Hi there. I'm fairly new to the forums, (not to chickens).
I just replaced my nervious Americana rooster with a lovely Light Brahma rooster. What a difference he has made to life here! We had been wanting a Brahma after doing our homework on gentle breeds, but...you know how it is...there is...
You're welcome. Come on down to the store (or call us) if you need any local chicken advice or help. We're in Beaverton, so we are about as local as we can be for you!
Julie
We live on a 1/4 acre micro farm, and have a rooster as well as a dozen hens and two turkeys.
I have an Americana Rooster right now, but he's rather flighty and sort of 'stressy'--not a great rooster for a micro farm. I am getting a lovely Light Brahma (this evening!!), who is calm and...
If you are in Beaverton city limits, you can have 4 hens, no roosters. If you are in unincorporated Washington County (and it sounds like you might be, if you are interchangable between Beaverton and Aloha) you can have as many chickens, rabbits, turkeys etc....including a rooster.... as your...
Halved pumpkins and the last of the green tomatoes from the yard. My flock gets all the homegrown pumpkins that the squirrels bite...I think they have some sort of alliance going at this point!
Thank you for all the welcomes. I'm adding a Cuckoo Maran (feather footed), a Rhode Island White and a Speckled Sussex pullet to my backyard flock this week--that will give me 15 hens. I'd never seen a RIW before these ones arrived, and I've been wanting a Cuckoo Maran for ages, and I've heard...
Hello!
I have finally joined. I have a flock of 12 hens and 1 rooster (plus two turkeys). Mostly Americanas and RIRs, but I have a Buff Orpington, a Barred Rock and a Black Star as well. My rooster is an Americana--this way I know the blue and green eggs can hatch true if I ever want to...