Lester is nearly 6 months old...a big, gorgeous boy who will father some beautiful babies someday if given the chance He's got big green monster feet, and his favorite treats are oranges, apples, salad & spaghetti.
Unfortunately we can't keep him around; my older hens are afraid of him...
Lester is nearly 6 months old...a big, gorgeous boy who will father some beautiful babies someday if given the chance He's got big green monster feet, and his favorite treats are oranges & spaghetti.
Unfortunately we can't keep him around; my older hens are afraid of him because he chases...
Hi Everyone! I saw this posted by Manna Pro Poultry on Facebook, and thought I'd share it here in case anyone is interested in teaching a chicken class in Portland on 9/24:
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Manna Pro Poultry
If u live in Portland, free class on backyard farming 9/24. Looking for a teacher on...
Here you go:
Chicken coops tour is June 19
Fifteen Salem residents will showcase their backyards as part of the inaugural Capitol City Chicken Coop & Garden Tour.
The tours will run from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 19 at various locations.
Coop tours include booklets with color pictures...
@gritsar: Wow!! Sounds like good advice...thank you! It's funny, the little pullets do seem to be more up for babying & petting than he is ... maybe this is why.
Thank you, thank you, thank you, everyone!! Hubby and I talked and I passed on everything you've told me here, and the verdict is:
Lester has found his forever home here with us WOOT!!!!!
He has been telling me all along that if I want to keep him, keep him ... but we had to get past...
Thank you both!! That is extremely helpful.....yep, I collect eggs every day, so we'd be just fine on that point - yay!
I expect that once I start putting them all together (supervised until I see how it goes!), that there's bound to be a few scuffles. They've all been getting to know each...
Good morning everyone! I have a question about how you manage having hens & roosters together...
As some of you know, one of my birds from the last batch of babies turned out to be a cockerel, and since my hubby & I had discussed it previously, I immediately figured I needed to farm him out to...
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I think we've determined that what the feed store called a "Golden SexLink" is actually a Delaware pullet ... my little Maggie She looked like this when I first brought her home:
awwww It's hard to tell because of the red light, but she was a little yellow fluffball