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Currently I have 4 speckled sussex hens and plan on keeping 1 each of my spec. sussex and Faverolle roos. So anyone know if a pairing of the two breeds will result in somesort of sexlink chicks? Would the pullets have 5 toes and the cockrels not ? Or would I get some of each? Has anyone bred the...

I have 4 hens and 6 roosters (cockrels?), born 5/28. Keeping the ladies, but for their sake four of the boys need to go. I want to keep one of each type, so that leaves 2 of each kind for anyone who's interested. I'm about 35 mins. southeast of Buffalo.

Of the 14 chicks I have it's looking more and more like 10 of them are roosters, including all 4 of my faverolles, sooo, any one in the WNY area interested in either breed, please let me know. I received them as 2 day olds from Cackle on May 30th. They may not be true to type (I'm hoping at...

Thanks for the info. I'm going to order some DE today.

Can you use DE in your liter if you plan on using the liter in your compost? Won't the DE harm the worms and things you need for a good garden? If it does, and I can't use DE, what would you suggest as an alternative for parasite control? Thanks Ray

We are building my tractor as I type this, so anyone who can answer this now, would be most appriciated. I'm planing on having the acess to the outside drop down fron the floor, the coop part will be 18inches to 2 feet off the ground. What is the minimum the whole should be cut for heavy birds...

I know space is limited, but it's not my property and I'm making it a tractor to minimize any grass damage. My Bf has most of the frame work done, and I'm hoping to get the rest built before I leave for work, today (mandatory 12 hours, yuck). With what's built so far, it looks huge and weights a...

Well, while my BF and I were securing tarp from the top of my shed to the back of my fence, for shade, in my newly built chicken coop/run; the zoning officer was posting a notice on my door with a stop order. Apparently, while the city of Buffalo has NO restrictions on chickens, My country town...

I was actually thinking of doing something like that, myself. I have been searching the net trying to find pics of the two types of chicks I have ( Faverolles and Speckled Sussex), if for no other reason than to try and determine their sex (everyone says sexing Favs is easy, but darned if I know...

mine are a week and 1/2 and are joining me tomorrow when I finally plant my veggie garden. But they are going right back in their brooder when I'm done.

One of the boys(??) This is what the other 9 look like, with much more feathering and tails starting Runt, on my lap All 4 with Runt in the upper right corner another pic of the 4 (Runt in right corner). Hard to believe it was only a week ago, today all 16 arrive in that same box, and had...

Thanks, to both of you. Guess I'll have to wait it out. My moneys on the 3 late featherers, being the boys. But I don't know squat, and have nothing more than gut instict to work with here. I'll keep searching the net and watching my babies progress. Thanks again for your help. P.S. I'll try to...

Anyone?

My babies are one week old today. I ordered 5 faverolles and 10 speckled sussex, and Cackle sent me an extra sussex. Unfortunitly one of the favs was pretty spent when I got them, and didn't last the day. As of today, I still have all the other 15. ( This is my first forray into raising...

I'm a noobie, too. My BF's been supportive to a point. Sometimes he complains that I'm obsessive, though, so I'm trying to calm down some. I found out that my Cackle order wont arrive till May 30th, so that took alot of "wind out of my sails" I'm only using a 5x7 foot section of our shed for the...

My screen name is my name, and since there arn't alot of Radines out there, when I have to choose a screen name, it's usually available. That being said, I usually go by/ sign things as Ray.

My department at work is expanding and they gave me all the old insulated walls, so I'm using them for the floor and walls of my coop. My BF is going to caulk all the seems, which is good because some of my measurments where alittle off, when I began cutting the walls to fit:barnie...

I'm building my coop in a corner of my shed. http://links.pictures.aol.com/pic/b360zF79YOTbwXk3JjKl9I8uU8nOuG0J6cinv4xQp5Fd3Ig=_l.jpg http://links.pictures.aol.com/pic/b360zF79YOTbwXk3JjKl9I8uU-3CTvXvdmtqv4xQp5Fd3Ig=_l.jpg...

Hi everyone. I'm in the western part of the state, about 40 mins. southeast of Buffalo. I don't have any chickens yet, but I'm hoping to get a Faverolle Roo, and a half doz. Sussex hens soon. Just spent all day yesterday emptying the shed and ripping out the old indoor dog kennel. I'm going to...

Thanks for the quick reply. I appreciate it:) I'm off to find some chicks:D