Recent content by Minniechickmama

I appreciate your breakdown. I am well-versed in hatching and in trying to do so from shipped eggs. I would be happy with just a couple of pullets and a cockerel, to be honest. I am not looking to start a breeding flock, necessarily, but don't really want to go with big hatchery birds either. I...

Would you be able to ship 8 for $40?

I was commenting on how it read to me. I think we agree, just had a different way of wording it. It is nice we have people in the North and South working on this lovely breed. They are and likely always be to me, the perfect dual purpose breed.

Chris, I am not sure if I would go so far as saying never select a female looking at color. Color is still important even on the girls, but I think what you are trying to emphasize is that the heavier weight in evaluating them is giving the type traits to the females and color traits to the...

@holm23 Those dummies who sleep on the floor are more prone to frostbite because the floor is usually frozen. When they are on the roost, their feathers keep them covered and warm. I have some like that, or have, I should say. By the way, yes, everyone, I am still kicking around ;) Hi...

I wish I could hook you up Smuvers. I haven't been on here in a while, so I missed the post when you made it. My girls are all holding out on me. I am in search of some KFC posters to hang in the pens now, the ones with the bucket of crispy fried. This is the latest I have gone in a few...

I spoke with him about a month or so ago. I plan on getting over to pick up a year-old cock from him if he still has any. Was waiting for my ankle to heal enough since I have had to help him catch them before when I got grown birds from him. ;)

I am still here, though not often. I am back in school and it takes up a lot of my time, and I took a year off from doing my usual chicken overloading. I am looking forward to setting the lights on time in about a month and getting eggs set in December for some January hatching to get show...

There may be even more :D

Hey Peeps! How many of you have feathers flying all over your yard? It's that time of year, thin shells, bleaching skin and feathers dropping and new ones coming in, otherwise known as molting season! :eek: If you all have some funny pictures to share, post them here!

That's fantastic! You gotta start somewhere and it sounds like you all got a good one! The kids will need to study if they want to someday go to state fair. There is an interview portion of going up to state that all members must participate in when they get there. There is a written test...

Hello, folks! I hope all is well in the world of chickendom in Minnesota! I am finding thinner shells and an abundance of feathers laying around these days. Time for molting season! In fact, one Buckeye hen is half naked and molting furiously. That is a good thing though. She is turning...

Congratulations! Are you going to eat it? LOL

I'm in Zumbrota. It's nice to see some new people on this thread. Welcome!

^That is something to be happy about!!!