Sorry for your loss, do you know why your new hen died?
you do not live far from me my place is between hwy 12 and IH 10 close to the Texas Louisiana border.
OMG
did ya have to post those photos, i am eating leftover greens and mack and cheese and it has lost it's taste now that i see those photos.
I will finely agree with you you are done with the egg laying for a few months anyhow
Pieds have more white areas than IB's that only have white on their faces. A dark pied will have some white flight feathers and usually some white on the throat area like the peacock in the far left.
I got ya , i waited over 30 years to get my peas, now i am retired but i already had the farm
Only allowed 1 chicken but i see you have 3 i your avatar LOL you rebel you
White peas are just a variation of the indian blue peafowl, they are not albinos.
They are considered game birds as they are related to pheasant
Indian blues like i have are from India
They are not pets like chickens or your dog er cat but when tames they will eat from your hand, but...
Ya know what i got one the same way she is very tiny but a good weight for her size,
i taught my imprinted peas to jump up on stuff on command and when i need to check their weight i just reach up under them and give em a feel, works great. and they do not mind like they do if i just try to pick...
No it is yearling from last years hatch.
I was told years ago that it was rare that yearlings lay but every yearling I have has layed and they are from 4 different bloodlines so mabe it has something to do with free ranging as minxfox mentioned one time. I have another yearling that has a...
Yep DH was up there today , came down and told me there is at least a dozen pea eggs up there must have a couple whites laying right now, oh well at least they are safe up there
Congradulations
I think I have a hen from last years hatch laying up in the loft of the barn, gotta get up there and see , she been coming down from up there justa honken for the last week.
Using pour on Iver-on for cattle, I put 1 cc at the base of the neck and 1 cc tail area of the adult peas and 1/2 cc in those areas for the wee peas.
I didn't see any bird mites this time, but had 1 wee pee and several adult birds with them last time I did them all so they got seven dusted also.
Mine have been wormed also and when I went to put drops on them the wee peas did their protest squeak and squatted like a hens when I went to pick each of them up.. funniest thing I have seen yet from the wee peas.. except for miss winey she gets real squeaky when she want something to eat acts...
6 to 7 months till they lay here again .. that ain't long enough for me.
I would be happy to start over with babies every year, I love watching babies grow up.. And I got to tell ya these babies I have raised from hatch are such a joy even if they get under foot ,4-wheeler and tractors when...