I am a poultry breeder in the south of Ireland.
I breed and show my birds and am a member of the Irish Society of Poultry Fanciers (I.S.P.F.)
I breed the following:
Large Fowl- White Barnevelder, Lavender Orpington, Buff Orpington, Gold Brahma.
Bantam- Silver Dutch, Gold Dutch, White...
taught i would share the pic as i have finally figured out how to upload the photos!
This is a pic of one of my white silkies with her chicks, There is only one in the picture though! (she hatched 7)
Hi all,
I have entered my white bantam Pekin/Cochin cock into a local poultry show,
the show is 3 weeks away now, and i have been washing him every week for the last two weeks and the feathers on his legs are still a shade more browner than his body, he has been freeranging with his hens for...
I also have 4 developing chicken eggs in with them to help them integrate into a mixed flock, and hopefully keep them close to home! (the chicken eggs are white Barnevelder)
They are all suppose to hatch on the same day!
she should take to them,
I put 10 chicks that are 11 days old under a broody last week as she only hatched out 3 chicks!! and now they are a big happy family!
I would suggest an axle, that can be put under and taken from under it easily, a piece of wood with a wheel on either end, I have seen someone using it on all of his arks that he keeps his breeding birds in, he simple kicks it under when he lifts it and then pulls it to where he wants it and...