Recent content by sonoralinda

Thats quite a collection. I need to order several Blue Australorp pullets and a roo to go with them, also a couple of black pullets. They are hard to find.

Nice, do they all get along?

Thats a beauty! What size is it? Nice babies!

What kind of wire do you have on your runs? My husband wants to put fencing wire on it, 1x2”. I had rabbit wire before and liked it but it costs more and he doesn’t think it needs to be that small.

Thanks Blue.

Sounds like good advice! We drove to Lewiston today and ended up buying 60 2x4’s and some 1/2” plywood. We settled in our minds to build a 4x8’ coop and the run will be 8’x12’. I would like to end up with 2 black and 2 blue australorps and a roo. I went to 2 places today and they will be...

Thank you.

Oh there are all kinds of hawks, all sizes, also eagles once in a while. There’s a little hawk camped out around our wood shed where we have a bird feeder. Big ones come by and try to catch the quail. We feed them under the 4x4’s trailer and they seem to like the protection. Do you think a...

No birds yet. Just in the planning stages of the coop and run and thinking of getting some Australorp chicks. It gets hot and cold here. Hi Big Blue. I used to have Easter Eggers in Ca. We are in the planning stages. The Australorps sounds like a perfect chicken to me. I used to have some...

Getting back into chickens in a new state. Is anyone close to Kamiah, ID? What kind of chickens do you have? What kind would you like?

I’ve been out of chickens for a while now. We moved from CA to Kamiah, ID four years ago. Time to rebuild and get some chicks! Glad to be back on Backyard Chickens!

That's funny, my two chihuahuas follow me around until I sit down and they're right there in my lap wether I want them or not, sometimes they beat me to the couch and are waiting for me to sit down.

I haven't had Wyandottes before. I have two Silver Laced and a Golden Laced. Compared to the bantam Cochins I used to have these gals are not trusting me, won't eat out of my hand, but they are curious. I've had them since they were 4 wks old. The Barnvelder is shy. The little Australorp is...

I noticed one small thing the list of poisonous plants said, "UNRIPE" tomatoes. So maybe when ripe they don't pose a threat. Also there are many varieties of Hosta plants so there could be one poisonous one, hopefully no ones chickens will ever find out which one it is. We're getting some...