I let mine out at 6:30ish a lot until... One day my roosters saved the day and alerted me on a fox that was stalking them. I now let them out about noon. Not taking any chances.
My leghorns. I love watching them, i think they are comical, the way they zip around
They are just starting to lay now. They were a little younger in the picture of them roasting with my bantam cochins. 11 white and 3 brown. They are very busy birds and EXCELLENT foragers! They really...
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The Egg Products Inspection Act Amendments of 2013 (S. 820/H.R. 1731) will phase in significantly more space, plus environmental enrichments for these birds so they can nest and perch. Additionally, it would prohibit starving the birds to manipulate their...
My Black OEG bantams did that squeaky crowing thing too. It was too funny, I never had a little guy sound like that until my OEG Bantams came along :D The Roosters Look so much better when they are not Dubbed. I just don't see eye to eye with the dubbing.
The Babcock Leghorn strain was developed in New York State. Here is some history on them http://www.scribd.com/doc/24242061/The-History-of-Babcock-Poultry-Farm
This is the site I ordered them from http://www.healthychicksandmore.com/product/WL-sr They are located in Ohio.
Don't get me wrong...
Make sure there is a perch in the coop long enough for all your birds to perch. Make sure your birds are perching at night. Put them up on the perch yourself if needed until they do it on there own. Chickens should not sleep on the ground at night!
I thought he might be a Buff laced sebright. If I were to breed him what color hens would i need to fix this incomplete lacing? He is a little cutie and the nicest little personality too. I never had a sebright before. They are darling! Are they cold hardy?