These are all beautiful! I especially like the lacing in second picture. What color is that?The weather is perfect in Oakland today, so I snapped a few pics.
It's a hard knock life... soaking up the sun, & dust bathing.
I'm falling in love with this little Blue pullet, I need to name her, every day she seems to blossom more & more.
& my Chocolate boy, a bit bleached from all the sunshine we've had this "winter".
Quote: I thin Ron should be getting commission on these...
Beautiful pictures of beautiful birds! I highlighted a name suggestion above.
I do want to warm those of you who are getting the Premier 1 heat plates. Be sure to adjust the height so your chicks are just touching or not quite touching the plate when they are standing. I had a hard time gauging what height to use and I had 2 chicks get small burns from the plate. One had it on its head and the other had the burn on its back. I used Vetericyn followed by Rooster Booster Pick-No-More to keep the other chicks from picking on them. They have both recovered.
One other problem I had involved my 9 month old Siamese mix cat. I use a 4 ft metal stock tank as my second brooder. It has a drain hole on one side that was the perfect size to stick the electric cord for the heat plate through. Unfortunately, it was also the perfect size for Ronan to use to fish for chicks. He got 2 of them.One had its body slashed open and its intestines perforated. My DH culled it for me. The 2nd one had a slash on the top of its leg. I am using Vetericyn on it and she seems to be recovering but may end up with a limp. Of course, it had to be a pullet! My first Pita Pinta hatches are very heavy on cockerels so every pullet is even more precious. I felt like it was my fault more than the cats. He was just doing what was natural for a cat. I know have the hole filled and the tank pushed against a solid object so he can't even get to that side. I seem to have to learn lessons the hard way.
Thank you for the tip. Don't beat yourself up to badly. Cats just always seem to be able to get anywhere we don't want them to.I do want to warm those of you who are getting the Premier 1 heat plates. Be sure to adjust the height so your chicks are just touching or not quite touching the plate when they are standing. I had a hard time gauging what height to use and I had 2 chicks get small burns from the plate. One had it on its head and the other had the burn on its back. I used Vetericyn followed by Rooster Booster Pick-No-More to keep the other chicks from picking on them. They have both recovered. One other problem I had involved my 9 month old Siamese mix cat. I use a 4 ft metal stock tank as my second brooder. It has a drain hole on one side that was the perfect size to stick the electric cord for the heat plate through. Unfortunately, it was also the perfect size for Ronan to use to fish for chicks. He got 2 of them.
One had its body slashed open and its intestines perforated. My DH culled it for me. The 2nd one had a slash on the top of its leg. I am using Vetericyn on it and she seems to be recovering but may end up with a limp. Of course, it had to be a pullet! My first Pita Pinta hatches are very heavy on cockerels so every pullet is even more precious. I felt like it was my fault more than the cats. He was just doing what was natural for a cat. I know have the hole filled and the tank pushed against a solid object so he can't even get to that side. I seem to have to learn lessons the hard way.
They sound like they are fun when visiting but I wouldn't want to have to tend them regularly.I know this is not chicken-related, but it is farm related so I hope you all enjoy it. Our neighbors cows jumped the fence a couple of weeks ago. We called the owner's home and cell numbers and no answer so we left him a message telling him that we had some of his cows. The cows were tearing up our garden so we decided to herd them into one of our empty pastures. Three days later, we ran into he owner at a coffee shop and told him we had 6/9 of his cows. He informed us that he never checks his messages and apologized. We told him, no problem we are enjoying having them and asked if we could keep them a little longer to mow down the grass. We have now had them for 3 weeks and have not only been impressed by their grass mowing abilities but in the amount of water they drink. Six 1000lb steer drink a full bathtub of water every day. Filling the tub is hard to because they insist on drinking out of the hose. They are soo cute and have certainly been fun additions to the farm.
I have a small farm in sonoma county and will be uploading pictures of what we have going on chicken wise soon!
Welcome.Hey hey everyone!
I am new to the thread but excited to join you all self proclaimed chicken lovers hereI have a small farm in sonoma county and will be uploading pictures of what we have going on chicken wise soon!
I was pawing through the thread but did not see, does anyone have any isbar hatching eggs for sale around here? Thanks so much!
Welcome!Hey hey everyone!
I am new to the thread but excited to join you all self proclaimed chicken lovers hereI have a small farm in sonoma county and will be uploading pictures of what we have going on chicken wise soon!
I was pawing through the thread but did not see, does anyone have any isbar hatching eggs for sale around here? Thanks so much!
Hey hey everyone!
I am new to the thread but excited to join you all self proclaimed chicken lovers hereI have a small farm in sonoma county and will be uploading pictures of what we have going on chicken wise soon!
I was pawing through the thread but did not see, does anyone have any isbar hatching eggs for sale around here? Thanks so much!
Hey hey everyone!
I am new to the thread but excited to join you all self proclaimed chicken lovers hereI have a small farm in sonoma county and will be uploading pictures of what we have going on chicken wise soon!
I was pawing through the thread but did not see, does anyone have any isbar hatching eggs for sale around here? Thanks so much!
