The Three Amigos - Part of my blue pen. Flash, on the left and the pullet in the middle are about six months old in July 2011, Blue is nine months old. When I bought Flash, he was supposed to be a pullet, but I'm not too unhappy about him. He'll probably become part of a lemon blue project...
This is Rupert, an Old English Game bantam. I have not shown him, so I have not dubbed his comb.
I think it kind of adds to his character. He is very cocky, but extremely gentle and he roosts by the door to my main coop.
He lets everyone know when something or someone approaches. He has two...
This is Millard and Millie. They are Mille Fleure D'Uccles. Millie loves to be held.
Millard, not so much. They were given to me last summer by a neighbor friend. He gave them
to me because my hubby said I couldn't buy any more chickens, but I really wanted
some Mille Fleures. Chicken folks...
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Wow, she's gorgeous~ I guess it's back to the drawing boards for me
I did get another roo a few weeks ago, maybe I'll have better luck with him. He's from Erin, very young still~
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And here's a side picture of my little...
I bought hatching eggs for bantam cochins in a variety of colors last fall, and hatched and raised a good variety. Then I bought the standards book and started looking at them , and several if not most of them have this split wing thing going on. So now I'm culling anything with a split wing...
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thank you for coming out you had some nice bantam buff cochins and i love the color on the blue OEGB thanks it was nice to meet you
Now I wish we could have come even more. We are looking for a buff pullet from bloodlines that aren't local.
I still have a couple of nice pullets, and...
I forgot to say what a nice bunch of chicken people you Okie BYCers are. I felt right at home. I"m not much of a talker, but I enjoyed the day. Poco Pollo - Loved the chicken hat! Boy there were sure some pretty birds there, too. It was real hard not to bring more of them home. My husband...
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bfrances- I bought your EE roo, and he is in heaven. I have twelve EE hens of different colors, and had two younger cockerels of diff colors, and he went right in and fit right in. Not a sign of fighting, which was nice. One of my younger cockerels named Bard had already lost a round...
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I will bring two pair at least. My husband bought a pair this spring, and we have raised a few to teenager sized. Of course he built the best pen on the place for his two phoenix.... But he is the pen builder, so i can't complain. He's built plenty of others for all of my different...
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I'm coming, but worried about rain. Is there cover, if it rains?
I have two pair of nice buff bantam cochins, a lot of teenager bantam cochins in several colors , some mille fleure d'uccle pairs, teenager EE pullets, two pair of golden duckwing phoenix bantam teenagers, maybe more.
Off subject kinda,- but does anyone know when the paw paws get ripe - or even if there will be any this fall? We have a lady visiting from Arlington, VA, and she was asking about them. My granddad had a paw paw patch on his farm. Boy do I miss gathering the paw paws. I remember bringing home...
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Yep, you should be very proud of how you helped him grow. The best thing we can teach our kids is how to take care of themselves while respecting others. Sounds like you've done it right.
Okla Doodle Doo - Cedarville is in Arkansas, down Arkansas Hwy 59 between Siloam Springs and Van Buren.
We are about an hour maybe from Westville. When we used to live in Langley, on Grand Lake, we traveled through Westville on our way to Ozark, Arkansas. They had a really good drive in in...
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Banjoe Joe, I live in Cedarville, which isn't too far from you. Please let me know if you need any help till you get everything settled and/or sold. I'd be glad to do anything to help. I am so sorry for your breakup. At least maybe your chickens will keep you too busy to think for...
Yesterday was my worst day yet. Earlier in the summer I moved the only three black copper maran roosters I had to give the pullets a chance to grow
and mature. Yesterday I decided to move them back with the young hens. I put one backup rooster inside with my banties.
The other two I put in...
I would love to be a chicken sitter. We just finished a four day trip, and I had to ask my neighbor to sit my 200 plus chickens. He was very nice about it. We live in Rudy, AR and work in Fort Smith, AR.
Sooner Sandy
Fanatical Chicken Lady
Rudy, AR
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I'd have Spangled Hatch if they would quit eating the eggs. I have a beautiful spangled cock & the hen is spangled wheaten.
I have a pair of young phoenix that kept eating their eggs. I started feeding them boiled eggs, and they stopped. I dunno if
they were craving eggs, or it was...