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Quote: Okay, I didn't mean to question your judgment, but do to this very fresh incident, I just felt I had to through it out there.

@DesertChic Sorry to hear about your loss. He was a beautiful bird and his kids are stunning too. Today I killed this in my new chicken barn: Any chance he was snake bit? I know you don't want him to go to waste, but I'd think twice about eating chicken that died of unknown causes.

I hope you are right but I read it to say that they may not offer NN's in 2017 at all. That makes me wonder if they may be considering discontinuing the line. I guess I could just ask. I hope it's something like that.

I got a prompt reply from S&G regarding the Naked Necks. "Thank you for your email. We are not sure at this time if we will offer the Naked Neck next season. Please check back in January. We will not ship less than 100 chicks. Thank you..." So, while not surprised that they said no. I am...

Isn't that the thing with chicken breeding. It takes many generations to build them up and only one to make them fall apart. You can't keep everything so decisions must be made. But with a chickens crazy and variable genetics,...it feels like it's always just a best guess. I think kicking...

I sent S&G an email today as well. Asking if they would consider shipping an order of 100 in lots of 25 to 4 different addresses next year. Worst they can say is no. I suspect they deal more with growers and probably won't be concerned with servicing a group of home breeders. If they say...

Very nice. What plans do you have for the fish frames?

I have a question about processing chickens with a 2 yr old about. I'm thinking at that age she doesn't really need to see the dying but should be okay for the rest of it. I'm thinking that we could keep her away while the birds are killed then let her help with the plucking and observe the...

Do I hear a banjo playing off in the distance? And so many of them do have beaks like a chicken... hmmm.

This is a great model you could easily follow and/or adapt with that set up. http://bloslspoutlryfarm.tripod.com/id60.html

Here are a few pics of my young birds. I took over 100 and only got these few worth sharing. 8wk old Bresse cockerel 6 wk old White Rock cockerel. From left to right. Dark cornish, Marans, Bourbon red turkey, Bresse. All 8 wks. All cockerels except for the turkey, he is a jake... I think...

I'm a mean, mean lady. Don't believe me... just go ask my birds. Yesterday it was stinkin' hot. I went out to check the juvies and everyone was panting and miserable. So I asked myself... why not add insult to injury? I hosed them all down till they were drenched. Boy, you'd a thought I...

I grew up in a suburban home and come from a long line of what I would describe as upper middle class professionals. No farmers, no gardeners for generations. And then came me, completely animal crazy, and born into a family that never had more than a pet dog from time to time. They had no...

I just love hearing stories like this. The more people that we can get to see the value of these kinds of projects the better. If we turn them into customers or folks who take up their own projects either way we make the world a little bit better. Even if we just get them to think for a minute...

I hear ya'll on the temperament thing. Though I have a couple very friendly chicks that I can help think are going to be pests later in life. One of the Astrolorpes is a very funny little creature. My granddaughter named her Freena. Why Freena? IDK but it stuck. When I open the brooder door...

Crossing that way will have to wait until next year. I do intend to try it though. The only mature hens I have this year are DC so any crosses this fall will have to be over DC. Next year I want to do crosses each way, over and under and compare each. I don't doubt you are right but I want to...