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@centrarchid. Why are you ignoring me? If it's something I said , no hard feelings were meant. Sorry if some of my posts were topic. :oops:

I bring this up because we had an area of our property that I use to fence off for my birds it was be shaded by ash trees before the ash borer came through. After words the underground took over , I was hoping by now it would have naturally shaded itself but I think I'm going to just fence...

I left my mail box open once , (just once) and a hen jumped up their and began laying eggs. I made sure to leave the flag up for the mail carrier:gig.

I don't see nothing wrong with it from your point of view. :frow The only thing I would say is some groups get married for religious reasons. My youngest cousin has been living with her boy friend for two years now . I have been useing the bucket system for 3years , not a lot of time but so...

You are going to remove the brush and plant trees, correct? We may get sheep as well,Not sure yet. I have both a field and a woods. Unfortunately with the field it can be very wet during the spring time and I would like to save the back piece for farming.. But the woods on the other hand is on...

That's a funny par of birds! wonder who made that picture?

wow that's amazing. 20 years ago is right around the time grandpas farm was abandoned. I have recently brush hoged my field and it was really hard on the mower I'm going to try and see if it cheered any pins .

Just curious, was your place agriculture field \pasture when you moved in? The only reason why I ask is because the age of the trees and brush looks very similar to what has become of my grandpas farm.

Did you ever find if the broody rooster system was derived from the red jungle fowl or is it something that has been developed in domestic conditions? Interesting , depending on what stock my birds are from they might have the potential to have a broody rooster. maybe just never had the...

What colors do you select for? If I decide whether to do this or not will depend on if I can find the right means to do it. Most of my birds sleep in my barn except for one rooster that prefers the trees largely because the other roosters pick on him . He might be the one to separate with a...

I have Three roosters and four hens. The "first" one is top birds recently became that way after a fight with my senior rooster, he will often split the flock and take two hens and his brother with him. His brother in lowest in The pecking order and doesn't get much of a chance to mate . The...

I currently have two clutches of eggs my hens haven't started brooding yet but unfortunately something found one of the clutches and ate all of the eggs . I will be putting a wire cages around the eggs and locking them up at night. My original plan was to install the cages after the hens...

My birds don't show any of this behavior . What breeds of roosters will help with chick rearing ? Would you recommend I get some of these traits mixed in with my flock?

I just say to my kids it ant right having more then one wife or husband... I Keep it simple. So what your saying is the hens that aren't broody take over rearing the chicks from the broody hen, while the broody hen gets to hatching another brood? .. In a way, yes. Except if the...

Interesting.. How have the birds been behaving as a pair compared to a flock of multiple birds? It's cool seeing kids interested in this kinda stuff. Looks to be warm weather at your place..... 40s here.