The new peeps, week 1:
4 Aracaunas, 4 Buff Orpington, 2 Brahmas
First day using the pop door... they weren't quite sure how to deal with it at first, and I there I was, the proud new momma, taking pictures of the big day!
This Orpington Hen is fascinated by one of my cats...
I've had enough with his "protecting his flock" from the neighborhood 4 year old girls. If you want a gorgeous cock, 1 year 2 months old, let me know, and I will hold him a while until we can make the transfer, otherwise, I am harvesting him this weekend.
I have been using my pressure cooker for canning purposes, and that is an absolute delight... so now I made the jump to cooking meals in the pressure cooker. I made some fabulous ribs last weekend, and want to make them again, but double the recipe. (My cooker will hold double capacity of the...
I just asked my P/C guy if he had ever heard of such a thing, and his response was
"No, but just glancing out the window right now I can see at least two chickens fully engulfed in flames, so its not too surprising."
Which is one of the many reasons I have for working with this company!
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I've had this conversation a few times too. I just tell them my hens are lesbian hens and don't need a rooster.
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I am SO stealing that from you!!! that's awesome.
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If she has 7 then someone needs to tell her what causes that.
My thought afterwards was perhaps that finally explained why someone would have 7 children.
(to her credit, they are lovely kids and a happy family... if a bit clueless.)
A.T. Hagan :
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Now what you should have said was, "This is a Holland Lop. It's a meat animal. For a layer you want are one of the Cadbury varieties. They're brown egg layers."
BWAHAHAHAHAHA! That is freakin AWESOME. messing with the city slickers.
After my neighbor asked the obvious "do you need a rooster to get eggs" question, she followed it up with: "Well, since you have a rooster, how do you get baby chickens?" Misunderstanding, I told her I could leave the eggs in the coop to get hatched. She said, "no, how do the eggs get...