thanks, this was my old flock back in Australia, i have had to start from scratch (pun intended ) since moving here to America, i just got my new baby girls 3 days ago!! super psyched to have chickens again
this was 'the cave' our outdoor brooder we set up in the back corner of an unused aviary, there where our 'bator chicks, some pure wyandottes, some wyandotteXbarnyard mutts
back in Australia, i had Sarge (roo) Princess Layer, Eggatha, Bertha, Beatrice & Mrs. Cluckens, they where the parent birds, then we had lil sarge, big red, spot, chief & crook foot ((he had extra toes)) and the rest we just called by their colors, buff, white, black & lavender
we moved to...
This is Eggatha, she was the UGLIEST **** bird i had ever seen, and talk about neurotic!! KARAZEY BIRD!! we thought she had died, didnt see her for weeks, then one day, here she was in the backyard with 10 chicks!! 10!!! she was TINY, i will never know how she sat in them all.. ugly bird.. i...
we had a flock of about 30 wyandottes, such beautiful colors, many different patterns, cold hardy birds, our Rooster 'Sarge' was HUGE and he was such a good boy who protected his girls, extremely friendly and social