Showgirls and silkies are awesome. They are my new toy chickens. The ones I want just for fun. haha Deb likes naked chicks.I like naked chicks...................wait a minute, something about that doesn't sound right.
Anyway, one of my new babies from yesterday.
I set 7 eggs from my silkie/showgirl pen. Six went to lockdown, They all hatched, one white showgirl, 3 paint showgirls and 2 paint silkies.
Deb
Another free loader...late moulting hen..
At least they will start laying again soon and didn't quit laying during the summer or fall. They just are going to be a bit cold until the get their feathers back..
Trisha
Oh gosh I feel awful when I break an egg. Even worse if you break one when you aren't hardly getting any.You are lucky. I did get my first egg since my hawk attack a few weeks back. My Icelandic hen who was laying almost daily stopped with the stress. she laid today though. Then I broke it
so I have 5 crele hens who all look ready to lay . 2 white empordanesa that are close as well. No eggs though
I hope they all start feeling safe again soon. I know you have done alot to help keep them safe!
lol I guess I assumed...
Thanks Amy Beth. I am trying too. If we end up getting this place which it appears we are. I will be moving them in a few weeks so it could be months lol...Oh gosh I feel awful when I break an egg. Even worse if you break one when you aren't hardly getting any.
Good Job on the Netting!Chooklet - soooooo tempting, but I must focus on my breeding!
Ron - I love it when they start back up from molt. It's nice knowing we are headed in the right direction getting eggs again.
More pictures - This is what I did this afternoon, with some help from my 12 and 9 year old. After some daytime predator losses, I ordered this netting. Took quite a while to get it installed, but I think it will work out well.
Is that a regular red tailed hawk? The ones around my house fly pretty high in the sky/hard to see them that close.close. but nope here is the guy
I really want some Langshans, I've PMed people from that thread but no one has any local, do you know of anyone selling chicks? I don't have an incubator (crazy I know)
This is a great time to get chicks from someone here! They will be laying eggs when the ones from the feed stores are being sold.
Let us know what you want and someone her will help you get them.
Beautiful pics everyone. We were so busy today doing projects. DH is working on our poolside structure (not sure what to call it yet) but it's finally coming along. Got the 2 huge beams up on the upright posts. I'll take some pics tomorrow. I can't believe DH got them up over 9' high by himself using just ladders!!!!
I've been pruning roses and getting ready to plant more fruit trees. Hopefully we'll get about 8 more in the ground tomorrow. Gotta clean my coop out tomorrow too. All that rain we had soaked the bedding, so I'll put down a layer of sand and wood ash before adding dry sawdust.
Not getting many eggs, just a couple per day....what free loaders. I have about 4 hens that decided to do a late moult and are looking quite bare in this cold weather LOL.
I had to laugh at my big blue roo....he ate way too much goodies and looks like he's trying to get a breast augmentation...Don't worry his crop went down to normal size, but he just looked funny this day. His tail if finally growing back in...he did a complete moult and lost all his tail feathers. I'm using him again on his daughters because he's so beefy and want his size to pass on.
One of my very cold hens that decided to do a late moult...
Trisha
What do duck eggs taste like? I think we used to eat them when I was young but it was a long time ago lol
