i will get you a picture tomorrow she is splash with blue and a black drake in with her...I have all three of the colors of the blue swedish..and are un related they came from 2 different private breeders..
I would threaten to get 4 emu's or ostriches if chickens are such an issue they are poultry Chickens eat mice..and well those animals are there regardless of your chickens..then every trash can should be locking as not to feed raccoons, no piled up anything as snakes like to live there.. get a...
not that I am aware of never heard that before....BTW the Mereks vaccine only stops the tumor form there is many strains and birds can still get it..I am pretty sure there is no required vaccines at all..now you might want to contact your counties NPIP person ..maybe if you stipulated that only...
I have a a couple of types of Cochin bantams, buff Brahma bantams, EE bantams the other are my LF..Maran are the ones that lay the super dark brown eggs..and even closer as I am actually in Ophiem LOL. but unincorporated town so could have 300 chickens if I wanted..I ply my neighbors with eggs...
apply for a kennel license almost every county has them if your chickens are pets then it should cover you ....it allows you to keep more pets just basically pay the fee otherwise nobody could have a litter of puppies /kittens ever without getting fined
where are you located? when that Lav boy grows up I could give him a home I have pullets and 1 roo but like to keep a backup..might be able to trade a different girl if interested ..or even a bunny I have 13 babies right now mixed nz breed
after quarantining you might want to use a smaller cage dog crate etc and place the bird where the other can see , hear , smell it for a couple days..I always introduce a newbie with lots and lots of treats..scratch, BOSS etc to keep them busy there may be some small tiff's but they are just...
no, but lookup pvc chicken plucker on youtube, basically you need a drill, a rod, pvc cap we used 4inch, and either rubber tarp straps/bungee cords or the plucker fingers (what i used) bought 50 on ebay for $16..if you use the bungee cords you use the real short one you can get them anywhere cut...
We weighed ours and 3 were 8lbs plus so the others got a furlow for a week.. spend all that time raising might as well make sure it is worthwhile. To weigh we put them in a feed bag and used a fish scale..it wasn't bad hubby went old school axe and log, put them in rubber maid tubs then hung...
Could always get a banty cochin hen and make frizzels..or sizzles forget which one that mix makes but cute ... either way..post on the swap threads maybe someone would swap you one of your roo's for a hen..craiglist is good also
I am overrun with roo's myself...I think my bantams..I. have 3 barred cochin roos's 2 partride cochin roo's 2 buff brahma roo's. 1. Oegb roo mistake by hatchery. And 2 columbian wyandotte bantam roo's to soon to tell the silkies yet...so. 10 roo's for 12 hens ... oh well at least they are...
For those in north east IL.here is the info for a swap just over the state line in Iowa..I know I will be going to look for some rabbit things and no more chickens unless they demand to come home with me..... Which all of us know how chicken math goes...
.The Eastern Iowa Bird and Small Animal...