Oh he will be dinner no doubts in my mind now thanks to every one here...... As for Stripey, I really hope she makes it as shes our favourite girl......
2 was an accident, the pure Barred was meant for our cousin, but, all her girls died so we kept him, hes fine and no bother, its the Mix thats the problem......... So get rid of the Mixed then? TBH Id have no problem wringing his neck now, gorgeous or not I dont want shredded girls!!
Hi folks,
I have tried looking through the forums, but I couldnt see an answer....... if its been asked before then Im sorry for this BUT...... I have a gorgeous RIR & Barred mix Roo, hes about 4 maybe 5 months old and came from my neighbour. He has just started working out about mating, and...
TY for that Nikki........ theyre outside now in the coop as we're trying to reclaim our basement work shop from the birdies, so it all depends on air temperature now, I can see these two being fun to watch grow and mature Not bad as Kim brought them home for being the cutest
Hi Nikki, TY for the help so far....... next question, do you think theyre on a go slow growing or are they at a full stop and we have 2 tiny tots? They should be amusing birdies in the future LoL
Bex & Kim
Hi Bruce, shes 10 months old, so hopefully she'll calm down soon LoL We've been lucky so far but we shall see how we do.
TY for the kind words, yup I do love recycling things, thats a really big issue in the UK The fence has black plastic under it, but that is under observation right now, if...
Thanks for the comments and advice, all of which are taken seriously as we're still in the guessing & experimenting phase
As for the fencing, well, 2" x 4' was a good idea at the time, except we've had to add strands of wire to the bottom few lines, as the 2 PITA Midget Chooks kept escaping...
TY for the advice, we give Hook vitamin supplements daily, the neck is slowly getting straighter and is a lot better than when we bought them Mind you, once Hooky gets in the water, the loony bird is like a high speed torpedo
Heres a few pics of our Coop, actually finally completed today Built from junk...... ex packing crates, ours and a neighbours deck scraps plus yard & estate sales.
howfunkyisurchicken TY for the reply and pics, gorgeous birds you have there I will get some better photos tomorrow while Im out finishing off the pen........ I think you could be spot on with the Mottled Cochin, I just wish they'd grow a bit quicker!! Compared to the other 6, these 2 are on a...
Thanks for the warm welcomes, heres some photos to keep things going
( 4 days old) Who needs bedding when we have a water bowl to sleep in
1 month
Bex with her Chook called Parrot
5 Pekins are now about 4 weeks old and one has a wonky neck...... named Hooky
Finally the...
Hi all,
As mentioned in our Newbie thread, we have 2 Midget Chickens that we thought were Sussex Hens, however, as they're roughly the same size as adult Quails, they obviously cant be Sussex birds, as Im from Sussex and these are deffo a lot smaller!!! They are 1 month 6 days old now but dont...
Hi everyone, we're Bex & Kim in Massachusetts with 10 ducks and 8 chickens. Basically everything started as a hobby idea as Bex is a Limey and loves duck eggs and well eggs in general. BUT....... we've both fell in love with our birds and as we've met and talked to people, we're slowly planning...