You mean there are people out there who really think that birds have some sort of mammary glands? And that newly hatched chicks have cheeks and can suckle? Good Lord. We are doomed.
Yes I'm going to try this. Thank you.
I've never heard of those. I'm researching them now.
Totally. I just don't want that face to be the last thing one of my little girls see!
I'm having trouble integrating my 8 "new girls" with my 5 "old girls" due to one hen who is just plain mean.
"Pickles" has always been a bit of a bully. She is a Easter Egger who sometimes will bloody the combs of the other birds (2 Barred Rocks ands 2 Buffs) that she lives with. When hand...
My names aren't creative but rather utilitarian. We name the birds after things they can't eat that way the kids can remember what not to feed them.
We have : Pickles, Olive, Peanut, Coffee, Chocolate Chip, Butter (aka "The Butter Bird"), French Fry, etc.
Haha! That’s what I get from scrolling too fast, trying not to get caught looking at “backyardchickens” when I’m supposed to be working. Anyway, the end result is just awesome.
They are all good but that last one with the planets...
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Thank you Amer. Yeah I liked the idea of diving Puffins encountering a whale. I figure it must happen in real life but it’s a scene that we rarely - if ever - get to see. Puffins swimming at the surface and a whale surfacing nearby? Sure. But the birds underwater was an idea I explored in a few...
I know when people say "asking for a friend" they are usually asking for themselves, but in this case I really am asking for a friend! I have no dog... err... chicken in this fight.
A friend sent me these photos of a roughly 3-month-old Copper Maran that she suspects may be a cockerel. I have...
I'm sorry you had to experience this tough decision and the associated guilt as I did but, as others have reassured me in this thread, if he was indeed "super aggressive" you did the right thing and I'm sure you gave him a great life for as long as you could - waaaaay better than he would have...
Unfortunately it didn't turn out well.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/need-to-vent.1457500/
I have chalked it up to a learning experience and will do things differently in the future.
Thank you everyone. I appreciate your reassurance and kind words.
Laura, what you said about "...training for other roosters..." is exactly what I was thinking when speaking with the guy on the phone and I absolutely did NOT want to be wondering if this was their fate.