Beyond The Purple Door...Chat thread.

[MysteryChicken]

Mine have been laying all winter although not as often. Forrest Hump also took a break from the hens too.

You need to get some birds like mine. They gave me 6-11 eggs all winter, & the roosters have been doing their jobs too. A couple days I got 13-14 eggs, a few months ago.

 

[chickens really]

You need to get some birds like mine. They gave me 6-11 eggs all winter, & the roosters have been doing their jobs too. A couple days I got 13-14 eggs, a few months ago.

I don't need that many eggs. I used to have Orpington Hens. I prefer the Bantam birds though. They don't stress me out.

 

[MysteryChicken]

I don't need that many eggs. I used to have Orpington Hens. I prefer the Bantam birds though. They don't stress me out.

The numbers include both standards, & Bantams.

 

[chickens really]

My old flock of chickens..

 

[MysteryChicken]

My old flock of chickens..View attachment 2032835View attachment 2032838View attachment 2032839View attachment 2032841

They're beauties.

 

[chickens really]

They're beauties.

A person I thought of as a friend stole them from me. She was supposed to pay me for them and I haven't heard from her in over two years..

 

[MysteryChicken]

A person I thought of as a friend stole them for me. She was supposed to pay me for them and I haven't heard from her in over two years..

That's not good.

 

[chickens really]

@perchie.girl
Have you seen this movie? It’s one of my favourites!

 

[Don 27]

Her crooked toes look like they're caused by vitamin deficiency. I see this happen more commonly in cockerels, & roosters.
My Maran/GameFowl cross has a crooked toe on both feet, & my Project Orpington has it on one foot.

. Interesting... My first generation of game fowl I originally bought from the farmer all had crooked feet. The new chicks I hatched last year from the first generation birds are normal besides having 5 toes .. I wonder if the farmer fed them something he wasn't supposed to.

 

[MysteryChicken]

. Interesting... My first generation of game fowl I originally bought from the farmer all had crooked feet. The new chicks I hatched last year from the first generation birds are normal besides having 5 toes .. I wonder if the farmer fed them something he wasn't supposed to.

Five toes is a genetic mutation called polydactily, which Silkies, & Dorkings have.