Hard to get anyone to hold still...their tails are all pretty similar. The front one is absolutely crowing...but so far the only one that I've noticed (or at least, I've only seen/heard one crowing at once so I'm assuming it's just one). They're so IFFY and hubby is NOT happy if they're all...
I need some help Mainers...
Thought I was doing a good thing for a lady who needed all her chickens gone due to association rules. She said she had Brahma hens, but after seeing photos (of them while roosting) I knew they were BR but was fine with that and went to pick them up...
...and as it...
Hey group!!! We've been without chickens for about 4 years now and this weekend we tore down our old coop/pig pen and have started construction on our new coop. Yay!!
Is anyone looking to sell any birds that they've raised? I'm not 100% sure when our coop will be ready, but we want to avoid...
We don't have much going on here - in the way of predators or diseases - so hopefully everyone pulls through!
Love seeing everyone's pictures - even the goats!! Hubby had talked about getting some - eventually, but we know NOTHING about taking care of them!!
Time's running out for our...
I have this posted in the regular 'Maine' thread, but wanted to add it to the local chicken swap notices, also. We are about 45 minutes from Waterville, Augusta or Brunswick.
I have this posted in the regular 'Maine' thread, but wanted to add it to the local chicken swap notices, also. We are about 45 minutes from Waterville.
Thanks Hoppy!!
I have been going back & forth since I got him, because he DOES have a blue color & you weren't 100% if they would be blue or black, but I thought because he was so much darker, he might be black! Good to know!
FREE ROOSTER (like there aren't enough out there, already - right?!)
2 yr-old Blue-Laced Red Wyandotte. One of Hoppy's lines. (Check out his pictures!)
***edited, as I stand corrected by his original Mama - He's dark, but he's BLUE!
He is big and he is beautiful and he is an excellent...
I only feed them near their coop, or out in the backyard & hubby is CONSTANTLY "chasing" them off the front porch so I can't figure out what the big draw to it is...maybe just to give us a challenge?!
It's been all blocked off since yesterday, and so far that seems to be keeping them away. I...
I feel like I'm in the midst of one of the most nail-biting series of books, reading these posts about the hatchings!
We have yet to attempt any hatchings here, so I consider you all very brave & devoted Chicken Moms!!
I am currently awaiting the arrival of my "pre-hatched" babies & hubs...
Hubby read this comment and says, "This sounds JUST like you!" That's pretty much how my brain figures it all out!
I am down to 8 hens right now (2 each of 4 different breeds), because I didn't get any chicks last year, since it was my first Spring as a new mother & didn't know if I could...
Hoppy...any update on your hen? Is she (GULP) still with us?!
I put my order in for chicks today...25 total, with 5 going to a friend...which means we'll end up with 20. Hubby was a little surprised about that, but I told him I HAD to order that many, minimum. Looking forward to adding...
Good luck & hopefully it works out okay!
My guy has, what looks like, the start of frostbite on the bottom of his very large waddles. It looks dry & almost white - but it could also be "dust" from the layer mash...he gets right into his eating!
Anyway...as much as I adore him, and what he...