Recent content by TheFeatheredTempest

It is not legal to take a mink (it's a fur bearer) without actual depredation or a hunting license in your state.

I'm gonna let this one go for now.

One thing to consider is that, unlike mammals, it is the female that determines the sex in chickens so the environment for the sperm would be irrelevant. However, it is still an intriguing question. I have a feeling that if there were some way to predispose hens to having more female offspring...

So the date stamped on the photo is not accurate? Is there a porcelain d'uccle behind them in that one photo? I'm over in IL, a few hours west from you. Have you reconsidered shipping? Do you know anyone who drives over this way?

I'll send you a PM

I would be just heart broken if a coon got my chickens. But I also realize that the ultimate responsibility as the owner lies with me. It is up to me to keep them healthy and safe. The kills you describe were almost certainly coons from the beginning. It's a shame you decided to kill the cat...

I'd love to have her. I think she'd be very happy here and I have other d'uccles, all are very friendly and spoiled. But I'm in NW IL

It's lack of experience on my part. I haven't seen enough actual birds to be able to tell what I'm looking at, whether it is isabel or gold.

Thanks for the leads everyone. I will check with Jerry. I do hope Sigrid is able to put out a second edition. I'm surprised to hear she is having trouble with a publisher. I have scoured the net and have downloaded or bookmarked every article of hers I can find. I have around 20 PDFs so...

d'uccles!!! They come in white, are super sweet, cold hardy, and mine are good layers too

You might want to check out these sites: http://www.freewebs.com/japaneseclubaustralia/ http://web.ukonline.co.uk/japclub/index.htm They have a lot of other colors overseas than we have here in the states.

I mentioned parasites in my post..... I had a friend in college who had a saying, "The world is covered in a thin layer of feces". Parasites, viruses, bacteria, spores, etc. are everywhere (unless you live in a bubble or a top biosecure government lab). There's no point getting too worked up...

Yeah, I saw that she has a silkie book coming out! I thought the Genetics of Chicken Colors was available as an Ebook but I haven't been able to find that either. Please do let me know if you locate a copy. Meanwhile I'll be learning Dutch!

Nancy - No one else who knows anything about chickens has had the chance to look at any of my flock - except for BYC folks online. I guess you'd call the poem more of a eulogy, or a poetic essay. It always makes me cry Here it is: On a Monument to the Pigeon By Aldo Leopold, 1947 Published...

Of course she has a book!!! But I've heard obtaining a copy here in the U.S. is next to impossible. Am I misinformed? And many of the articles are too long for the online translating apps, like google. Or they don't translate accurately