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Rudolfo came from the North East Los Angeles animal shelter. He came there via a "raid" by the Los Angeles Sheriff's department who busted a fighting and gambling ring. He had some neck sores but little else in the way of damage. He had to be held for about 20 days as "evidence" and then...

What ethnicity is Anayaka? Czech?

We have had backyard chickens now for about 3 years. I don't know what has been more fun--the wonderful eggs or chillin' with the girls. We currently have five Black Jersey Giants and a Polish Lacewing. All regular producers. I confess to feeding them treats every other day: tomatoes (their...

If it's red, they'll jump on it! Roma tomatoes are their favorite. This time of year, I'll shop for 6 for $1 specials. In the Summer we have more than enough from the garden.

They could be twins. Nice looking bird. Our Polish hen is in a flock of 5 other Jersey Giants. She's only 5 lbs, but she never pecks or gets pecked on, sort of a quiet power within her. Sometime she flies away from the rest of the flock (who are too fat to fly) and roosts apart for a day of so.

We have endemic Morning Glory in our spacious backyard. We regularly pull it out but we can't keep the yard free of this pest. Is it alright for our fluffy butts to eat the flowers? The flowers are purple and the girls like anything that resembles red or purple. What about the leaves. I would...

Well, boys are doing well. They have about 20 acres of black walnut woodland to roam during the day. I have been giving them a handful of scratch every other day or so. They now wander over to me when I show up. One thing I notice is if they are spooked they will launch themselves vertically...

Oh, the reason for my concern is that the trees that they roost in is on property "For Sale". I was going to contact the Real Estate agent and see what's up. If they are seen as a problem like devaluing the property or the new owners don't want them, I was going to do something. Otherwise, they...

Well if they are all boys, how much success would I have if I tried to integrate them into an existing, mature flock of hens: 5 Jersey Giants and 1 odd-ball (see my avatar)? Maybe introduce 1 and find other homes for the other 2?

Just getting to know these chickens.They live in the neighborhood, apparently on their own. They roam around, cross the road, roost in a set of trees just above this photo. Breed? Sex?

Hmm, what about the breed?

I saw them (literally) crossing the road in our neighborhood a week ago. I came back once and couldn't find them. The a second trip back found them roosting in the trees shown in this photo. There are three, one rooster, and everyone that I have talked to in the block says that "They have been...

Yes, I first noticed the purring sound a few days ago while our 18 week old Jersey giants were getting into dust bathing in a big way. One girl had dug a hole a bit bigger than she was so that she was below grade and lying on her side quite still, purring continuously like a cat. I was hoping...