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  1. IrishWench

    Please Help Identify Breed and Gender!!!!

    Oh Geeze! Duh So if not a BA, then what? Although relief on not being a roo. Are the tell tale signs the pointy feathers around the neck? None of them have spurs. Thanks.
  2. IrishWench

    Please Help Identify Breed and Gender!!!!

    What's a BA?
  3. IrishWench

    Please Help Identify Breed and Gender!!!!

    I thought that the yellow legs made the one with the ?Rose comb a Buff Plymouth Rock,. Well, before I realized the comb was also different from the Orpingtons.
  4. IrishWench

    Please Help Identify Breed and Gender!!!!

    "He is a boy, and an Easter Egger. And if that is the Australorp behind him in one of those pictures, it looks like a young rooster as well. I can see pointy hackle feathers..." OMG!!!! How could they have sold that young man all these roosters!? They are all supposed to be hens! If I have...
  5. IrishWench

    Please Help Identify Breed and Gender!!!!

    Thanks for the responses :-) They are all approx. 5 -6 months. The young man who had to give them up is very sweet, but somewhat flakey and forgetful. Can't remember when he got them, just remembers snow. This is Colorado, it can snow in May! ;-) No eggs yet and I have just in the past few...
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    Please Help Identify Breed and Gender!!!!

    I received 6 hens about a month ago from someone who was moving. What I initially determined was 4 Buff Orpingtons, 1 Austrlorpe & what I thought was a Gold Laced Wyandotte. Yesterday I determined my Buff with yellow legs and more yellow in her face is in fact (or so I think) a Buff Plymouth...
  7. IrishWench

    How to keep feed costs low?

    Hmmmm... Maybe if you just type in the www.deliciousorganics.com I actually found this link when I googled "Nightshade Family" it was 1 of the first on the response list. It talks about many fruits and vegetables. The link you posted is a good one also. That is where I learned about the...
  8. IrishWench

    Winter?

    We used a sheet of fiberglass over part of the run. The white from Home Depot is guaranteed for life, Filters UV, but allows good light. This gives them a dry area if they choose not to get snowy. The coop had an extra sheet of insulation board against wall of nest boxes and lots of pine...
  9. IrishWench

    How to keep feed costs low?

    I've noticed That some people have said no potato peels. Years ago when I had my R.I. Reds, I gave them potato peels all the time and they loved them. It was one of their favorites. To this day (10 years later) I have not been able to peel a potato without thinking of them. They were healthy...
  10. IrishWench

    So,19,000 members, How many Chickens do we all have? 26,143 & counting

    IrishWench For now, a big whopping 6 7529 + 6 = 7535
  11. IrishWench

    New to BYC and need some advice.

    Many Thanks for all replies :-) In answer to some questions, a bit of background. There are 4 Buff Orpingtons, 1 Australorpe and 1 Gold Laced Wyandotte. They came from the home of a very nice young man, although somewhat inexperienced in animal husbandry. Their diet and housing was not...
  12. IrishWench

    New to BYC and need some advice.

    Hi Thanks for responding. I suppose they are pets, working pets. I have spent the last 25 years doing animal rescue and placement. It is difficult for me to even think about actually eating my animals. The chickens are for weed and pest control, fertilizer and beautiful healthy eggs. The...
  13. IrishWench

    New to BYC and need some advice.

    I have just aquired 6 hens about 5 months old. They are lovely girls, but only 1 is a breed that lays well. My original intent was to get Rhode Island Reds as I have had good luck with them in the past (10yrs ago). These chickens just came to us because their person had to move. My intention is...
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