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I don't have them yet, still waiting on my numbers to dwindle before adding more. I can't recall who bought birds, eggs from me other than one guy and I believe he no longer has them-that was back in 2011. sgribble has some, but he's hard to get hold of from this platform. Steven Gribble is the...

I do love these boys. I am sure that the craziness in that group comes from the Easter Egger influence. They freak out over nothing all the time, make tons of noise. The EEs I created myself from my Ameraucana hens with the Delawares and Barred Rocks were very calm ladies. These Cackle EEs will...

I completely agree! Mace doesn't like being picked up as much as the main flock's roosters, but he does his job with dedication. Even Axel and Dane have found their places in the flock, though Axel had to get over his obsession with taking over in order to be accepted again. Dane is very much...

Wow, sounds like you're in chicken heaven! I need to restock, but I can't until most of these are gone. My husband's infirmity makes life more difficult, trying to maintain this homestead, trying to do content for the YouTube channel and at the same time, keep quilting for my creative outlet...

Thank you, my friend. I hate to lose that sweet little Luna, but nothing I can do about it, nothing to treat. I just hate losing hens and being left with such a disproportionate number of males in there, but they don't seem to wear too much on the hens, not much in the way of feather loss. Hope...

The boys are getting along pretty well still. This morning, I realized that Luna, one of the original splash Cochin girls, is not right. She is lethargic and sleeping a lot. I feel no bloat and her keel doesn't seem skeletal, but she definitely has lost weight. They just turned 3 years old the...

I admit I adore all those boys. And Bodie always impresses me with his leadership abilities. He's the quintessential good flock leader. Now that Axel has calmed down, other than taking an occasional run at poor Forrest, he's showing his sweet nature. And Bee loves him, is always grooming him...

I don't say anything if they're being good, only if they start up again. The day the groups accidentally were out together, I wasn't around, just heard thumping in the barn and found Dane getting his revenge, LOL. Axel is the most hard-headed of the entire bunch, but maybe he realized that...

After numerous battles between Axel and every other rooster (even head rooster, Bodie, didn't want to engage him), he finally got his tail feathers handed to him by his own mild-mannered brother, Dane. He was on his back, not even fighting with Dane pounding him in the head, a bloody mess. I...

Thank you. I always thought they were eye candy.

Finn was over a year and a half old, according to the vet's guess, when he arrived so he was already mature and set in his ways. I'd get a kitten to raise up around the chickens, but Finn is very territorial and with him being blind, it might not be so good for the new one. Maybe when he's gone...

No, I'm not adding to these flocks. I wish I could convince the broodies of that. Wren, Iris, Dove, Cricket, are all the broody type. When some of my older birds are gone and I can free up another pen and we need more eggs, maybe we'll hatch some nice Barred Rocks, but I can't say for sure at...

Well, Mina is still alive, having multiple seizures every day, but she comes out of it and carries on. Bonnie, Ms. Separated Wing, has had no more fainting spells that I have seen, but her poop is very green and she is definitely not eating much. Axel sticks to her like glue, not understanding...

Yes, Mace was playing possum! Actually, that incident showed me how wise of a leader Bodie really is. He did not allow any other roosters to become involved and when Mace surrendered, instead of still beating on him to the point of killing him, which many roosters would have done, he just walked...

Well, I had some chicken drama today that I did not need. I had put the big crazy group in and let Mace with his four Barred Rock hens out. Later, I looked outside and saw an EE or two. OMG, what are they doing out, I think?? Well, the door apparently did not latch completely when I herded them...

Aw, that's terrible. I'm so sorry. Yes, Scarlett was young and pretty and just a good hen, albeit a bit nutty at times (not as much as her sister, Shelby, though, ack)

Update: Scarlett died this morning. I tried everything I could, except draining her, but from more experience than I want to have, I know it would not have saved her. Two down from the original Dirty Dozen Plus One.

Oh, goodness, no apology necessary! I get it. Losing our dogs years ago really got to my husband, so much so that he never wants another. One was 12 and the other 15. If I am ever left alone, I will have another dog, mostly for my eyes and ears, companionship and some protection. I can't...

I agree about those too handsome to just eat. If one is super aggressive, sure, but they are so gorgeous, they deserve to be some eye candy. I would love to start with some beautiful Barred Rocks again. They've been my very favorite LF breed all along from the first two hatchery hens. I love...

I did. I just hate this. She is too young and vital to lose, but there is no cure for bad genetics. I can't blame it on anything but that. Two of the Cackle EEs with similar reproductive issues when no one else in the barn has anything wrong with them that is similar. They eat the same food, are...