My roo is anything but agressive! He's actually a little afraid of me but I can live with that. He's not even the dominant bird, my BO Bertha has that job (and she is VERY good at it).
Here's a pic of my cockerel (for one more month), Poppy (after the seed). He is about 9 months old in...
CUTE pics Sueg!!!
Jennifer good luck on your hatch! We need pics when they finish hatching!
Breshcandra it's hard to tell from that pic but yours sure look fluffy faced to me. They should have beautiful beards and muffs when they mature.
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I second this - lived in Turkey as a foreign exchange student and yes - they use ALL parts on their eating animals !
I'd forgotten this but I recall when I was a kid (about a hundred years ago as I tell the grandkids) my mom and aunts would peel the feet of our chickens and use 'em for...
I've had heavy, feathered legged breeds before (not for eating) and they didn't work for me cause of the mud they got into in winter but they sure were adorable!!! Seriously so cute! Now my BCMs all have lightly feathered legs but they are no trouble to keep clean. Very different than the...
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Very unfortunate news. The little white EE in my first pic had to be put down. Apparently, something went horribly wrong while I was at work, and I came home to a poor thing with her top beak torn off. I was just heartbroken; s/he was such a sweetie. Two of the other EE's had...
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Lo ciento! I'm so sorry puredelight! Don't know why I assumed the opposite.
Yes retirement is looming and we finally had to admit we were not prepared. When we were young we thought for sure we would have a few million in savings by now. Ah the ignorance of youth. I have to...
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That's why she said "most". You are the exception in this country. I'm a little jealous. It must be nice to have one culture to identify with and take pride in!
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Yes that's true. Ecuador has had a stable government for awhile now but definitely not the kind of stability we have here. They do pride themselves on being a peaceful people though and strive to resolve issues without violence. One lady said that she traveled through a "riot"...
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Yes. Ecuador. I am totally smitten with the idea and have been studying everything I can get my hands on! They are super sweet people and very accepted of "Gringos" (not an insulting term there) they are also very chicken friendly! Even in the city you wake up to the sound of...
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There were landraces of chickens in S. America and some layed blue/green eggs; none have been kept pure and its doubtful the exact physical description of the landrace that layed the blue/green is even known.
Punnet studied the genetics of the blue egg many years ago. This research...
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So I haven't found chickens that are mutts like me. My chickens are still from much better bloodlines than I am.
Oh well at least I know even my ancestors believed in diversity.
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Love the link Medicine Man! That is facinating stuff! DH and I are currently exploring the idea of retiring in South America and this info really peaked my interest.
Medicine Man, I second that on that link, although I have not taken the time to explore it completely, I did...
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Ok Medicine Man I got a question for you, I often see people, specially breeders, say that at hatcheries cross all kinds of chickens to create EE's, I get condused tho because most of the EE's I've seen from hatcheries have common features amongst each others like pea combs, beards...