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  1. speckledhen

    The Omega Rocks: The Last & Ultimate Barred Plymouth Rock Flock

    It's been a non-eventful few days here, other than I just noticed another iris bloom about to open. I am in awe that I still have blooming irises almost in November! What a blessing they've been this year. Gotta find more of those re-bloomers to plant. How can we be almost in 2026?? I still...
  2. speckledhen

    The Omega Rocks: The Last & Ultimate Barred Plymouth Rock Flock

    We are influenced by our attempts at colorful chickens, I'd say! That is how the Delaware was created, as a sport of a different color. They took it and ran with it.
  3. speckledhen

    The Omega Rocks: The Last & Ultimate Barred Plymouth Rock Flock

    I didn't either, until I tried to find the bird I had just seen. The leucistics vary a lot. Some are almost pure white, some buff and white/cream, some have some black in them.
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    The Omega Rocks: The Last & Ultimate Barred Plymouth Rock Flock

    that's awesome that you see eagles out there, Lisa. I see all sorts of hawks, but mostly Red-tails, Cooper's hawks and Sharp-shinned hawks. This summer, both my husband and I saw a massive hawk several times taking flight from the ground on my pasture lot. He was buff and cream-colored. I...
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    The Omega Rocks: The Last & Ultimate Barred Plymouth Rock Flock

    I agree with you, Rusty. My bird varieties seem to have diminished over the past few years. We do have squirrels, however, probably because my cat is mostly blind and isn't as adept at hunting as he used to be.
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    The Evolution of Atlas: A Breeding (and Chat) Thread

    Sharing my last roses of the season, a variety called Quicksilver. My younger son back in the 'burbs brought this and a different variety up to me, a gift from his neighbor. They are becoming well-established and this was such a blessing. I had to cut them to bring them indoors so I could see...
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    The Omega Rocks: The Last & Ultimate Barred Plymouth Rock Flock

    I have never seen an eagle here, would love to! We have lots of coyotes here, as well as foxes, bobcats, raccoons, possums, roaming dogs, several types of hawks, etc. We have been fortunate to have so far beaten the odds, but that could change at any time. There used to be a huge pack of...
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    The Omega Rocks: The Last & Ultimate Barred Plymouth Rock Flock

    I get that, but free ranging is not why they fight. That freedom to run is one reason I think they might avoid real bloodshed, the expending of that extra energy. Of course, predators can get chickens even in a pen or inside a building. As long as Nathaniel accepts the hierarchy and doesn't...
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    The Omega Rocks: The Last & Ultimate Barred Plymouth Rock Flock

    Thank you! I really appreciate that. Please lurk or post all you want. We'd love to have you on this thread.
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    Ongoing Quilt Projects, Continued from the "No Appreciation...." Thread

    Very cute!
  11. speckledhen

    The Omega Rocks: The Last & Ultimate Barred Plymouth Rock Flock

    I have free ranged here for going on 21 years, every single group. Never a predator loss, not one. Free range is always a risk, but I believe they are much healthier for it, getting green forage, animal protein and natural wormers. Roosters will always compete in a group, even the bantams in the...
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    The Omega Rocks: The Last & Ultimate Barred Plymouth Rock Flock

    When Nathaniel sits on a little separate 2"x2" roost bar we call The Princess Bar (made for bantams) to avoid Angus and I come in to get eggs, as I pass him, I baby talk him and do a chest rub and he holds still for it. That really reminds me of Hector, who hated being picked up, but he loved a...
  13. speckledhen

    The Omega Rocks: The Last & Ultimate Barred Plymouth Rock Flock

    Could be! I am a rooster magnet, after all. That would put his actions in the sociable category.
  14. speckledhen

    The New Flock 2021: Back to Basics

    LOL, yup, rebel to the core, both of us!
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    The Omega Rocks: The Last & Ultimate Barred Plymouth Rock Flock

    I'm glad that Bash and Tallulah had each other for company. It did them both good. Today, Angus interrupted Nathaniel's stalking of me out on range. The group was about 25 ft away from me and Nathaniel left the group to come back to me, sidling closer and closer as he was picking up stuff off...
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    The New Flock 2021: Back to Basics

    Iris, little blue Iris, is crowing. She's been crowing for two weeks, but i never caught who was doing it, only that it wasn't one of my roosters. I caught her in the act early this morning. Silly thing. Remember that old Irish saying? A whistling woman and a crowing hen are fit for neither God...
  17. speckledhen

    The Omega Rocks: The Last & Ultimate Barred Plymouth Rock Flock

    Update: Buried Tallulah a couple of hours ago. Poor Bash, alone again. Maddie was outside with Bash today for the first time, but she is very unstable on her legs still so I put her back in the hospital cage for the night. Her feathers are coming in very quickly so maybe she'll be better soon...
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    The Omega Rocks: The Last & Ultimate Barred Plymouth Rock Flock

    I have seen it in my hens several times, not often with roosters. When a head hen is dying, it seems the second in command will often watch over her and let her eat without being harassed. They will even deny themselves food sometimes and wait for the dying hen to eat. I saw that happen several...
  19. speckledhen

    The Omega Rocks: The Last & Ultimate Barred Plymouth Rock Flock

    Lisa, that is so sweet. My Belgian d'Anver males were like that, great with chicks. Even my Delaware, Isaac, tolerated being flogged and pecked in the face by his two week old son. Ladyhawk snatched him up before Isaac lost his patience, LOL.
  20. speckledhen

    The Omega Rocks: The Last & Ultimate Barred Plymouth Rock Flock

    Oh, yes, Bash and your BO guy would change anyone's mind about roosters. If people could only experience that like we have, they would never settle for anything less.
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