Search results for query: *

  1. appleturnover

    Broody Hen Thread!

    hello friends! we're on day 22 of our second broody hatch. our first went brilliantly, lucy the black orpington set 12 silver laced wyandotte eggs for us. at some point 1 disappeared - eaten? - and when we candled one was clear, which we removed. all ten hatched out beautifully on day 20! and at...
  2. appleturnover

    A Bielefelder Thread !

    my bielefelder hens are sweethearts, they like to ask my tall girl for a cuddle before they go up to roost. one started laying at 7 months, the other just now at 8 months. they lay HUGE eggs and did right from the beginning. i give them fermented feed and i don't notice that they eat any more...
  3. appleturnover

    A Bielefelder Thread !

    adorable. i think i just got broody myself.
  4. appleturnover

    A Bielefelder Thread !

    when did your bielefelders lay? mine are 7.5 months, just getting their combs, and not laying yet. being mid-winter one can hardly fault them, but my orpingtons and easter egger are going strong... x elisa
  5. appleturnover

    Victoria/Vancouver Island BC

    there MUST be more. we've finished the run and just putting finishing touches on the coop - currently have 1 rooster and 5 hens. it is lovely! they're just starting to lay.
  6. appleturnover

    Deep litter method

    hello wise deep-litterists i have been using deep litter for a few months with my flock, in the coop, and to some degree out in the run, though i'm having trouble getting enough material in there! it breaks down so quickly. i'm about to go begging the neighbours for their autumn leaves. it...
  7. appleturnover

    Easter Egger Sexing "tips and tricks" *Pictures Included*

    thanks. blue's body does seem somewhat different to oliver, a cockerel with rust on his wings who has already crowed...but compared to robin, who is smaller with a single comb and the same body shape, blue's tail is pretty big! i'll hold on for a while and see. the salmon colour isn't...
  8. appleturnover

    Easter Egger Sexing "tips and tricks" *Pictures Included*

    blue is only 12 weeks old. :( x
  9. appleturnover

    Easter Egger Sexing "tips and tricks" *Pictures Included*

    the salmon-coloured patches? the tail is what has been worrying me, too... x
  10. appleturnover

    Easter Egger Sexing "tips and tricks" *Pictures Included*

    any thoughts for me on my easter egger? i posted more images yesterday, too. x elisa
  11. appleturnover

    three easter eggers - pullet or cockerel?

    do either of these help? blue is the bird just right of centre (oliver is blue's brother, second from left, and the little black easter egger, robin, their sister, next to him, left of centre. on the far left, blue is behind oliver. thanks for your thoughts! x elisa
  12. appleturnover

    Easter Egger Sexing "tips and tricks" *Pictures Included*

    perhaps this one might help? left side, front is oliver. behind him, under the ferns, is blue, the bird in question. x elisa
  13. appleturnover

    Easter Egger Sexing "tips and tricks" *Pictures Included*

    hello friends. so, a few weeks ago everyone figured that i had two female easter eggers and one male. the male crowed to confirm, but i'm uncertain about one of the three. is this picture clear enough to see? the grey bird (blue) with salmon on its wings, just right of centre. if you look to...
  14. appleturnover

    Our Chicken has eaten a rubber band

    that's a fine tale, and an even finer one is the happy ending to your rubber band story. our dear sweet lucy just ate one. i shall watch her. and the great recyclers!
  15. appleturnover

    Easter Egger Sexing "tips and tricks" *Pictures Included*

    that's what i thought. this bird looks very, very like mine. i have another, oliver, the one who crowed, who has dark rust red on his wings. elisa
  16. appleturnover

    four black and a lavender orpington - pullet or cockerel?

    wow, that is a huge difference. though certainly this lavender is petite compared to the black orpington roosters i have! thank you :)
  17. appleturnover

    Easter Egger Sexing "tips and tricks" *Pictures Included*

    okay, good to know. i'll keep watching and listening. their brother oliver was kind enough to educate us in what an early crow sounds like - metallic screeching! what do you think of the salmon colour on her wings?
  18. appleturnover

    four black and a lavender orpington - pullet or cockerel?

    a sweetheart this one.
  19. appleturnover

    four black and a lavender orpington - pullet or cockerel?

    that's kind of what i thought too...but i really wish he were a hen! glad he's feathered well! another pic coming... x
  20. appleturnover

    four black and a lavender orpington - pullet or cockerel?

    not great pictures - i'll try again later. x
Back
Top Bottom