Could you post a picture of the beak? And if you got them from TSC I wouldn't be surprised if they were mislabeled. Last year they had my Rir in with the SS and called them Red Sussex. I searched the internet up and down for red Sussex pictures and found they're extremely rare. Lol. Hopefully it's just a case if mislabeling and nothing serious!
We plan on turning it into an orchard. Apples plums and pears. I have so many trees I’ve lost count it’s at least 50. I love them, until this time of year and I have 50 to prune! Having so much land makes my chores overwhelming at times. I have 9 flower garden beds that I weed in the winter, just so I’m not bombarded with things to do come spring. I always bring out my two favorite girls (the only two I don’t have to chase) to help me when I weed. The company is wonderful. & I end up laughing my butt off at them. Funny about the horse too. Our neighbors contingency on buying the lot, is no houses, no horses. They poop nothing but weeds is what she said.That's a good idea! I'll have to use my older girls as they're less adventurous and curious than the younger ones. My EE Frida jumped our neighbor's fence yesterday.She is not used to being handled at all so catching her was a chore. My oldest earned $2 for the capture.
We have an area right beside the coop that I might be able to use for a compost pile. Especially after I get my garden situated this year it would be nice to add next year.
I'm so jealous of your land/space.lol. We have no trees on our property! I don't really know how we missed that but working in our yard last year we realized we had no shade to take breaks under.
What will you do with the other acre? More chickens or other types of animals perhaps? That is my husband's dream one day. He seriously tried to talk me into buying a horse. Where would we put it?! With the chickens? we have no land. Lol. Our neighbor owns a pretty large empty lot behind our house. We really want to buy it but she won't sell. I think her water well is actually on that lot and not on her property and thats why she wont sell. It would more than double the size of our backyard if we could buy it.
Good luck!
OmgWe plan on turning it into an orchard. Apples plums and pears. I have so many trees I’ve lost count it’s at least 50. I love them, until this time of year and I have 50 to prune! Having so much land makes my chores overwhelming at times. I have 9 flower garden beds that I weed in the winter, just so I’m not bombarded with things to do come spring. I always bring out my two favorite girls (the only two I don’t have to chase) to help me when I weed. The company is wonderful. & I end up laughing my butt off at them. Funny about the horse too. Our neighbors contingency on buying the lot, is no houses, no horses. They poop nothing but weeds is what she said.
thinking of your harvest time has my mouth watering. We love apples in this family. We eat them every day and when we have a lot I make fresh apple juice. So good!
Post a picture first, it may not be an issue and it could make things worse.
We have so many apples. Last year I easily got at least 100lb. I made applesauce, apple butter, apple & lemon jam, apple cider, apple juice, & even made apple cider vinegar. We have yellow delicious, & a yellow/red variety. We plan on getting pigs for butcher next year, one breed in particular thrives on eating apples so we may try that out too! Harvesting alone takes up so much time each day.Omg
I'll have to let him know about the pooping weeds. Lol. That might change his mind about owning one.
I think she’s slightly cross beaked. Her bottom beak looks a little crooked.
