Brodie - our Buff Orpington rooster (was Blondie when we thought he was a pullet)
Torie - Black Australorp
Pepper - Plymouth Rock
Foxey & Ember- Black Stars
Penny - Black Copper Marans
Winter - Silver Laced Wyandotte
...and 2 Blue Marans still needing names
If you don't mind the "barn" themed colors, Behr sells a Barn and Fence paint in red and white. It is "animal friendly", self-priming, and a little goes a long ways. They recommend 2 coats, which on our 32 sq ft coop, we used maybe a 1/4 of a gallon of the red and 1/8 of a gallon of white. I...
We bought 8 chicks of various breeds from the local feed store, with their typical "90% chance" of getting pullets. They are now 3 months old today, and I'm afraid we may have 5 or 6 cockerels out of the 8. Before I do a mass sell-off of half of my flock, I want to make sure that they are, in...