Okay, I know it's been a while and I desperately need to put up pics, but had a question, comment, and question. The chocolate Orpington 8 day-old chicks I bought at auction in May were indeed chocolate...yay! Ended up with two hens and two Roos...boo! I already have one too many Roos...so sold...
Hmmm, well here goes. The confessions of a former "chicken hater" who has dipped her toe back into chickens for the third time...because I got hooked. Thank you Napoleon.
I was a city girl, Navy brat. Then Dad retired while I was in high school and moved us to the "family" in the Appalachian...
Keeping my fingers crossed...I bought "Chocolate Orpington" 8 day old chicks at a Stockade/Auction...will post as they grow to see if the person selling them knew what they were talking about.
Both of the parents most likely carry the recessive blue gene. Blue doesn't breed true, so it can either show up from two black parents, or if you breed blue parents, you will have a mixed bag of chicks that are either black or blue.
Yes, thanks, he IS a chicken guard...though I'm trying to convince him that the deer are NOT vicious beasts who threaten his family...lol! We have netting to place over the entire playyard right now if needed, though Draco is used to watching the skies for hawks (they have gone after small...
Hi everyone!
So glad I found you guys! This is my first post, so bear with me :) The Coops and Learning Center have been great resources, so I thought it was about time to start contributing as well as lurking...lol! I have had just about every animal there is, except chickens of my own (and...
The whole thing is a really cool set-up. My hubby had mentioned using the toilet valve on a watering system for Alpaca's....I never thought to do it for the new chicken coop. You have now put that in my head and we'll have to try it!
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