Where do you find reference materials to know the color names of your birds? My chickens look just like the pictures I see here. I don't see many "wheaten" but that is what somebody told me I have several of. What kind of rooster goes with wheaten?
I need a replacement rooster. Last one I had was the pic with the daffodils. I thought my chickens were OEG but I see they may be mixed with American Gamefowl. How do you know the difference? I had researched online OEG to learn the names of colors. There are differences with American color...
GamGam, I am going to try to find OEG. Mine are that, possibly mixed with modern game. I have just read about them online since they moved in. My chickens spilled over from a neighbor and I let them stay. They raised fighting roosters. The ones I have kept though, have been very nice to the...
GamGam - I noticed you had mixed Old English Game. I need an OEG standard rooster. I was hoping to find fertile eggs so I can raise my own instead of introducing a new boy. Are all of your OEG mixed?
My chickens go crazy for styrofoam too. I try to keep it away from them, but found a styro cooler in the garage missing a huge hole from the corner. What do you suppose happens to it - just passes on through?
I have Old English Game and they don't need me for much of anything except keeping clean water out. I throw out some scratch grain every morning and that's all. They are pretty good fliers and they sleep in a tree, so don't know about clipping their wings. That would really frustrate them. I...
I have been reading this site for nearly three years when I found a newly hatched orphan on my property. All the other eggs were broken with contents missing, and no hen in sight. The neighbor had chickens - lots of them - and they had been spilling across the pasture between us. I didn't...