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I have Orpingtons, they're working very well for me! Chocolate, chocolate cuckoo, Lavender, Black..... I should have lavender cuckoo next summer They're good, seasonal, layers of large brown eggs. Huge, fluffy birds that are like puppies following you around the yard looking for treats...

I'm casually looking for a Lavender orp cockerel if anyone has an extra. A raccoon got my rooster a couple months back and I need one for my ladies this spring! TIA

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This is the peacock they came from

Well, as of yesterday I'm beginning a new adventure with the addition of Peafowl!! I had 2 broody chocolate orpingtons sitting on 7 peafowl eggs for the last 28 days. All 7 eggs were fertile but only 6 hatched. One shrink wrapped and died after beginning to zip the shell open. I think my...

I'm looking for advice from anyone here who have raised peafowl either currently or in the past. A family member has peafowl and has tried hatching in an incubator several times in the past with poor results. Chicks would form fully but die before pipping/hatch. So this year he decided to...

Anyone have an easy/good receipe for pickled eggs? I'm getting a lot of bantam eggs right now and would like to try some. TIA!

This was my 1st "test hatch" for this year. My chocolate orpington rooster hasn't been "friendly" with all his hens yet, over half the eggs I put in the incubator were not fertile. It's all good though, the 2nd batch is looking a little better. I think he just needs warmer weather to get in...

I have a question for people that use a cabinet style incubator for hatching. I built a wooden cabinet incubator this winter. Lined the inside with foil insulation, fans to circulate air from the top to the bottom, etc. My question is this: do you incubate and then hatch in the same cabinet or...

I forgot to mention in my last post, I'm also on the hunt for a new Choc or choc cuckoo orpington rooster. I have one with my hens now but I'm not as happy with his body type/stature, etc. If anyone has or knows of a pure bred choc/cuckoo orp rooster that needs a new home please let me know.

This year I will be hatching: Black, Lavender, Chocolate, Cuckoo, Lavender cuckoo and choc cuckoo orpingtons (wow that sounds like a lot!) Mille fluere/Calico and Buff bantam Cochins (should have some frizzled too!) White and partridge silkies and showgirl. I've been working VERY hard on...

Curious what everyone feeds their chickens (or ducks, turkeys, quail etc) as extra "treats" in the cold weather? I've been feeding a lot of extra cracked corn with extra table scraps. I also have been feeding them hotdogs and anything else I find on the cheap at the grocery store. I'll pickup...

If anyone is looking to start a small flock of bantam Cochins, Here You Go!! This trio is looking for a new home before winter. 1 smooth cockerel with one smooth and one frizzled pullets. I have just started getting eggs from this pen in the last couple weeks. They were hatched this past...

Yep, definitely what's left of a possum!

Here they are again around 5-6 weeks old

These were around 12-14 days old at this point.

I think you do indeed have a smooth feathered Cochin there. The frizzled Cochins will show curling feathers as soon as they start growing in. In other words, by day 3 or 4 when wing feathers start growing you can already see the curl. By 5 weeks, every feather would be coming in curled and...

If anyone here is interested in starting with a small flock of Midget White turkeys please send me a PM. I have 2 hens both around 1.5 years old and a tom that is closer to 2 yrs. I have decided to use their pen for other projects and would like to find them a new farm to call home. The hens...

I have a 4ft x 8ft bed, I planted 2 varieties one is called "Temptation" the other is "Fresca." So far, after 4ish weeks the temptation seem to be a little more vigorous. They are already sending out shoots and new little clumps are starting to grow. The fresca are alive and well but not...