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Thanks for sharing this. I find it very interesting. I agree with you about dual purpose birds on a homesteading scale (surplus roos for dinner, FTW!). But on a commercial scale dual purpose birds will never lay as efficiently as the high-egg producing breeds. I doubt that the males are...

Those are very pretty birds. Thanks for sharing (even if by accident ;)).

Wow. Do you know if there's a difference in behavior between white and brown leghorns? I have a brown one in my flock and while she is by far the most skittish of them all, she free ranges with the rest in my front yard happily (4' fence keeps them in with wings clipped, they could get over it...

In addition to my previously posted rooster I now have eight bantam chicks available ($2/ea) and six bantam hens available ($5/ea). I am in Lebanon. I've decided to get rid of all my bantams and only keep my dual purpose large fowl. Reply or PM if you're interested, thanks.

Hello fellow Oregonians, I've got this beautiful BA X RIR rooster I'd like to give away. I live close to Lebanon (not in town so the crowing is not the issue). He's a great little guy, but he's surplus and he's 1/2 bantam and that is why I want to rehome him. We prefer dual-purpose birds...

Stupid question, what do people mean by flogging rooster?

YES! In the bushes, and on the porch, and under the tarp covering my compost pile, and in a bucket, and on top of the table saw...

Well with this cold blast in the valley I'll sure be glad to stay home this weekend! In Lebanon it's supposed to be 15 tonight, then 10 Saturday night. I don't normally heat the coop and so far my birds have been doing great but these next few nights I plan to give them some extra warmth. It...

I think so? That probably sounds silly but with my flock it wasn't obvious this year. This summer I only really noticed it because of all the extra loose feathers blowing around but the birds didn't look any different (except when they lost their tail feathers and ran around rumpless for a...

Yup. This whole year has gone by too fast. Every month since February I've been thinking, "We're halfway through ______ already???" *sigh*

Now that is a good idea! I might have to do something like that while I construct the big new coop this fall/winter.

What an adorable chick and a fine hen she grew into! Any idea what the breed might be?

Now that's a good idea for using up leftovers. One of my childhood friends made scrambled eggs in the microwave and they puffed up like marshmallows. It was fun but we never thought to mix stuff into it. When we got chickens last year I didn't notice much difference in the egg quality...

Oooohhhh that's why they do that! Duh! I have roos so I should've figured. Mine haven't been handled much at all so I figured they were just making themselves smaller and harder to get to, like the cat does when he doesn't want to be petted.

I had to look up NPIP. That sounds intense!

Hmm I may be interested in the GLW. We have one GLW hen that is just gorgeous, and one GLW pullet that is about 4 weeks. Wouldn't mind having some more especially a cockerel. Are you looking to sell/trade or just rehome to have them gone? Edit: After reading some info on how to quarantine...

I'm in Lebanon, about an hour NE of Eugene. Not sure if that meets your criteria of local but it's always nice to meet another Willamette Valley chicken lover. :)

Can you keep him for stud? Or are you in the city and not allowed to keep roosters? We ate all but one of our cockerels last time and we spared that one on account of being so handsome. He's a good roo too, very watchful and good with the ladies.

Quote: Not from Salem, but if nobody replies you could check the library.

That is so cool. We would love to do bees. Just not quite there yet.