Recent content by Colourchaser

Even though I have been a member for over a year my account wants me to introduce myself again so here goes: My name is Mary and I have 12 adult and 22 baby chickens, four cats, three children, two children-in-law, one dog, and a non-farmer husband. I had a coup FIRE last year and lost almost...

Thanks everyone for your help

Buff Orp., SLB Wyandotte, my Speckled Sussex just wanted to hatch eggs once they were out she started throwing the chicks around and pecking any that weren't fast enough to get out of her way. I took her babies gave them to the Buff Orp she kept her 8 and the Sussex's 8 until they where old...

what could give green legs?

This baby is nine weeks old. I bought her/him from the feed store (straight run of day old bantums.) She has such beautiful feet, perfectly fully feathered. Her leg skin is willow or greenish color.

Silkiest love to be held and loved on. They are even patient with my 5yr old autistic son.

I have a bantam polish white crested black and HE started crowing at seven weeks. He was one of four bantams I bought for the spring chicken season. I had no idea they matured so quickly. The good news is he isn't very loud and it shakes his whole little body when he crows, but dang he sure is...

Just curious any feathers outside the run?

ROTFLMAO

Well I would do that if you could tell me which chicken breed gives milk?

Do chickens know eggs hatch in three weeks? I read this comment to my husband and he said women wouldn't know they were due in 9 months if we weren't told.

Hi Everyone, I have BYC, I have 10 hens, 1 rooster, 4 pullets and 3 cockrels free range. I have done lots of reading, questions through people at the county and state fairs, and at our poultry exchanges and a ton of in formation from all of you here at BYC. So I kind of went into my chickens...