Thanks for the advice. Yours looks a lot like mine. I wouldn't want to cull her in the winter but you never know, she may be less miserable that way. What do you use for extra protein?
Hello,
I am a little concerned because my frizzle lost her feathers late winter last year and she's still predominantly bald but is finally growing her neck feathers.
All the birds are on chick starter feed because I have 5 little ones.
For snack, I give them all sunflower seeds, corn, and...
I'm sure he'll have handsome chicks.
I gave up an ornery Starlight Green Egger rooster but I hatched 4 mutt girls and 2 boys from him so we'll see how they do.
I miss him too.
I had a 2.5 year old I gave away because he spurred me numerous times and I have a toddler. It got to the point where I had to guard myself with a stick. I think he needed more companionship and the lady who owns him now doesn't take his sass.
I miss him but I'm glad he's not in a pressure...
Thank you, I started with 2 Polish, one died of mites a year ago after we had some bad flooding in the area. I agree, they are beautiful birds but I am learning not meant to be in my yard unless I want to put in extra care for them.
We'll need another dog to protect our yard, but we have 4 more...
...so this is all new to me. I guess I didn't think anything would happen because they were okay for so long. I will think of a new schedule for them when I'm home from now on.
* To make matters worse, our oldest dog just passed away an hour ago so it's been the craziest day we have had in a while!
Thats a shame. She just had 2 babies so I hope the younger one doesn't get the pouf in that case. The older one doesn't have it. Polish are special breeds, it sucks that makes them easier targets. We're thinking it was a hawk too so I will lock the chickens up for a few days.
I came home from work to a giant radius of feathers and the last from my first group chickens is missing skin on the chest and her head is ripped off but not eaten. Also, thigh meat was eaten.
The rest were hiding in some tall weeds by the house. After they saw me they were squawking back and...
Here's them at 9 weeks now, Im feeling better about the outcome:
Here's them at 9 weeks:
Front one
Next one has a redder face but feeling like its a girl now
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