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That is certainly the temperament I’m looking for…how big are they? My Vanilla Bean boy is about 8lbs and still growing slowly so I’m expecting he might reach 9. He’d flatten my smaller hens. He’s super wide and his feet are also massive compared to my other roos (he leaves tracks the same size...

I need to find out whether Mt Healthy "pads" orders for <6 with cockerels when it's going to a state with annoying rules like NY...if they don't, that would be a good option to have on the table. I don't think I want to get another batch from TSC or another feed store looking for big hens since...

OMG, never ask me to build anything...ever. I was a straight A student in math classes. I can do crazy origami with much more complex geometries - I should be able to build a box. But apparently there is some law of the universe that says I'm not allowed to build a simple butt joint cube out of...

On a lighter note...Miss Chungus continues to improve and loooooooves those really expensive and really stinky cans of moist bugs. Nice red comb, happy sounds, doing really well on her first day off of meds. (Side note: there are no shavings in there because I have had to keep an eagle eye...

Dang...yeah I've wondered if it's a small numbers issue for mine too. Not that I want to try hatching out a bunch only to find that more of them just makes an even bigger mess...I can separate 3 little dorks, but an angry mosh pit of a bunch of roos would be kind of scary. For the moment I have...

Eghads...Squeak is a dragon right now. Kissy-poo with me, kissy-poo with Goober, but otherwise wanting to fight the entire world - including the dog. He is not eating like he should, too amped to do so I guess, so I will have to bring him inside for that in the evenings. When I pick him up he's...

I thought I had the good strong older rooster thing in Vanilla Bean…but he literally gave up last night and was like “ok fine I’ll go sit by myself then” and that somehow attracted more aggression. He’s ok but I removed him. If he was smaller than the 1st spring idiots though it would’ve been a...

I think I should have asked you this sooner when you mentioned your bachelor flock: when that dreaded 1st spring rolls around for new cockerels for that flock, how do you handle that phase? I've clearly messed things up with mine this week due to a routine change up so I'm now trying to figure...

I believe Chungus has managed to peek into the webcam view at least once in every single video call I've had this week. I've learned that she will start bouncing off the walls as soon as she realizes I'm talking to someone, so I gave in and just started putting her on my lap before the meeting...

Well Tengu did not sleep in the coop...Squeak took his sleeping spot and they had another spat over it in the dark when I tried to add Tengu back in. So Tengu slept in the house. Unfortunately Squeak seems to be the actual issue since he's clearly trying to climb the ladder (he's not going to...

Uuuuuggghhhhh this year SUCKS so far. Super duper good thing I didn't succumb to the fluffy cheeks and buy chicks. Feels like bad events attract bad events. I've had Miss Chungus in my office for just over a week now. Incredibly bad dehydration and bowl impaction with either infection or some...

In this case I'd have had a dead bird within the day without intervention; she'd have eventually fallen off the roost from weakness and either eventually been taken out by the flock or died from the internal issues if they left her alone, since she was initially unable to drink on her own. It...

I have a hen that is currently recovering from a very bad gut impaction. This was NOT a crop impaction, which is the main thing that there's a lot of info for online - really not easy to find info on gizzard or intestinal impactions for birds by comparison. My hen's impaction definitely started...

So kind of a depressing update to make here that goes back to my original post about chronic health issues in hatchery stock. One of my original buff orpington hens is having some issues now as she's approaching 3. I thought she was hard as nails but it just took some chronic issues a while to...

Yeah the 6 chick thing here is kind of baffling given the minimums elsewhere. It’s high even for the heat-in-transit argument. Makes it quite hard for folks in more suburban areas with a 4 hen max. I haven’t been able to part with a single cockerel so I think my chances of being able to part...

Aaaaaahhhh they've got amazing fluffy little Ameraucana pullets at a local feed shop. THOSE LITTLE FUZZY CHEEKS. Darn you NY and your stupid minimum 6 chicks law...6 is just too many right now. While it was very hard to leave with just the potting soil I came in for, I do not need that many more...

Mr. Vanilla Bean: bringing sexy chonky back. This absolute cube of a boy crowed non. stop. through one of my zoom meetings today because he decided he didn't get enough hugs this morning.

Mr. Monster has had somewhat of a hawk experience now too...he was out with everyone and I heard one somewhere, so I rounded the flock up to put them back in. I always put the hens back first, then Junior goes back when about half of them are in since he helps stop re-escapees, and Monster is...

Several of mine also know what phrases "bed time" means, but those hens do the exact opposite and try to escape and run to the house for last-minute treats or do whatever else gets them maximal attention to delay roosting. You can tell when an animal understands a phrase if it either...

That sway is not going to hold up to another winter. So definitely can't do any chance of extra roos unless I can get a better roof over the extension - the current 4 do ok for a day or so in the smaller, snow-safe area but wouldn't want to pack more in there. It'll do fine for rain still, so I...