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welcome to the buckeye thread and BYC, I like your Navy picture, reminded me of the time I turned down a ride in a sub. I was stationed in Guam in the mid 70's

I saw a picture on another thread of a Cornish hen with a huge rat that she had killed. I think it was posted by Walt.

I had not whacked the weeds in my run and the chickens were cleaning only half the run, when I finally had time to whack the high weeds I found a garter snake, the chicks didn't want anything to do with the snake.

I have three breeds in my fenced run; Wyandotte, buckeye, and australorp. Yesterday I found a dead mole in the run, illness or death by chicken?

I have seen rattlesnakes in New York and Pennsylvania, copperheads in Missouri, have any Ohio residents seen any poisonous snakes?

007medic, I wish I knew more about the calcium problem, I usually ignore the problem if I can't easily find the answer.

I think that she has enough feeder space, but I will continue to watch and make sure. I have lowered the feeder to make sure she can reach the food. I will have some silkie bantams in the mail Tuesday, she might enjoy being in that flock. She is very shy. I will keep the Buckeye bantam in mind...

looks like I have 3 pullets and four cockerels, one of the pullets seems to be a failure to thrive, in any case she is much smaller than the other two, cull or not???? one of the cockerels is turning our to be very aggressive, I have decided to cull him !!!

I will get the poultry press back issues and try and understand but I am still confused when I try and apply a lifetime of "bad hips and skin problems in dogs" and "cross breed vigor in cattle F1". Then, I get this last order of chicks and five of the six pasty vent problems are one breed and...

I would like to read the articles, but I will skip spending hundreds on a bird when the risk of predators on my place is high. I have liked long distance backpacking when I was younger and it is possible to spend lots on the hobby only to drop an ounce from the pack, a lot cheaper to go without...

I have almost the same problem, I have decided to have a chicken tractor dedicated to each breed that I want. I have finished the first and have five australorp chicks in it hoping that I picked a rooster and four hens. At some point in the near future I will need to finish the tractors for my...

Dan, does that mean that the "breeders" are named winner and the culls are named dinner? John

I rarely name mine since they could end up in the crock pot

welcome to the world of scratchers I have been amazed how friendly my buckeye chicks are, coming over to my hand from day one

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/729605/the-natural-chicken-keeping-thread-ots-welcome/6090 post #6099 John

2 weeks old

One of my 12 day old chicks was giving itself a dust bath today

always amazing to me that the cockerels start fighting when they are only seven days old

I have read several people posting the opinion that a breeder can ruin a line with only one breeding. I agree with the above post, that after3 years the line can be claimed, especially if the opposite is true that a strain can be lost in only one year.

Happy Easter to you also, He is Risen!