Nature doesn't give a rat's ptooey about politics ---- me either for that matter
The Earth isn't static, it is ever changing. Tectonic plates move, the poles and polarity shift, sea levels rise and fall, climate changes, species come and go. We deal with it or we don't. That's life on earth.
Talk about the universe speaking to you...about an hour and a half after I posted the above, I went down to get the mail before feeding the crew and found the Urch price list for 2014. He's offering Mottled Houdans this year!
I'm going to place an all Houdan order and hopefully I'll get at...
Okay, I'll bite.
After years of raising assorted flocks of laying hens, I have narrowed down to six breeds. Of those six, I am currently working on standardizing two breeds -- the Crested Cream Legbar and Euskal Oiloak -- along with a small group of fanciers for each breed. The CCL is well...
I don't know how common this is, but I saw something I thought was pretty smart/cool at the show this weekend.
Several exhibitors clipped large squares of heavier clear polyvinyl plastic (I would guess in the neighborhood of maybe 10-12 mil?) at the backs and sides of the show cages. It...
I have to agree but the white are pretty stunning too. This is my first group and I just fell in love with them. Love those big birds. Need to acquire better foundation stock though. Still learning.
Looking forward to adding those lovely white Dorkings and Underwood RC RiR to the farm...
I'm in VA and was given the name Wil Hanley as someone who is supposed to be at the show (VA Breeders show) If there is are others you
could recommend, please let me know.
Here is one of our hens. All three pretty much have the same crummy tail set. So frustrating.
Here is our cock...
Looking forward to my first show in two weeks. I have two Mottled Houdan pullets entered. They came from Mr. Urch. So hard to find any, much less good ones so I'm going to get a judge's opinion on these two. Love the breed but they just may be beyond recovery.
Of course I'm also hoping to...