I'm fourteen, bet nobody could tell either I love to write, and I hate that whole "hey how r u i am gr8".
It's harder to learn how to write in those stupid abbreviations then it is to just type like a normal human being! And it is also hard to spell abbreviations, so apologies if I mispelled it...
Lot's of my hens have little spurs, I'm pretty sure it's normal. I think you're right about the RIRs and the barred rock with the sexes.
Does the SLW have spurs? Sometimes the boys just have small combs. Deprived of their manhood
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Okay, I know this sounds weird, but I know the formula for the perfect chicken.
Step one: hatch them yourself, so your baby is exposed to you from day one
Step two: as soon as your baby of choice is dry and warm, lay on the floor and let it rest under your chin. Take it out separately so that...
Oh Lord, do I!
I've got a little buff orp chick, Baby, who thinks I"m his momma. At first it was cute, but believe me it gets old fast! When I walk he has to be on top of my feet. I've kicked him a hundred times.
He needs cuddles or he just bawls and bawls. He's so spoiled.
He only needs to hear...
My cookies are gone. I have no more cookies. I am cookieless. My sweet tooth remains unsatisfied.
In other words I deleted all my cookies.
And yet, I cannot log on. Any other suggestions?
I, for some reason, can not log on to BYC from my computer. After I log in, it tells me my log in was successful and forwards me to the index, but then it says I'm not logged in. Now I'm on an old vaio laptop with a broken shift key, and it's extremely frustrating :mad: But it seems to work on...
Those are some good choices for chickens. Although I would definately get a buff orpington. They are good layers, they are very beautiful and commercial-looking as chicks and as hens, and they are absolute dolls And brahmas are sweethearts too.
But yes, definately get a barred rock, and at...
Buff Orpingtons. They are so perfectly chicken. Babies are orange and yellow, just like commercial chicks. They grow into perfect, round, feathery girls. They are my livelyhood, those little peeps. I love them half to death
I'm sorry guys, I definitely wasn't trying to continue the debate. My intention was that the original poster was just trying to do a good thing and do a nice thing for their chickens. She realized after some research that trimming the beaks was probably not a good idea, and after seeing those...
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I also don't think you can compare it to a chick falling in a water dish because you didn't put marbles in. You didn't set out to deliberately cause harm to your chicks, debeaking does. Debeaking can and does cause lasting harm to a chicken and doesn't always prevent cannibalism as it...
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Good info.
I would really like to point out to all those flaming about debeaking, that although you continue to post about the pain debeaking causes, you still have not taken into consideration the pain being eaten alive by your flock causes.
Here's a good "would you rather".
Would...
my little silkies have been hatching like mad. I have 8 so far, one more of the 11 eggs is peeping, looks like we'll have 9/11. All different colors, so cute.