I'm so glad you posted this.
Me too, or should i say, my girls too! we've had our first cols snap and darnnit if two of my girls aren't molting!
I told them this was a bad time- but mommy put out the heat lamps.
last year i bough LED multicolored lights cause I wanted a "flashy" christmas tree.
These things are practically psycodelic! You can't look at them with feeling you might start trippin'
needless to say, back to the good ol white!
you know you're country when.....
you used to not have to lock the house until the neighbors son decided to become a crackhead and steals the other neighbors tractor, drives it thru the fence out the back 40, rams into rocks, gets out, runs, steals another neighbors truck, takes the cops on a 3...
I have 5 hens; 2 RIR and 3 EE'rs
They are all for the most part tame and just like almost everyone says, it really depends on their own personality.
I was so glad to see others mention the fact that they tame up more after they start to lay. I noticed that with my last 2 girls. Anyone know...
Lobster and chanterelle mushroom stuffed beef tenderloin
twice baked spinach and cheese potatoes
apple pecan stuffing
brussells sprouts with cameralized onions
moist banana cake with dark chocolate ganache
OMG!!!! I'm drooling just thinking about it
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As a member of "society" can I just take a moment to THANK YOU!!!! (and all other parents that take this kind of responsibility)
As I watch more and more "breeders" bringing children into this world that they do not want and will not properly care for; i am forever grateful for folks...
hate to say it, but I have a similar mind to PickyChickie. What can you get that's more annoying than the roo and legal, too. I'd get that thing (chainsaw, hotrod, something REALLY stinky) and wear her out with it.
I, too, have EEr's. Three. I'll never forget that first green egg. My girls are fasinated with getting in our vehicles. So my first EE, Zena the warrior princess, laid her first egg in the jeep. I got two more EE's this spring and one lays a lighter green and one lays an army green. My RIR lay...
had a wierd episode like this myself.
my EE layed a soft shelled egg a couple of times and then straightened right up.
my RIR layed this strange egg like thing that looked like layers of hardboiled egg with no shell. then i believe she stopped laying. she is 3 1/2. i was really worried, but she...
funny that you mention this.
the last bag of feed i got was from tractor supply, don't remember the brand tho. but chickies don't seem to like it too much.
but that gets to my ongoing debate with hubby. he thinks chickens need corn.
I keep telling him they NEED laying pellets. normally i give...
So sorry to hear about your babies.
I,too, live in florida. (gainesville). Be prepared for a much bigger predator than you are expecting. although fox is very likely-coyote would be my guess.
I've lost 2 hens to them right at dusk, 5 minutes before i was coming to put them up for the night.
I...
Think long and hard about the turkeys.....
I did the same thing, went to the feed store, came home with a bunch of babies, well.....
got 2 turkeys, one died young, but the other turned out to be a TOM. Keep in mind, turkeys from the feed store are intended to be used as food. It is almost...
I'm just outside of Gainesville on 15 beautiful acres. Had chickens for about 3 years now. Been a bit of a bumpy road. When we first moved to the 15 acres, hubby bought me 2 turkeys and 4 chicks from local feed store. One turkey died fairly young. The other turkey turned out to be a tom and was...
So very sorry. My Mom just went thru the same experience. You will probably never know exactly what happened-these symptoms can be soooooo many things. Just eliminate everything thats humanly possible to protect other doggies or cats or kids (anti-freeze, spiders in bad places, rodent poison...