Recent content by MountainFarmPeeps

Luke, yer killin me over here! Yeah, I'm thinking she went somewhere else for a vacation and has come back to us now. She settled right in to roost for the night without so much as a ruffled feather or a cluck from anyone else...right smack in the middle of everyone, not off to the side or in a...

Has anyone ever had a chicken go missing....assumed it was dead...and then had that same chicken just show up at your house to eat one day? I had three black sex link sisters. Over the last year two of them went missing in a rash of fox attacks and we were upset, but made our peace with the...

Anybody...anybody!? I am trying to ready myself for getting some chicks in a few weeks/months and also looking around for a breeder because I've got a good friend who wants to start a small BY flock and would love Cochins and was possibly looking for some already laying girls... Thank you...

HAhaaha! YES, my dorking chicks ARE home and they are the cutest little peeps! I will get pictures up, I have some good color crosses, the awesome farmer men I got my chicks from are very committed to the strength of the breed and have brought in some color crosses (birchen, mottle-y lookin'...

Well and my concern is also with it's behavior. I've never known any fox but a sick fox to be so slow to get lost when a human starts shrieking at it. This was not in any way a sick looking fox, though. This was actually the most beautiful, well fed looking, silkiest, biggest fox I've ever seen...

Thanks for the responses guys I really appreciate it. We're reallllly not big on killing things...but we're huge on protecting the animals we keep as our food source and responsibility. So, killing the fox is not a huge problem for us. I mean, the way we see it, we're no match for the fox. It...

...is it "on"? We haven't had any trouble with fox or coons or anything...just hawks. The woods around my house have been a haven for my birds, since the hawks don't have so much luck in swooping when my flock is under cover of trees, etc...well, now the woods are just as dangerous. It seems...

God that is the cutest, smartest thing I've ever seen! Talk about using space well in your yard. AWESOME coop...plus, a thousand points for thinking creatively. I would be so proud to have made that and have it in my yard. Seriously.

Coolest thread on BYC, IMHO....Julie you have got the neatest project ever going here! WOW!

I'd doubt highly that he means Ancona as there are only a few people in my area who sell them and they are all more knowledgeable types. I actually just recently had to make a choice between Ancona and White Dorking chicks...I chose Dorking because I'm into meat birds, but I would love some...

...and if you do have Anacondas....do they eat your other chickens? Just asking before I buy this guys chickens off of Craigslist! He also has Sexlings...in case anyone is interested! Seriously though, the "sexlings" I get, I didn't always know exactly what sex linked chickens were or how...

Holy cow....I'd give an arm and a leg for what you've got there! Sheesh! I can't wait to see pics of what you do...that is gonna be one sweet coop.

Quote: Right! I saw the picture and was like YOWZA!

http://nh.craigslist.org/mat/1662829361.html Just in case any BYCers here in NH are looking for some pallets for making a coop!

I'm no good with chick IDing...but I know this much: Different breeds can grow at alarmingly different rates! As long as everyone seems healthy and happy, my inclination would be to not sweat it! You have beautiful little chickies...congrats! And good luck with your breed ID mystery!