oh man! so now i've got a pullet vote and several cockerel votes. now, here's a question: i have an easter egger rooster. he is quite docile and a very nice young man (just has his first birthday). he is completely indifferent to the new comer, and even errs on the side of nice. could it be...
oh a dominique! i have heard of this! i will look up more information on that breed. she is a sweet girl, and i'm so glad y'all are thinking she is indeed a she. :) is 2 months or 8wk probably about right?
thanks so much for the almost instant replies. :) --cameroneil
hello chickenfolk!
my newest addition came from the local farm store--they had just gotten three fluffy black n' white young'uns in that day. there was no identification on the cage, they were so fresh, but the guy said they were 2-month old barred rock hens. i've always wanted a barred rock...
hail chicken folk!
we had been plagued by the below rat snake for a couple months now. he was eating as many eggs as he could get his...hands? on. last night we managed to capture and relocate him using a kind of "lasso" formed from a loop of nylon rope through a pvc pipe. if you're...
spring seems like a good time for chickens! here's the latest from the aspiring urban farm, the accidental rooster, and the lovely ladies here in east austin...
totallyurbanfarmer.blogspot.com
bolo(cochin) and ninja(silkie) are best dustbath buddies!
hello wonderful chicken folk,
I appreciate all the info, advice and concern! The elbow peck the other day was very gentle and happened while I was kneeling down petting him and the ladies. I went out today to tell him he's a him, and held him and cuddled him and scratched his chin feathers and...
hello chicken peeps,
so i bought the following lovely chicken at the local feed/farm store back in june. she was billed as an ameraucana, and the label on the chick dispenser (for lack of better term) said "pullets - will lay greenish blue eggs." so i got a what i thought was a pullet who...
oh my GOODNESS. Tumblr's a rooster! So funny, that didn't even occur to me as a possibility, but that would explain a lot of things. Like, um, her crowing. I just thought that was an overenthused cluck, but I wasn't facing reality I think.
thank you for the reality check! I am now a more...
had a little photo shoot yesterday, updated the blog, loving the weather!
check it out if you're bored: http://totallyurbanfarmer.blogspot.com/2011/12/tuflock-2011-pictures.html
bwak!
hello chicken folk,
Here's a link to my blog, wherein i discuss and take pictures of the latest in the ATX urban farm attempts. if you're bored on a sunday night, i'd love for you to check it out!
http://totallyurbanfarmer.blogspot.com/2011/09/double-digits.html
look at those pretty eggs...