We have decided to reduce our flock down to only our Murans and my 2 little white polish pet chickens. We have 2 sets of heritage breed chickens we would like to find good homes for. These are not for butchering. They can be bred and are good sturdy stock for egg laying. The first set are...
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Welcome Pearce. I'll get you up on the new Indiana list. I have Australorps, Barred Rocks, Java, Dominique, Moran, Hodan, Polish, Buff Orpintons, Americana and a couple of cross. We haven't started breeding our own yet. Will be doing so this summer when we get our new hoop greenhouse...
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Yes, they are loved and very spoiled. The Dominique is a roo named Herman. We have 3 roosters, each has their own herem of hens. This batch is Hermans. :o)
Hi All. I'm a newly hatched addict. We only started raising chickens earlier this year. At first we had them in a chicken tractor and I didn't have much interaction with them. I just thought about the poop and extra work. Then we found BYC and decided to chance letting them be pasture free...
He is a nice looking roo. My buff roo always did a little dance before trying to mount. He is now deceased, but every time I see one of our current (3) roos getting romantic, I think of Mr. Big's dance. :o)
I just had to have a picture of this. I was on my way out the door to go give treats to the flock and saw my babies sitting there. Backed up quickly and grabbed the camera. Who says chickens aren't fun! Had to add a caption.
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I don't consider carrier state a cure since every time they get stressed they will get sick again. It's like herpes. Some people have no problem with treating on an ongoing basis, but that's not our philosophy. But yes. I can raise more chickens. I put the birds down this summer. Their...