OMG all these beautiful birds! I really want some mottled, whites, blacks, and blues....really I just love them all! I really want to get some in February or March...what is a good way to get good birds?
I used to be on this board a long time ago and was thrilled to see it is still here! Now that the kids
will be entering college and I am staying home and not working I am excited to get back into my chickens!
I really want to focus on some nice cochins and will have some other laying hens....I...
WOW! Great first hatch and how lucky for you LOL! I love your barred one you are working on. I have a barred EE that lays te prettiest blue egg and she is a really nice bird. I hope to get some of her chicks this spring but mine is paired with a barred rock roo....
I agree with you and I teach my kids it is all farm life and "what ever happens happens for a reason" not that I am happy always like this past week when my faorite frizzle roo fell into the duck tank and drown.....
Anyway I LOVE YOUR BIRDS and all your animals and enjoyed the tour it was...
you always dd a squirt of food coloring in her vent. I have never don't this but know people who have. Then they know which hen lays which egg...
Three eggs a day that is really a lot for such a little body...
I LOVE CONTROLLERS TOO!!!!
I hear ya years ago when he first got started they had to have so many familiarization flights a year but you know how that goes the gov ended that. And I hate to tell ya but they are so short staffed and expected to do so many things they don't want to, to ya'll that...
Here in Nort Texas 60# sq in field $4-5 and $35-40 good horse quality coastal. Last year due to rain it was rotting in thefield and theyear befor in our drought Sq $15 and $125 for rounds. I am glad that is over for now.....
And Farmgirl I agree with the slaughter. We live close to a horse...
Good for you NCM! Now the journey begins, you will have your ups and downs and it can be rewarding or heartbreaking... I don't know much about ponies but I will post a pic of a quarter horse we rescued in March. Having never done anything like this I dove in with both feet, spoke with a friend...
barnyard I have a hen that looks almost exactly like yours. She has a little smaller comb and she is a little larger but they look alot alike. I wish I could get a picture of her, she was roosting in the tree when we moved here two years ago and is still not real friendly....and mine lays daily...