Recent content by chixdiggit

Well, if there were any doubt (and I guess there hadn't been), Roxie started crowing this morning. Not quite 10 weeks old. It was raspy, weak, missing syllables, but unmistakable. And repeated. I had to throw some fruit out there to shut him up!! I've been running ads in town and had some...

Looking for a happy home. Very sweet boy, pretty. Cant keep him here in the city.

I agree. The feed store will buy him back, but i don't want such an uncertain fate for him. Hoping i can find him a flock of his own, though expect that to be a challenge. Ideally, would like to have something set up, but be able to enjoy him awhile longer.

Woops, that posted before i was ready. Im just worried the rooster will out us beyond my friendly neighbors. I may wait, though, and see how noisy he is...my son and i both would prefer to see Roxie/Rocky stay!

Well...the short answer is that we live in a HOA that doesn't permit chickens at all. The longer story is this. When my son and I started talking about having chickens, I knew there were no problems with keeping chickens in Tucson, because thus community is full of backyard chickeners. It's...

Oh, I'm so disapppointed to hear it! He IS a cutie, and he curls up to sleep in the crook of my arm. I hate to think of giving him up!

Heres a body shot.

Hi all, I've seen a bunch of threads with this question. I guess it's my turn. This is my 6 week old barred rock pullet[/IMG], or not. What do the more experienced members think?