I have 13 golden comets that I bought as chicks from TS. Almost all of them were laying by 15 weeks and have laid reliably since then. With the exception of one.
I present to you: Useless the chicken. (don't feel too bad about the name because otherwise it's name would be 'Stew' )...
Sorry if this has been posted already.
FYI. Localized outbreak of Newcastle disease in Minnesota. (primarily affecting gulls and comorants) Probably not much of a threat to our chicken flocks but something to keep an eye on...
Some of you might be interested in this program. Project Appleseed. It mixes rifle shooting instruction, history and heritage.
Here are pictures from my first Appleseed shoot which was a couple of weekends ago.
It rained and rained, then it was hot. So we got wet, muddy, sweaty and had a...
Here are my older hens.
They're not impressed by the camera and they really don't like the snow.
Trying to lure them out of the coop.
mmm.. junk food.
Right about here she decides it's too cold and headed back to the coop.
This hen is doing her best to not sink into the snow as she...
Hi, My name is Christine, I'm in Central Illinois (Mclean County).
I've had chickens, pheasants, turkeys and quail in the past but it's been about 5 years since I owned any. (I used to live up in the Chicago 'burbs) I was jonesing for some more birds and found somebody selling some hens for $4...