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I saw a gorgeous Showgirl roo at a local swap meet over a month ago. This bird was calico looking with a fair amount of white, hard for me to describe. I can't get him out of my mind. There's another swap coming up this weekend and I may be able to get him. I have 8 (mostly) heritage breed...

Our neurologically impaired Buff Orpington, Martha, was found on her back with one leg sticking up. We thought she was dead and her head was all bloody, eyes swollen shut and it looked like she'd been scalped. While looking at her in shock, Elizabeth Easter Egger attacked her. Our 9 girls turned...

Our nine 13 w/o pullets are now in an outside hen house/run combo. Like many of them, there's a ramp that leads up to the hen house. We figured we'd probably have to pick up Martha Orpington every night and put her in, then take her out in the morning. The unfortunate girl has some sort of...

There's Something about Martha. Our Martha, a Buff Orpington, just doesn't seem right in the head. She's one of nine, ~10 week old young females, who we moved into their outside combo henhouse/run this weekend. Even as a baby peep she was kind of ditzy. She'd shake the entire time she was...

Following the excellent advice from azygous (Topic of the Week - Raising People Friendly Poultry Post #4 ) I've been hand feeding treats to my 9 pullet chicks. They love them and we've made real progress. They're no longer scared of me and will eagerly take treats from my hand. Real eagerly. In...

We'd like to get a big, flashy rooster to go with our (3-5) newly hatched hens that we've ordered from Meyer Hatchery. Right now we've got a Cream Legbar roo coming, ship date May 1st, but he's beginning to look dull compared to some of the others I've seen photos of. I confess I've always...

I'm pleased and a little surprised to find so many other chicken lovers here. I have to say that I find the site a little overwhelming with so many people & posts. I'm looking forward to learning more. I had a pet rooster as a child and a hen after that. Since that time, I didn't have the...