ALABAMA!!

[apteryx]

I have a chicken itch.

My flock doesn't look right anymore.. too small.

I'm down to 16 chickens! It's not right.

Worst of all, they're all black, black and white or white. BOOOORING. I've got 2 black Aussies, 3 black Jersey giants, 1 black easter egger, 2 black aussie x marans *yawn* 2 white rocks, 2 barred rocks, 1 splash Marans (white/light grey/splotchey) and then a RIR, orange splash Marans and the partridge rock. (Ok, ok, I got one RIR, an orange Marans and a partridge rock, but that leaves 13 black&white birds)

And my ducks are B&W too. What. The. Heck.

I need some fun birds

How about a lavender olive egger?

 

[bamadude]

What did u cross to get a lavender oe?

 

[icandi]

I just found this in my nest boxes and no eggs left in the boxes, it has been hours there should have been some. It slipped away right after I took this while my back was turned to get my kids to go inside. Does anyone know what kind this is? I closed all doors and my chickens are in the yard not able to get back in until my husband gets home to kill it.

 

[icandi]

Is it a chicken snake?

 

[Wisher1000]

Maybe a Gray rat snake or more likely an Eastern rat snake, but they are both called "chicken snakes" in parts of the country. They will eat eggs and chicks but not usually full grown chickens. I found one coiled up under a broody hen one time, snake and hen were content.

 

[apteryx]

What did u cross to get a lavender oe?

Lavender ameraucana and lavender marans.

 

[icandi]

Gray rat snake or maybe an Eastern rat snake, but they are both called "chicken snakes" in parts of the country.

Thanks I think that is it. My girls were not afraid and kept coming in the coop

Now I have to find the booger again to get rid of him.

 

[Wisher1000]

Your girls should not be afraid of snakes, they are beneficial and eat pests. They should learn to recognize the venomous ones and respect their space, but I have taught my boys to catch the harmless ones and relocate them. I did it mostly because my DH has an unreasonable fear of all snakes and I didn't want that passed on to our children.

 

[icandi]

Lavender ameraucana and lavender marans.

sounds like one pretty girl

 

[Wisher1000]

Quote: How many hens did you get? I remember that you had tons of cockerels. Of the cockerels, did you see any white in their feathers? In the base of the tail? Anywhere?

I will have some for you for sure, as a matter of fact, once I make my final selection on which ones I will be using for breeding, I can let some POL pullets go. That will be this fall/winter.