Hi Josh!
This is my flock of 14 pullets' first North Idaho winter -- they are free-rangers and were used to only spending time indoors to roost at night. After the first snow of a few inches and night temps down to 18o, they were intrepid and unphased. When snow packed to 15 inches and it hit...
As a scientist, I love it that sometimes the most extreme probabilty odds against an occurance sometimes do actually occur :) Have seldom seen so in 30 years of experimental life science :) Go figure....
Given the statistical odds of 1:160,000 that I would have only pullets in a straight run, and after confirming i really ordered a straight run... I suspect I was sent sexed chicks in error.. but hey...NO complaints here :) They are lovely, gentle, healthy, happy, prolific layers!!
Thanks for your help with sexing my Buckeyes! For inexplicable reasons, I get error messages every time I try to load any photo files from my computer ( have tried .jpg, .tif..bmp) and have changed my computer settings to not restrict the upload. After carefully examining hackle, saddle...
Hi Buckeye experts!
Should I expect to see distinct male Buckeye sex differentiation in 6.5 mo straight-run chicks? I see absolutely no male secondary sex characteristics: pointed saddle and hackle feathers, larger bright red comb and wattles, crowing, dominance behavior, larger size. But...
Hi,
Am a newbie buckeye mom with 13 pullets and 2 roos that are free ranged and securely housed at night.. All I can say is I have never had so much fun with a breed - personality, sweet, calm temperment, vigor in our environs in N idaho. Amazing foragers- even play with my friggin' cat :)