im away on vacation and i got a call from my coop-sitter saying there was a baby running around!
It is obliously half silky because of its fifth toe (it has 5 on one and 4 on the other), but i only have silkie roosters and no silkie hen, so it can only be half silke.
all of the other breeds i...
I went out to my coop this morning ans i had a SERaMA roo sitting with my girls! I was like AHHHHHHHH! because had NO idea where he came from. no body on the farm(shared with a bunch of FFA members) has ever owned seramas. (i would know because im pretty much the poultry police)
AND NOW ONE...
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Its super cute
i got it at the local feed store... it waws in a box with some other chicks, labeled bantam cochins, frizzles, tophat special. they said there could be more than just that though...
here are some pics...
(her and her...
hawthorne country store is having its anual chick day on thursday!
if you live near escondido, i suggest you come! tons of chicys
tons of breeds xD
ill be waiting at the door when it opens lol
i have a huge chicky shopping list i must fill fo rthe entire farm i keep my chickens at xD
yay
I dont have pics quite yet, but i have 10 golden sexlink hens that need to be gone by the end of the month. They arnt very shy. They were factory raised so hey need a little work, and a few are missing some feathers. They all lay jumbo brown eggs.
And the best part... there free!!!! yay
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Im a high school student and an active member of the FFA. In order to be an FFA member i must take an Agriculture course, and thus i enrolled in AG biology. So, my project this year is totally based around california's Prop 2.
NOW LISTEN. Im not trying to bash P2 in anyway.
Anyways, we have...
Im so excited! I got a BEAUTIFUL buff polish trio!
The Roo is AMAZING! (but the lady says he throws dark)
Hen 1 is the POSTER CHILD of lacing!
Hen 2 has a wonderful beard and is such a sweetie.
I cant wait for my 09' babys <3
(If anyone in socal is interested in a baby, message me ;])...
My duarf chick died. She was an aracauna mut.
I believe she was 2.5 months, but still day old sized. She was fully feathered and looked just like a mini hen.
All of her sisters were growing like weeds, but she stayed the same size since hatching.
She was trampled yesterday. Even though she...
I have three, 7 week old dominique "pullets". One makes a freakish velociraptor-ish squack/squeek sound when i pick it up, or when i walk near the brooder...
Why?
Is this an attemped crow? Is my cassie a "cassinova"?
guess what? im afraid of spiders. VERY AFRAID!
guess what? my coop is INFESTED with BLACK WIDOWS!
dont know what a black widow is?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_widow_spider
WHAT can i do to kill these little vermen, and not kill my chickens?
Help!
I posted an ad on craigslist inquiring about show hens, and recieved an email from a nice lady, offering to sell me a few...
Do they look nice? Nice enough to show?
Thanks!!!
yay! my little ones are 5 weeks old!
I was wondering... When should i start them on layer feed?
when i do, do i slowly introduce it or just change it straight away?
thanks
I have 3 dominique pullets(though i think one is a roo). They are the most adorable little fuzzies, but one has a funny comb. 2 have a partially developed rose comb, but this one chick(carly) has a lumpy bump on her head. She is also MUCH smaller, but has more barrs than her sisters...
why...