It was suggested by hipeatall (https://www.backyardchickens.com/u/24088/hipeatall) on the silkied Ameraucana thread ( https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/98335/whats-wrong-with-their-feathers/2110) that I start a new thread on these so that they aren't confused with the silkie-feathered...
Andy Schneider — ‘The Chicken Whisperer’ — hopes to bring backyard poultry to a subdivision near you!
http://www.ourcoop.com/ourcoop08/headlines/viewNews.aspx?artID=2604
How the heck do I do that? I know which forum I want, which thread I want, which post I want... and can't find any way to get to it other than keep pressing the number for the highest page available that is less than the page I need, until I finally get to the page with the post I'm looking for...
The Left Side of the Yard:
Pic 1 - New coop, currently empty (with Daisy [the dog] to the right):
Pic 2 - New home for the Sebrights:
Pic 3 - The geese in front of the Adolescent Coop, next to the Sebright Home:
Pic 4 - From the left - Red and his girls, Rosecomb Cage (currently covered...
With automatic egg turner. I'll be biting my nails till it arrives!
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It's still incomplete (needs paint, needs a roof over the run part, needs wheels under the coop part) but I'm eager to post pics! The run is 4x4, 3 feet tall (it originally butted against a doghouse and needed clearance for the door). Between run and coop, there is a pop door which slides...
I'm bonkers, I know I am! Even though I have eggs just about ready to hatch, I couldn't resist getting 5 Barred Rocks and 5 Black Australorps from TSC!
Last night, some folks we know gave us 30 guinea eggs. We got the incubator ready and set them. Today is Day 1! and since Day 25 and my birthday is Sept 1, I should have lots of baby guineas hatching around then!
Woo Hoo!!!
Well, he isn't a tabby, but he is definitely tubby!
His name is Mu (pronounced "mew") and he's from a Wal Mart parking lot giveaway. I love my boy to pieces!
July chicklets, so far:
Fresh from the egg!
Asleep on his feet...
Pretending to be dead! Such fun!
A bird in the hand...
Chick crash pad
Sweet and innocent! (aka: Devil With A Yellow Feather Boa)
Enjoy!
My partner in everything chicken thinks these are OEGB. One looks to me to have some sebright ancestry.
First the rooster... not a great shot of him, going to have to get a better pic:
This is the hen that I think may have sebright genes:
Here is the second hen:
Thanks for looking at...
Pips! 3 of 8 guinea eggs (so far) greeted me with taps and chirps when I checked on them! What a terrific way to greet the day, especially since I had been up half the night with a friend; he almost chopped the end of his finger off with a splitting wedge and he wound up being admitted so that...
Buffy is the daddy...
Ms. Cluck is the mommy...
These are the chicks, Creamsicle and Push Up.
They are barred over all the permanent feathers that have grown in so far, but the hackles are black/white, the chest is buff/white, the back is buff/white with a few black dots, and most of the...
Hi! I'm Funky. My color is really called "furnace" but my folks think I'm weird looking, so they call me Funky. Here I am, preening for the camera!
I think my feathers are beautiful! See how the colors make lines down the middle and dots on some of the edges? Mother Nature drew me that...
One of my neighbors came by today with 8 guinea eggs that he asked us to incubate. We set up the incubator and made sure temp/humidity was good, then put them in there. I hope we have a good hatch for him! I figure they'll start hatching around the Fourth of July, so there might be more than...