Hey All!!! Thanks for stop'n by.. It is a work in progress (Pics Coming Soon)....
I am Dee. Aloha all, from the island of Maui. I have a handful of Pure Breeds. A lot of Feral A.G.F. Hens that came around and never left. Plus store bought (Non-Standards), hatched, rescued, & feral birds over the...
Aloha and welcome to the Flock!!
1st your chickies are very cute. I agree to #2-4. I will add that Dominiques are different in combs. Niques have rose combs and BR's have Single combs. Your first chick looks like:
He is the middle chick on left.
He looks like this now.
I do not know...
Aloha swdunn0926,
There are many ways to break up broodies. I know of two.. A) Isolation B) Cold water ( I used this once a while back but never again I didn't feel it was right)
I use the Isolation solution though, it is when you have a cage for a Broody hen(s) so they won't go back to the...
I do not know if it is the 1st pic or the 2nd pic you are having questions on? But yes I believe the 3rd pic is a male. 1st is Female and 2nd also a male. But it seems a little blurred to me.
My friend indicated that male's Combs and Waddles will show color earlier than females.
When...
Again thanks all for your aloha and support. My roos comb, prior to his crew-comb (crew cut), was showing discoloration. I had to massage it so it turned red again.
In fact, the girls he is with now thought he was a Hen so they challenged him. But he just danced for them and they submitted...
Hey Featherpants,
I say it is up to you if you want to house them all together. There will be a pecking order among the males for top roo position. Some breeds will fight to the death due to beed others wont. I had a Red cochin,his son and a EE roo together. They were fine infact the...
Hi all,
Wow love these posts. I definitely love everyone's views on the dubbing situation. Your thoughts are greatly appreciated. The things that past poultry keepers did, be it fighting or what not has changed greatly. People still do the dubbing for shows, frostbite, and other...
Hi Bigal,
I am glad it ain't the heat. I usually add cubes in the afternoon when I return home from work. It depends the day and time. Noon if I am home. It is so cute they peck at the cubes. So funny. God I spoil them. Morning/ late evening it is cool. Thank goodness the have...
Hey all,
Yes, it was cruel what the kids did, they were Intermediate school age by the way. I was in shock cause Taikneetu was also very underweight, I really pampered him back to health. I had a long talk w/ the children's parents and..... They got a verbal lashing right in front of...
Thank you.... I can just imagine the pain they go through. But at least he is still intact. Plus he came home to his son. I can't wait till he matures cause he will be gorgeous!! Here is his son & him:
Aloha Bigal,
Wow, I can't believe that your roo passed. I had that happen to two of my hens recently. What I have been doing due to the change in temp. is put Ice in the waterers. Like rabbits w/ water bottles. Did any of the birds take dust bathes? My chooks would bathe to cool down...
Hey all!!!
It has been a while since I was on and I had a lot of different things happen well this is what has transpired recently. My Taikneetu went to a new home w/ a co-worker/friend of mine. Her son wanted him when he came over to visit. We did a bird exchange, his mother only wanted...
I love everyone's answers on EE..... They are very diverse and follow specific knowledge. The knowlege that I got it from was the knowlege that was posted. But it is good to get extra info. I will relay that to my friend here to whom I was told the information from 4 years back.
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Thank you, Tailfeather, that is right the ratio is similar. I am just so into my blue birds, Sorry . I went blue and forgot the wheaten bird. If you want more blue birds the first post is a nice combo.
But if you want whe wheaten blue color do the splash and wheaten blue combo...
I have used Buckets w/ covers. what I did was cut the cover in have with just one part a little longer to attach to bucket with the black plastic or cardboard on the cut edge where I cut it. I had 4 in a row. I placed it on a shelf by drilling it. I usually tilt it slightly upward as a...
I agree one of my birds I had a long while back set on Duck eggs and she never stopped until they hatched!! But when they bathed in a water dish she was not too sure what to do and bathed in the dirt. It was so funny. and she was not a silkie. but silkies will site on eggs for a long time...