Last one for now. Pretty sure one of my Spitzhauben is a boy. Face is much redder than the other and he play fights the other boys. So far, I’m looking at rehoming four cockerels. This one is a Greenfire one too, 9 weeks.
And another. Just spotted shiny new saddle feathers coming in. This one is a 9 week old Belgian Liege Fighter from Greenfire. He’s already a big boy and should grow to be rather large. He’s the darker one in the back. The ones in front are my Cemani roos also up for grabs.
Well, the boys just keep on coming! Looks like my last two Ayam Cemani are boys. They are so pretty, but I’ve got my roo picked out. The 9 week old is from Greenfire and the 14 week old from a breeder in Texas. The older one has some dark brown lacing on his cape, but otherwise black through and...
Rehoming Swedish flower cockerels! Well my luck ran out this year and we ended up with close to half a dozen boys. They are about 9 weeks old and super sweet. One will happily take a nap on your arm. They’re from Greenfire lines.
I’m in Oakland and can meet up in Sacramento next weekend. Let me...
Oh, thanks for asking (and Ron for the introduction)! I'm in Oakland near the Ashby bart station. If it's not close to you, I do have a couple friends who I know can reliably check on the food/water situation. If you are close and willing, PM me! Thanks so much either way. You guys are...
You poor thing. I'm so sorry to hear about this. We're about to leave on a 3 week international trip, and despite arranging for a farm-girl type to take care of things, this experience has me worried! I hope your cousins come to understand the full consequences of their actions. Is there...
x2!! So sorry for the loss. I have two daily reminders on my phone to lock up the girls in their run by dusk. After forgetting to close them up twice, I realized a proper alarm was necessary. I hope you can get some sleep tonight!
In case you're still up for suggestions, in the class I took for humane chicken processing, we all used sharpened garden loppers. The man teaching the class had no hands, which is why we didn't use knives/hatchets. Secure the bird, position the loppers, one quick snap closed. Although the...
Sweden is just chock-full (or should I say chook-full??) of interesting chicken breeds.
On another note, I stumbled across some alarming info that oyster shell can have a high lead content! DH was telling me about an article he read, saying that some backyard eggs from highly urbanized...