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People used to widely believe something similar in relation to women, children and dark-skinned people, too. I guess we just have to hope humans will continue their slow social evolution, huh? Vive la vanguard! (Yay, Overeasyplz! Yay, Technodoll!)
I agree completely Merry Christmas...
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Well his income is potatoes, really. I am not sure if the chickens were his or his kids'. But the fact remains that none of them wanted to deal with these po' little birds..I'm glad I asked after them. A trend I see a lot of in SE Idaho is animal neglect...Not too common but it is...
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Yes, it is frostbite but it appears to be surface damage. They were out in the snow...I don't think he'll lose any comb but he is getting vasolined up, and they are all recovering nicely. I had to grease everybody!
Sounds like she's in good hands
I am glad you took on this project...
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Yes, it is frostbite but it appears to be surface damage. They were out in the snow...I don't think he'll lose any comb but he is getting vasolined up, and they are all recovering nicely. I had to grease everybody!
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Wow! I didn't realize that untill you put them together like this and pointed it out to me! thank you! I might have to isolate them and let em make more brahmas!
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heh, yea, I was speechless when he said he wasn't feeding them. there is absolutely nothing to eat out there in this 7 degree weather. So they came home with me. Christmas for all of us! Farmer better just stick to potatoes...
Serrin, I'd love to give you a few, too bad you are quite a road trip away! They are all doing really well, I'm happy to report. They are real sweet, friendly little birds..The skittish one is actually the biggest roo, he is the black and silver roo with crooked toes. The scales look raised so I...
Some more pics of my new diminutive flock!
You can see the splash hen's feets areun- feathered. I think she is the amerucana. I will take more pics of each one to show off tomorrow!
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Yes, there is the tiniest hen, she looks just like this one! She is incredibly friendly too. They are all such sweet little birds, it's a happy christmas for them, I have no skinny animals
ooo, which one is that? the roo on the right of the first pic? He has a neat tail, it has two long pointy-tailfeathers and the rest hang down. I thought he was pretty special, but they all are really sweet. Thank you!
I have always liked banties, their miniscule voices are cute and their tenacity for life renowned. But today I witnessed this little fighting spirit in a tiny flock of twelve. A farmer I know came in to the store today, and I asked him how his chickens were doing. He said he didn't know, he...