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Where in Ohio was this auction? was it Mt Hope? I was there on Thursday. Had a great time.
Yes it was Mt hope!
The chickens there on Thursday looked horrible. I wouldn't have bought any of them. Wait until the Ohio national, then you can see really nice birds. I saw one pen of quail...
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It's probably a good thing I am working a few 12 hour days
in a row. I won't have time to pet any chickens!
Thanks for the info, the feathers are hard at the base.
But, I should just let them work it out themselves.
Susan
Crazy Questions
So, my little coon attacked birds are doing well
regrowing their feathers. Because they are blue,
their pinfeathers have a black sheath. Is it okay to
comb and groom them to help get these off, or am
I just crazy like my kids are telling me?
And along those lines, my hen must be...
They are about a year old, and I don't think they had started to molt yet. Hopefully they will shape up by fall. Right now they are so sad looking! He has a couple of other chickens to take to the fair if they need more time. Probably not a year that he will have any chickens place; but...
Poor, pathetic chickens. Not looking so great at this point, but they are perky and eating. Just a little terrified about being picked up. Understandably so.
Susan
A big hungry momma coon got into our pen and ate some chickens. My older son 'took care' of the coons. We lost Audrey (cutie in the back); but Agatha and Hurcule survived. Mostly without a LOT of feathers. My younger son was planning to take them to the fair in October. We have moved them into...
As I gave all three baths and blew them dry this morning, I can attest that the skin is, in fact, not black. They are just deep dusky gray feathered. Oh, they all loved the blow dryer.