I'm in! I ordered Hatching Eggs, 1st time ever, and will be setting them & whatever my few layers feel like laying in the next 2 weeks. This is my first time in the hatch-a-long... I'm excited!!!
Welcome to my Old English Game Bantam page!
(last updated 11/03/2008)
I have three Blue Red OEG Bantams hatched July 29, 2008; 1 cockerel and two pullets. I really enjoy watching them! I've noticed that they like to hang out together, which is really cool. My Bantam group has 18 chickens...
Sultan's
(Last updated 11/14/08)
** Last night Cleopatra crowed! I guess we no longer have a "Cleopatra", but instead have a "Leo". What a bummer! Hopefully Leo and Farroh will get along so I don't have to separate them! At least I have two different Bantam coops so separating them won't be any...
White Leghorn Cockerel
Meet Prince Roo. He was suppose to be a pullet, but ended up crowing!
He is 6 weeks old in these photos. I started to suspect he wasn't a pullet because his comb was already growing!
Here he is at 15 weeks.
And here is the stud at 17 weeks!
This is the photo...
page last updated 11/07/2008
Golden Sebright's
History
The Sebright is a British breed of bird. A chap called Sir John Sebright developed the bird during the early 1800's and has the distinction of being the only breed of chicken named for an individual. They are a cross between a common bantam...
(last update: 10/26/2008)
Anne's story...
I am a Mom to 4 incredible kids, ages 12(g), 10(b), 3(b), & 2(g). Wife to one fabulous hubby, and "Mommy" to many critters! We were animal free (aside from two kids) until Christmas 2002, when we got Rolie and Drew, two Lab mix puppies, for our kids...
Self Blue Cochin's
Updated 10/12/2008
These are my Self-Blue Cochin's, hatched 8/29/2008. They are all pullets (thank goodness!). Blue is the darker one, Miss "M" in the medium colored one (I'm trying to think of an "M" name that fits her), and Sky is the light colored one.
This is Blue. She is...
Hmmm... so maybe they aren't "half" after all? Well, that would be awesome! If that is the case I can sell them as wethers and not worry about anything. They are get little pygmy goats, and really friendly & fun to watch together, but I need to cut my herd down by a couple more.
She saw one of them pee on himself and looked underneath! I was very new to goats at the time and she is very experienced. She checked them out and gave me the bad news. She was going to help me "finish them off", but that sort of fell through with busy schedules last Fall.
From what I was told, one testicle didn't drop, that's why they weren't neutered correctly to begin with. Because there isn't anything "hanging" it is more of a complicated situation to finish the job now.
I guess I hadn't really thought about the fact that if the testicle is in tact, so is...
Last summer I purchased 4 wethers. A few months later I was informed by a woman who's had dairy goats for many years that two of my wethers were only "half" done! To finish neutering them will cost a lot of money because the Vet told me today he'd most likely have to put them under. That...
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I have Holland Lops and Lionheads. When I palpate I don't come in contact with poo, so I am a little curious what exactly you are doing when you palpate.
As far as if she is prego, she could be, but like others have said, you'll lose the litter before the rabbit. Do you have another...
I have 15-20 layers (lost count between hatching our own, selling some chicks, and butchering some roos) and haven't had an egg in WEEKS! We think the beginning of the decline was due to a few of my pygmy goats getting out of their pen and into the chicken coops (a hen house for my standards...
I have Holland Lops and Lionheads. Most of my does pull their hair right before kindling, or while kindling! If I see hair in the nest box I expect to see babies already, or VERY soon! They also stop eating until after kindling. That is one tell-tale sign that their litter has arrived...