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Thanks Lady of McCamley and Bumpercarr, So my Legbar Rooster crossed with an Austrolorp hen will most likely produce a green egg layer? The only thing I'm not clear on is whether the Roos have both blue genes? That's a great article!

Thank you, I think they are just adorable! I'm probably gonna keep them. I may sell the best one if he turns out to be show quality. Do you know what the egg color would be if I crossed them with another breed?

I know everyone on this thread likes the chic picks! :P. My little Roos are gonna be two months old, I can't believed its been that long since they hatched!

Aww, so sweet! X2

I'm planning on starting a small flock of those as welll, to see how it goes. Are you getting them from Greenfire?

Haha! I love seeing pics of chickens in snow, we don't get it here.:lau

I didn't lose two hens, only the one but the hawk couldn't fly off with her because of her size. It had to try to eat on the spot which was under the deck next to the house. I am home all day and out with my girls several times during the day, normally. I was traveling and the hens were with...

I think I'd be having some hawk soup for dinner!:P Wait, is that legal?:lol: Super surprised that you would find it in the enclosed run!

Have you ever eaten any meat from a bird that may have been killed many hrs before you find it? I thought about it but a friend said that they thought the meat would be spoiled if the organs weren't removed right away. I don't think you sound heartless. I raise my birds for food and cherish...

Thank you ChickyChickens.

Thank you, I did decide to do the trash because things are pretty frozen here. The hawk did come back the next day. Amazingly it got my hen under the back deck, pretty brazen.

Thank you vpatt.

I just lost my first hen to a hawk:(. What does everyone do with the carcass? Should I just let the scavengers have it so at least it's not a total waste to nature? My poor little chicken, she was the only one that wasn't a good flyer.

You're Princess Lay-a looks like she is a sweetie and a good mama.

43 egg mountain, holy smokes!:lol:

:lau. Where did you find that one?

You know, I have noticed a lot of people getting a lot of broodies when they have a barnyard mixed flock. That is when you let all the roosters and hens mate and just get a mixed breed chicken, correct????

@vpatt   I personally don't enjoy culling, (when my daughter and I could do it together)...but I've grown up in a farm family, so it is part of the life cycle...remember, that hen isn't thinking twice about killing that mouse, nor the hawk the hen...it helps a little to keep it in their...

I started my dual purpose flock early 2014 with the intention of butchering for meat when the time comes. I haven't done any butchering yet as my birds are still young and laying tons of eggs. I keep going over it in my mind so hopefully I will be mentally prepared when the time comes. I...