Thanks for the info everyone, I am going to order the SOP for the APA as I have decided not to show my bantams. I will show my barred rock rooster and maybe my barred rock hen. It will be 4-H for now but it may graduate to a few close shows. For this long winter, spring and summer I will start...
Thank you. We have plenty of 2 X 4's and all the advice is going to be very helpful! The chickens will be ready to move in their coop in a few days They will be a little older than a month. The barred rocks have a month to go
We will have around 15 chickens in the end so I guess lots of room...
Whats the best material for roosts? Its obiviousally going to be wood but branches? 2 X 4's? Rounded edges? I'm new at this part. The coop is absolutely paradise in my eyes and we just need to add the nestboxes and roosts.
Size? I have regular and bantam chickens.
Height?
Thank You!
*sings song*
I got 6 very healthy barred rock chicks. I finally asked the store manager where they got their chicks and its somewhere in Texas. It started with an S. So they traveled a LONG ways!
Gorgeous Chicken. I have a rather large pen for them with lots of rocks. His is not as long but the bottom is doing that. Its not bad enough that he is having a problem picking for food yet.
I think this makes him/her all the more special and makes me want to cuddle him/her more.
Its 1am so I cant go out and take a picture but if you want an example put out both of your hands flat and put one hand on top of each other. Move the hand on the bottom left and thats what his beak is doing. Its not upward they are not curved yet but its just not aligned like the other chicks...
Its not very severe right now but he does have a crossed beak as they are not aligned like the rest of the chicks. He is a little smaller than the others but is eating fine. I just noticed this yesterday and I remember threads about the crossed beak living almost normal lives. He is almost a...
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Okay, I do have a LARGE bush and undergrowth for protection as well as their own coop and I am pretty sure I will be clipping the sultans wings as they are almost 3 weeks old and already flying 2 feet!!!!
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My two look JUST like that right now!
I love how adorable their head fluffs are!
Really cute pictures and please keep them comming!! I want to see some more adult pics
Oh yes, I was allowed to get contacts but for 2 years I couldnt get them IN my eye! Finally I have had them for 2 years and they have been pretty good. At least I had cute glasses back then
Definately keep your hands and contacts clean I have gotten numerous eye infections and I now have to...
I just called a friend and asked her about testing and she told me that the Jr. Fair board does it for free throughtout the summer for free and during fair. I also went on the Silkie breed site and got lots of great standard information! Thanks everyone!
Okay so its very similar to rabbits except rabbits dont need to be tested.
So where do you test them? How much $$?
I am not looking into breeding chickens but maybe go to a few shows just for fun and I will take them to fair. I only want to show my bantams which are the sultans and silkies for...