Recently got some straight run chicks from TS labeled 'Americana.' Though it would be fun to post pictures and guess what they might turn out as. Here are pictures at 3 days old and 4 weeks (sorry they didn't want to stand still for these).
I'll update every few weeks. Figured this might help...
:frowHey again BYC friends!
I’ve been here for a few weeks now and am finally posting our intro. Now that we have had our chickens for a few days and are officially chicken parents I felt like now was a good time for sharing so here goes.
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get...
She's almost 2 or 3 but I just now started wondering if she was an Easter egger or Americauna. She got disqualified from a show once because she had "green feet" (I no longer show, I don't like how they run) and I entered her as an Americauna because that's what I was told she was when I bought...
I've been away for a while tending my herd. Now that I'm back, a few things have changed, so I'm sure I will have a few things to learn about posting and getting I a new forum (and saving it to my page). But all the while I have been telling chicken people about this site ("I learned everything...
I'm looking for a Quiet Chicken breed to keep and not annoy my neighbors.
What I'm looking for(Hen edition):
-Quiet
-Good Layer
-Good Meat
-Good Forager
-Friendly
-Cute
-Your Favorite
We got six buff Orpington chicks for my wife, for Mother's Day 2015. A cat got one when it was five weeks old. I applied an effective cat discouragement protocol (Gamon Talon 1250 .177 pellet rifle with a Walther barrel and a 3X9 scope). The cat was none the worse for wear, but he definitely...