i love my gold comets and they lay big brown eggs every day. they are friendly and calm but since i don't have a rooster they think I am it. It is fun to watch them come to me and peck at my legs
to me the are pets but also farm animals and need to pay for them selves. so far i have not been able to kill my hens but this i think would make it a little easier when i have to. i still cannot think about cutting up the hen though. i think if i ever had help doing it once i could do it.
I raise gold comets. I get 6-8 at a time. mostly they look a like so when the older ones need to be culled how will i tell which ones are the oldest. i was thinking of some kind of band on thier legs but not sure if that would work. i really love the gold comets for their disposition so i...
i've had my girls for 4 weeks now. i love them -- be prepared to fall in love. i kept them in the coop for a week and then only let them out for a few min at time for a week and now i let them out for several hours now. so far i've had to brib them back into the coop with food. they are...
my chicks are about 20 weeks old and i just changed thier feed from the growing type to the layena pellets and the chicks don't like them. i have gold comets so the pellets aren't too big they just don't want them. lordy are they just finiky.
I live out in the country and although I can't see my neighbors they are just over a hill. Well one of my neighbors has a peacock and now that i have chickens -- he has been seen in my yard. is he dangerous to my 18 week old chicks or is he just smelling chicken feed.
love living with my...