I'm such a fan of naked necks! I joke with my boyfriend that they're the pugs of the chicken world haha so ugly they're cute.
My Roo is a NN and he's very friendly and all around a great rooster to his girls. He won't be winning any beauty pageants but he keeps his ladies happy! And he also...
After thought, the pads could work because they can come and go, not really as a space heater you know? Almost brooder plateish or you could invested in heated roost bars. I think its the feet, combs and wattles that are susceptible to the cold. That might help ease your worries.
We got a bout of consistent -20s to -30 the past couple of weeks, southeastern Ontario, the girls are chilly and the tips of their combs look a little tender but I feel as long as you're checking off all the boxes when it comes to the coop you're just gonna have to believe they're built for...
@aart @Eggcessive I'm battling the same thing as @Bigbluefrog , we're reaching -22 C and below the next few nights and one of my roosters has severe frost bite. I realized how bad it had gotten and brought him inside because of the extra cool temperature last night and was thinking of keeping...
@WallyG74 I'm always amazed at the shades of brown. I have barred rocks and some mixes, one I'm sure has BCM in her, she lays my darkest shade of brown and I just adore the milk chocolate color!
I literally just wanna show off my eggs to whoever gives a damn, and thats mostly not my friends and family haha they're kinda over it. When I started my journey I got Azure blue layers and PBR from Freys. Then chicken math happened and I now have some barnyard mixes, silkies and royal palm...
Just thought I'd update!
After some intense monitoring the past few days I can confirm %100 that its actually one of my silkie girls laying the itty bitty blue! She's a pretty lady and I'll try to post a pic when the lighting is a bit better outside. But kinda neat to come across as I really...
Thanks! So fairy egg basically means no yolk. I suppose I could have done some research, its just the smallest egg I've picked up and it threw me off when it was smaller than the silkies, so I was curious 🙂 thanks again
Got this little cutie today, I've never picked up a blue egg of this size and I only have two Azure blue layers, with winter settling in I'm not always getting everyone's rent daily so I'm not sure if this is Junes and Leias OR Junes and one of my silkies? (Big blue is DEF Junes, she's always...
Chickens and Royal Palm turkeys for me! Poults were an impulse buy, but absolutely head over heels about 'em. Total feather puppies!
I incubated some duck eggs and they were fun but alas, I knew I wasn't going to be able to keep up with their needs and decided to find the little waddlers happy...
Thank you!! Its always fun making up the cartons for family and friends. Since my Jenny's started laying I've heard a lot of "I didn't even know turkeys laid eggs" I'm positive that MOST people are forgetting the "that you can eat" part but I mean an egg is an egg right?
Junes egg weighed 3oz...
June at 6 months has been a pretty hefty layer since she started popping these lovely blue eggs out in August. There's been a couple of double yolks, which is always an interesting sight.
Two of my Royal Palm turkeys have started laying this week, these are about the size of the other pullets...