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  1. CountryGeorge

    Derperella, the (weird) Faverolles, & Friends

    Welcome back, Fud lady. We have missed you lots and lots.
  2. CountryGeorge

    Chicken Breed Focus - Sussex

    I got six Speckled Sussex 'pullets' last year from the local feed store and ended up having to rehome one because she developed the horrid habit of yanking the pin feathers out of her hatchmates and eating them. This also started a bleed that lead to pecking by the others. Out of the remaining...
  3. CountryGeorge

    BYC members in Massachusetts?

    AlphaRooster, Is Mr. Sweetcheeks a Sussex?
  4. CountryGeorge

    Long live the King - the neverending story of Brahmalot!

    A friend has a horse barn here in Massachusetts and he has been catching raccoons for almost three years now, I think the count is almost twenty by now. They are horrible when it comes to chickens, another friend had 8 bantams and a duck just killed in one night. My coops are like a fort once...
  5. CountryGeorge

    Long live the King - the neverending story of Brahmalot!

    I am hoping someday to get a hen that wants to go broody, so far not a one has been interested. Nothing is cuter than a mama with a bunch of chicks running after her.
  6. CountryGeorge

    BYC members in Massachusetts?

    I insulate the floor and under the nesting boxes. The rest of the coop is kept tight to avoid drafts but with good ventilation up at the roof to allow the moisture from their breath to escape. So far, four years in, no serious frostbite or problems.
  7. CountryGeorge

    BYC members in Massachusetts?

    I just got six Speckled Sussex pullets yesterday. It's been a few years now and I have to get used to the peeping again.
  8. CountryGeorge

    BYC members in Massachusetts?

    My flock has a nice dry coop and large mesh covered run and in one corner of the run is an Igloo dog house that was laying around and I put into the run just for fun. During this snow time they would all leave the coop and nosh down on some food and then spend the rest of the day all huddled...
  9. CountryGeorge

    Ended Contest #7 Most Striking Domestic MALE Fowl Contest 7th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

    Here we have the mighty Chipmunk with his adoring fans checking out their new Christmas toy.
  10. CountryGeorge

    BYC members in Massachusetts?

    kbil0461, you do know new chicks need a lot of heat and a draft free environment?
  11. CountryGeorge

    BYC members in Massachusetts?

    Funny how often the pullets you buy develop long tail feathers and big mouths.
  12. CountryGeorge

    BYC members in Massachusetts?

    My change for this horrid cold, (-17 two nights ago, -12 last night) is to keep them closed inside the coop until it warms up. Their body heat takes the curse off the cold and lack of drafts keeps them reasonably happy inside, for a while at least. It is still -4 here but as soon as it gets to...
  13. CountryGeorge

    BYC members in Massachusetts?

    I am in Central Mass and my feathery bunch is going on four so they have been through a few winters now. I just make sure the coop is draft free but at the same time it is vented near the top to allow their breath to leach out. I do give them some scratch toward evening to give them something to...
  14. CountryGeorge

    BYC members in Massachusetts?

    My bunch has left the coop and grabbed a bite to eat and then fled to the 'Igloo' to hope this stuff disappears. Chipmunk the roo is keeping guard while three other roos and five hens hide inside.
  15. CountryGeorge

    Derperella, the (weird) Faverolles, & Friends

    Just a little aside, I had a beautiful little porcelain 'duccle that was not a lot bigger than a sparrow who probably should have been a house pet but wasn't. She was friendly as anything and would fly up to perch on my shoulder from the ground when I'd go into the run.
  16. CountryGeorge

    BYC members in Massachusetts?

    I'm in the hills of Worcester County and my temps are about the same as Orange. My feathery bunch is going on four years old and they don't lay in the winter any longer but should start up again in the Spring, I provide no extra light and let them have a vacation for the winter. They seem to...
  17. CountryGeorge

    Derperella, the (weird) Faverolles, & Friends

    Welcome back, fud lady.
  18. CountryGeorge

    BYC members in Massachusetts?

    The first year I had a base heater for a water fount in the coop and kept that full all the time and added a second metal fount outdoors during the day. That worked okay but last year my coop setup did not let me put the base heater in so I just brought the feathery bunch out water in the...
  19. CountryGeorge

    Derperella, the (weird) Faverolles, & Friends

    The Fud lady's work has place of honor on my bird wall, formally the chicken wall but now has ducks as well.
  20. CountryGeorge

    Derperella, the (weird) Faverolles, & Friends

    I just picked up some lovely artwork by our favorite artist at the post office. Nice work, fud lady!
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