Hello! My name is Jessica, and I live on a small hobby farm in North Alabama. We currently have 4 AQHA horses. Barney is our spoiled-rotten palomino. He is the horse pictured in my avatar. He is like a big ol' baby who loves to eat! We've had him since he was a colt. He is a little feisty under...
Hello from NW AL! I just added some white Sultans to my flock--2 roosters and a hen, although I'm giving the non-dominant roo to my neighbor--the other two won't let it in out of the run into the house to eat, and I feel sorry for it! But, they are very sweet and docile chickens and so pretty...
I bought 2 Sultan roos and 1 hen yesterday at our local trade day. I am in LOVE with these sweet things! They are so gentle and sweet, and I love to hear them "coo" to each other. I've never had this breed, so I have a question for you Sultan pros: It seems as if my Sultans are so sweet that...
For those of you in the North Alabama area, I have 4 roosters for sale. I have one Red Star (or they say it's a Red Star, it was given to me) that is around 9-10 months old. He is very friendly. I also have 3 Buff Orpington roos, 5 months old. I hatched these out of my incubator and they are...
We did! I'm from right outside of Moulton, but I have never been to the festival until this year. It was fun for the kids. As far as chickens go, there was a man there doing a chicken-type show for the kids. I didn't get to see it, but I heard it was really good and informative. Then there was a...
Anyone have any experience hatching Silver Sebrights? That's my next project...after I get my baby Buffs feathered out and moved outside, then it's on to setting SS eggs. I've heard that hatching this breed is sometimes difficult? Is that true/false? Any experience with this breed would be...
In the winter, I leave a red heat lamp (suspended from the ceiling) on 24/7. It helps add a bit of extra warmth and extends daylight hours. No decrease in egg production--mine were still laying when we had our freak snow storm in January! (I'm in North AL, by the way). Hope this helps!
I was thinking a BR cross, too. That guy most likely didn't have Delawares, but not for sure...
Magoochie--ours do look a lot alike! I love your snowy bird pics--mine didn't want to have anything to do with the snow we had 3 weeks ago--we hardly ever see snow in Bama, and my chickens were...
Thanks, Ridgerunner! There is no telling what he is crossed with--that guy had tons of breeds all running loose! I was just curious as to the possibilities of what he might be crossed with..thanks for the help!
EastTXchick--lol, he is so beautiful! Maybe we can clone him! j/k
Hello! I handraised this roo, along with 11 other hens/roos, 2 years ago. I just bought a chick assortment from a local farmer. He couldn't guarantee what breeds they would turn out to be, but I didn't care at the time, I just wanted egg layers! Now that I've been into chickens for a while, I'm...
Maizey,
It's okay, but I don't know if I would drive that far. If you are looking for just live chickens, there is a 100 chicken exhibit--mainly banties. The rest is just typical fair/carnival-like stuff. There are some good bands sometimes. Google "Alabama Chicken and Egg Festival" and the...
I can vouch for Nancy's eggs--She shipped beautifully--not a single one broken! I have 14 Buff Orpington eggs in the bator that are going on lockdown tonight! Hopefully, little fuzzy butts this weekend!
North Alabama, here! We live in Lawrence County, AL--about 50 miles west of Huntsville...You can see from my sig that we mainly have mutt chickens now, but I have some Buff Orps in the bator as we speak! Do any of you know of any poultry shows in Alabama? I did a Google search, and it is just...
I have 14 Buff Orpington eggs in my bator right now. They should hatch out on the 28th. I am so excited! We've had Buffs in the past, and we really like their temperaments.