Recent content by nissalovescats

I ordered some Buff goslings from Metzer as an experiment when I ordered a larger number of Pilgrim goslings. I ordered 2 male and 2 female Buff goslings. One of the females was dead in the box on arrival. Later after I took the leg bands off, another gosling died. It MAY have been a Buff and it...

I don't have many chickens with names. I have one young pullet named Dahmer, after an eating problem she used to have as a chick. I have an Araucana rooster I recently named Negan. Because he got bullied and then lost his feet to frostbite so I wanted to give him an intimidating name. Negan's...

It's starting to get colder where I live and so I worry about my 2 surviving Araucana getting too cold. But I tried putting two Buff Brahma hens with them. The Brahmas are so gentle and the two groups of chickens huddle together at night for warmth. I can't put my Araucana rooster with anything...

They are very sweet and gentle. I hope they stay that way! And their feathers are so soft.

I got some Buff Chanteclers from Ideal Hatchery this year. Here, I hope, is a picture. Buff Chanteclers 2017 by nissalovescats posted Oct 12, 2017 at 4:08 AM

My 5 month olds in their new run

My 5 month old Buff Chanteclers

Chantecler chickens

I think I would prefer the spiral leg bands to zip ties but I think I will need a larger size for Brahma roosters. And I still am not sure what to do for my Chanteclers. They are only 5 months old so I don't know how big they will grow. They got their leg bands yesterday but they are loose and...

My rumpless Araucana I got as hatching eggs from Macopin Farms. The two individuals I have right now don't have tufts since some Araucana don't. They are both rumpless. I didn't hatch out any of their eggs this year as I was busy with other things. They are both getting a little older so if I...

If you do have another pen, perhaps you could put all your roosters (well, cockerels) together in it, keep the sexes apart for a month or so, and return them together. That way the roosters (cockerels) won't have to fight again as they would if you took just one of them out. The girls might...

I rechecked, the too-small legband on the Brahma hen was a size 9, which I use for my smaller breeds of chickens.

I am inclining toward the cream legbar but am busy building a new, small pen for my two Araucanas. May end up with both, depending on what hatching eggs are for sale next spring. I wonder how winter hardy the Cream Legbars are. In upper Michigan, that's kind of important to know.

I have had good experiences with McMurray, Cackle and Ideal hatcheries. It all depends on which breeds I want. Each one has a different assortment. I have been raising chickens since 1990 and I have noticed that over the years the post office has declined in its ability to ship live chicks...

I have had some LF rumpless Araucana chickens for a few years. The flock is down to one hen (who doesn't lay well) and one roo who had his feet frostbitten right off. I call them Negan and Lucille. I got them as hatching eggs from a responsible breeder I'd dealt with before. I see that Cream...