I got a sexed Welsummer day old chick. Had the correct head markings for a pullet & of all the birds to get wrong it never occurred to me it would be a Wellie.
3 weeks comb got huge & wattles started coming in. Has some black in the feathers but not like what everyone says roosters get. I’m...
This is Genghis & He’s auditioning to be “The” Rooster. But not being sure what exactly he will pass down is giving me pause.
He’s a 12 week old BYM that I hatched. I think he’s an Icelandic maybe Ameracauna cross??? I know they had both. I don’t think he’s full Icelandic, but who knows.
He...
My Toulouse Geese ... Hate and Karen hatched all 6 of the eggs she had in her nest. It shocked me. They are curmudgeon idiots :)
They loooove taking their brood on "adventures" because they think they own the road in front of my house and like to chase cars/pedestrians/children on...
My egg ducks have decided they are meat producers this summer... endless secret nests. I have one Drake. He is a Blue Swedish. I have 2 Rouens and 2 Gold Star Hybrids. One Rouen nest has hatched (the three in my profile picture) and one Gold has hatched a nest. There are 3 more nests out in the...
I have been looking at threads for years & finally made an account
I live off the road system in very remote rural Alaska. Every year when the daylight comes back my farmer genetics kick in and I am compelled to acquire farm animals. I live on the tundra but my lot/yard is small, it is a very...