OMG!! I hadn't read the thread in over 200 posts... since the beginning of January, and just finished them all to now. Was devasted and then elated! I am so happy he's beating what ever this is at this point.
Of all the phoenix and yokos and jap bants I hatched over last spring, and then got...
Well... I hadn't read the Derp Files for a long minute... Finally caught up...
I want to say that I have a few old girls... Vanilla, she's going on 5 (White silkie hen). Then there is Fiametta. A fav-x. She's 4. Those are my two oldest birds. Both healthy girls. I am hoping to get a good 10-15...
Man is Baron gorgeous! WOWSERS!
Poor molting girls... Coco Chanel just went through a molt. By far the worst molter in my yard, but it wasn't as bad as either of your girls. LOL. BUT my marans hen is starting a molt. She seems to be losing more and more feathers, and OH the pile under the...
Baron Rufflerump... LOVE LOVE LOVE the name. LOL I just realized it didn't end up in my quote!
And thanks. They are definitely a... funky group of favs. I look around and I see all the pures and a few of the mutt girls.. I have one mutt girl who is cross of fav roo over NH... She's a bit bigger...
A week or so ago I said I was going to post some pics of this years fav pullets... Well, don't want to be a liar...
The one on the left is the daughter of the one on the right.
This one is a BANTAM!! She is so tiny, and so funny!
A trio, they are all half sibs.
Perfect coloring on this one...
Hope ya'll won't mind, but shortly, I am going to post a few pics of my rotten new batch of faverolles. They range in color on the salmon spectrum, including very light, and some with black. Only a few turned out PERFECT. AND I have a bantam girl! She's a trip. She'll run right up to me, let me...
I was reading that the first round at hatch, the second round at 6 weeks. I was also reading another study that suggests even adult birds who've not been vaccinated can be vaccinated, and that there is some indication that vaccinating birds that are starting to show symptoms can stop the...
Well, obviously phantom chicks are a family trait... LOL
Hope all works out for you with that new guy.
Mareks has hit my incubator group of birds. It hasn't hit any of my flock that are laid and then hatched here, but it did hit my incubator flock. Lost 5 pullets. Have only one pullet left...
Mine slow down a lot, to nearly just a few week between them all. If I added light, I'd probably get more, but I am a more let nature take its course type a girl.