome to post their cakes! Maybe we can get other ideas from each other!!!
Its been a while since I posted a new cupcake creation, I was messing around at work and first made a 6 pack of cupcakes, all with chickens on top in...
made this halloween cake for my display cake, and already made one thursday, and got another order for a halloween wedding on the 31st!!!
So... I had to share it with everyone!!!
it is all icing, no fondant here! except for the plastic bats and signs!!!
they sent me cute eyeball rings so I thought I would try them out on my chickens!!! For those of you who don't know, I make chicken cupcake critters at my walmart where I am a decorator!
Yummy!!!
I am going to do the test, the old timers that say round eggs are hens, and pointy eggs are roosters, I did it with some guinea eggs I was hatching I put chicken eggs in with them, I thought I had all round brown, and had 10, and 8 hatched.. they all seem to look like hens to me but they are all...
just wanted to share my chicken farm wedding cake display on my cake counter at my walmart where I decorate. For those of you who have followed my strange and unusual icing chickens and cakes!
Had incubator set and eggs are doing great, all developing good, checked last night and eggs were in the same position as the day before, thought nothing of it, but kept checking every 2 hours, nothing.. turner quit! I don't know how long it has been not running, chicken eggs are set to stop...
Just wanted to post pictures of my new baby donkey, born tuesday morning. his name is poncho and he is a miniature donkey. His mommy is annabelle and is doing great.
we have been waiting a long time for this little guy!!!!
I have 2 incubators going, first DH said no hatching eggs, then all of the sudden he says, do you want to hatch these eggs I am collecting from the guineas??? of course I said, ok.
then he is collecting round eggs again to see if we get all hens, so....
hatching has begun...
7 guineas, and 3...
we have been losing birds, we think some may be from a neighbors dog, we lost my big white royal palm hen and someone came in the barn and got her. we have fencing around the entire property but had the one fence down to bale hay, and didn't get it back up, so whoever took my turkey hen came...
I Went to see the Isaacs last night in concert!!! They were amazing!!! If anyone has not seen them and like bluegrass gospel music, (and they do a little blue-zie kind a stuff too!!) You need to see them in concert!! They are great!!!!!!!
they also have a great testimony!!!
My daughter and I...