I don't have any recent images of the coop, but here it is when it was almost done being built. There is now a run attached off the front, that will get a roof this spring/summer that is currently tarped.
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@casportpony --
I call my peafowl peachicks until they are a year old. Once they are a year, I call them yearlings. Ducklings are ducklings until they feather out. Once feathered out, I call them juveniles.
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Teehee -- takes too long to say yearlings or juveniles so we just say "chicks
I call my peafowl peachicks until they are a year old. Once they are a year, I call them yearlings. Ducklings are ducklings until they feather out. Once feathered out, I call them juveniles.
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Teehee -- takes too long to say yearlings or juveniles so we just say "chicks
kurby22
Crossing the Road
4-H is a wonderful program! I wanted to do it as a kid and never got the chance either, so now that I have kids, I get to be involved!I do need to get some pictures! Lol, I call them chicks for many weeks!
They are fun and I did okay. Set 40 eggs and 34 hatched. I've had poults before, so I knew about putting a chick in with them, but thanks for mentioning it.
DO get some pictures and if they not over a month old, enter the Cutest Baby Fowl Photo Contest—Win a Brinsea Incubator!
I used to take my peachick to Tractor Supply with me. I did this until he was six months old.
I have a bunch too. What breeds do you have?
Wow, 10 is old. Glad to hear the one I helped you with is still alive and doing well. What sort of coop upgrades are you making?
What types of chicks are you doing? 4-H is a wonderful program, I wish I had had the opportunity.
Long time! A couple of mine have scabs like that from their perch. What does she perch on?
Glad you're getting lots of eggs and a little money to help offset the cost of feed.
Dang, sorry about your losses.
Congrats on the ducklings and goslings! Get lots of pictures!
If you're ever in the Gilroy area, I could take your rooster.
Wow! Sriously long time! How are you?
Time flys! I can't believe your oldest is eight.
I call my peafowl peachicks until they are a year old. Once they are a year, I call them yearlings. Ducklings are ducklings until they feather out. Once feathered out, I call them juveniles.
That's nice mix of breeds! Good point on the egg color making it easier to spot problems. Brooding indoors does get pretty smelly.
So sorry to hear that you had to have surgery. I hope you feel better soon and that your family can learn how to do your animal chores. Like you, I'd rather be out doing stuff than sick in bed.
Get well soon!
I have some fully feathered mixed-breed chicks that I'll sell cheaply.
Sounds like you got your hands full!
The weather has been so nice!
Have you though about what you might get?
Kids are good for all sorts of things haha. The Club closest to us didn't even have a poultry project and yet they are in Fair Oaks, which is known for its chickens that roam the park and downtown! They even have a Chicken Run! So, I volunteered to lead the poultry project and have been co-leading/leading for three years now. Finally getting the hang of it! My breeds of choice are bantams, since I live in suburbia. I have bantam Ameraucanas, d'Anvers, Watermaals, modern game bantams, Satins, and bobtail cochins. I love these breeds and couldn't believe how hard it's been to find them in California! I decided that I wanted to be a source for others in the state, although d'Anvers and Watermaals are not well known in general so I have been using them for showmanship to get them more attention. I have black, mottled, white, and self-blue d'Anvers and this year my blacks beat out 30 quail d'Anvers for Best and Reserve of Breed at the shows. I was so excited! I have only competed against myself in the shows with my Ameraucanas though--except for the Pacific Breeders show that included people from out of state. I have BBS and trying to grow my self-blues into a line and have project cuckoo and lavender cuckoos I'm working on as well. This hatch I got three with pea combs, so I'm making progress!
I also sell bantam Easter Eggers to people that just need to have the tiny blue eggs. Do you ever make it to any of the shows in CA? The Paso Robles show is always one of my favorites, but Lodi is huge and the sales barn always has great options!
kurby22
Crossing the Road
You have some adorable girls
Fay is really pretty! Hi from Sac County!
kurby22
Crossing the Road
Have they survived the mud apocalypse? I'm so glad that spring has arrived for you up there! You guys got it so much worse than we did down here. While the mud will be my forever nemesis, I still HATE the Valley heat the most! I wish I lived up by you in the cool, foggy redwoods! I try to get up that way at least once every couple of years for work or vacation--the Northern Coast is the BEST. Sounds like you got really busy really fast! Enjoy the littles and their love of chickens, it's the best!
kurby22
Crossing the Road
I know you are in the Bay Area, but I am still impressed at your chicken math willpower! Only 3?? That is just amazing to me haha.
@kurby22 -- 4H Yeah! Good for you! And you say bantams are hard to find in Calif? I found NPIP/AI Clean Buckaboo Farm in Orange County area here in So Calif. They have Frizzles, Satins, Laced Satins, D'Uccles, plus other breeds. They're a small operation but have a good enough reputation to be on the local news. I waited 9 months to get the color of DNA-sexed Silkie I wanted (Blue) plus I got a couple more that they had when I picked up my order January of this year.
If nothing else, the Buckaboo site is fun to peruse:
https://buckaboofarm.com/
If nothing else, the Buckaboo site is fun to peruse:
https://buckaboofarm.com/
kurby22
Crossing the Road
Look at those cuties!! I can't get over how cute silkies are--little, gentle, moppets! I have coveted Buckaboo Farm silkies for some time! She's just really far away from Sacramento haha. I have gotten silkies from Featherbabyfarm though--if you like to peruse, I highly recommend her as well!! Also, if you follow her on Facebook you can also watch videos of her silly Emus! They are hilarious
I may have not been entirely clear in my post--I meant that d'Anvers and bantam Ameraucanas in particular--are really hard to find in California! I found my Watermaal people and the West Coast Watermaals group and there are a lot of modern game and OEGB people, but bobtail cochins are pretty rare too! Bantam Ameraucanas have been the hardest to find, and the one breeder that is sort of local to me has a very small line of Wheaten/Blue Wheatens that are amazing but genetically fragile as she hasn't had any new blood introduced to her flock in over 10 years. I have slowly been acquiring hatching eggs from Ameraucana Breeders Club and Ameraucana Alliance members but I'm having a terrible time with wheatens so they are just for me personally right now. I know a couple people have shown a bantam or two but at least in the show circuit it's been my birds alone in the category! I have had a LOT of interest in chicks and hatching eggs this year, but my stock is super small still and limited to my own needs mainly. I'm hoping to continue to build up a decent amount of them so that we can see them in the state more often in the future!
@kurby22 -- Wow you've got your work cut out for you! Running a breeding program is more hobby sport than money-maker. I guess like the rest of us you're chicken crazy too -- teehee! It's good to get breeding stock from several different sources. Buckaboo Farm gets their stock from different sources. Keeps the gene pool fresh as you said. That was my problem with the Breda chicken -- Greenfire Farms imported Breda but the small gene pool made them delicate and all mine died before age 2. Not enough customer interest in Breda to expand breeding stock.
CUCKOO BREDA
BLUE BREDA
For years I went to Amber Waves Silkies for DNA-sexed female Silkies. Before I learned about Amber Waves DNA-sexing I was getting older identifiable female Silkies from private breeders through feed store contacts. With Silkies it's hard to ID males from females so DNA testing is invaluable for owners who want babies of a preferred gender.
When DNA sexing came around I was able to get younger chicks earlier to raise and enjoy. Amber Waves in Norco, Calif did DNA-testing and was in business since 1982 before they fell off the map and must've gone out of business. Then I found a Silkie breeder in San Diego but Orange County (Buckaboo) was closer for us to pickup our order rather than having chicks shipped.
Sadly, the 3 chicks we picked up in Janary will be our last birds. We've had backyard chickens in several breeds for 13 years and am too old and disabled to care for more than the 1/2 dozen birds we have now. What a journey though! Wouldn't trade it for the world!
So happy to see you able to pursue your chicken projects!!!
CUCKOO BREDA
BLUE BREDA
For years I went to Amber Waves Silkies for DNA-sexed female Silkies. Before I learned about Amber Waves DNA-sexing I was getting older identifiable female Silkies from private breeders through feed store contacts. With Silkies it's hard to ID males from females so DNA testing is invaluable for owners who want babies of a preferred gender.
When DNA sexing came around I was able to get younger chicks earlier to raise and enjoy. Amber Waves in Norco, Calif did DNA-testing and was in business since 1982 before they fell off the map and must've gone out of business. Then I found a Silkie breeder in San Diego but Orange County (Buckaboo) was closer for us to pickup our order rather than having chicks shipped.
Sadly, the 3 chicks we picked up in Janary will be our last birds. We've had backyard chickens in several breeds for 13 years and am too old and disabled to care for more than the 1/2 dozen birds we have now. What a journey though! Wouldn't trade it for the world!
So happy to see you able to pursue your chicken projects!!!
Giiiirl, you're on a roll with responsesI do need to get some pictures! Lol, I call them chicks for many weeks!
They are fun and I did okay. Set 40 eggs and 34 hatched. I've had poults before, so I knew about putting a chick in with them, but thanks for mentioning it.
DO get some pictures and if they not over a month old, enter the Cutest Baby Fowl Photo Contest—Win a Brinsea Incubator!
I used to take my peachick to Tractor Supply with me. I did this until he was six months old.
I have a bunch too. What breeds do you have?
Wow, 10 is old. Glad to hear the one I helped you with is still alive and doing well. What sort of coop upgrades are you making?
What types of chicks are you doing? 4-H is a wonderful program, I wish I had had the opportunity.
Long time! A couple of mine have scabs like that from their perch. What does she perch on?
Glad you're getting lots of eggs and a little money to help offset the cost of feed.
Dang, sorry about your losses.
Congrats on the ducklings and goslings! Get lots of pictures!
If you're ever in the Gilroy area, I could take your rooster.
Wow! Sriously long time! How are you?
Time flys! I can't believe your oldest is eight.
I call my peafowl peachicks until they are a year old. Once they are a year, I call them yearlings. Ducklings are ducklings until they feather out. Once feathered out, I call them juveniles.
That's nice mix of breeds! Good point on the egg color making it easier to spot problems. Brooding indoors does get pretty smelly.
So sorry to hear that you had to have surgery. I hope you feel better soon and that your family can learn how to do your animal chores. Like you, I'd rather be out doing stuff than sick in bed.
Get well soon!
I have some fully feathered mixed-breed chicks that I'll sell cheaply.
Sounds like you got your hands full!
The weather has been so nice!
Have you though about what you might get?
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