ALABAMA!!

[Tomtommom]

 

[bamachicks8]

Love the eggs tom. What breeds are they?

 

[Tomtommom]

Love the eggs tom. What breeds are they?

From left to right: Ameraucana (front) Jersey Giant (back, cream colored), plymouth rocks (I got 4, 2 white, 1 barred, 1 partridge.. the whites lay the palest ones), production red, Australorps and the very dark ones are from a variety of Marans mutts/mixes.

 

[huntinwidow]

It's been a long time since we heard from you.  The cochins I got from you are doing great.  They turn out really pretty.  I had some photographer friends come over just to take their pics for their portfolio.

I been around. Just busy with boys. So glad you are happy with the Cochins.

 

[Jayare's Chicks]

Hey Orps, Are you getting eggs from those Silkies I gave you. I've gotten 3 eggs from that group in the last week so they should start laying soon. How do they look now that they are grown up? Blue, Black or something else? I still don't know what those others are called, I don't think they are Paint but maybe Partridge or something new?

Jayare

 

[Orps]

Hey Orps, Are you getting eggs from those Silkies I gave you. I've gotten 3 eggs from that group in the last week so they should start laying soon. How do they look now that they are grown up? Blue, Black or something else? I still don't know what those others are called, I don't think they are Paint but maybe Partridge or something new?

Jayare

No eggs from the silkies yet. I still quite figure out they are hens or roo yet. I think they are hens. Out the 4 you gave me I lost 1 in Nov. It went missing. I think a hawk or a cat got it. The other 3 are doing well. I got 1 black, 1 dark blue and 1 light blue . Here is a picture. Not the best but every time I try to take a pic they give me their butts.

 

[BexB]

Bex -- I have a gorgeous Dorking cockeral with a crooked comb that I won't be using for breeding, and I have no desire to set up a processing table for 1 bird. Very mild mannered and keeping company with the egg layers. You are welcome to him if you like. zip is 35040

He is pretty, and thanks for the offer, but I'm in phil campbell. Besides I think I'm going to stick with what I have. At least for now. Hubby wants to mix some blues or blacks into our flock.

 

[alangrg3]

My wife and I just settled into Rogersville, AL after retiring from the Army (both of us) - now we are excited about getting ready for spring, new gardens, chicks, and the never ending list of tasks to make our new home ours. We are waiting on our chicks to arrive the middle of next week. We had a flock the last couple of years while stationed in Missouri - however chickens don't really move well and the people that bought our last house wanted to keep the flock and coops. We checked on the ladies a while after the house sold and they were all still there and doing great. I have our brooder set up and ready for the chicks, got most of the materials we need to build a tractor for our broilers (Delawares), and now we are just waiting on a car port kit to be delivered and set up for the ladies.

I am sure Alabama will present some new challenges that we have not dealt with yet.

 

[bamadude]

@alangrg3 welcome to the Alabama thread from Dale County. I cant think of any place I would rather be than in Alabama.

 

[Razadia]

My wife and I just settled into Rogersville, AL after retiring from the Army (both of us) - now we are excited about getting ready for spring, new gardens, chicks, and the never ending list of tasks to make our new home ours. We are waiting on our chicks to arrive the middle of next week. We had a flock the last couple of years while stationed in Missouri - however chickens don't really move well and the people that bought our last house wanted to keep the flock and coops. We checked on the ladies a while after the house sold and they were all still there and doing great. I have our brooder set up and ready for the chicks, got most of the materials we need to build a tractor for our broilers (Delawares), and now we are just waiting on a car port kit to be delivered and set up for the ladies. I am sure Alabama will present some new challenges that we have not dealt with yet.

Really hot summers, high humidity, lots of predators. Nothing that other states don't have.