California - Northern

[Miss Molly]

Omg, this weather is amazing today! Enjoying some time with our "chickies".

Love the picture

 

[Miss Molly]

Something raided my coop tonight, but didn't get anyone, as they were locked in a different pasture, free ranging. Whew!! Whatever it is, did get all my eggs that I hadn't collected. Locked all the latches to my coops, just in case. My livestock protector is patrolling too.

Yikes, I'm glad you have your dog on look out!

 

[WildflowerJLH]

What breed where the birds that abandoned the nest - or rejected the babies? My Mom's broodies always hatch their eggs (OEG), but we did have one that "adopted" some feed store chicks - and then kicked them out a week later when they wouldn't listen to her. She only chose certain ones - not all of them. My mom has also tried to get other broodies to adopt babies by putting them under the mother at night - and those birds can tell a chick that doesn't belong to them by the sound of their peeps. Hers are mean - they kill the "outsiders" so she doesn't do that any more.

IIRC, it was a GLW that would not take the babies. She did try to kill them, but I knew it might not work from the beginning, so I was keeping a close watch. The ones that have abandoned the nests have been BOs. They were also all first time sitters. I have heard that sometimes they do better the next time around.

The BO that is broody now is a first timer. I am not really happy with the spot she picked. It is in a dark corner of the barn.

 

[Miss Molly]

Double blue laced Barnies

I hatched these from Trisha's eggs...thanks again Trisha!

 

[chkndaddy]

Good evening everybody. I am looking for an NJG roo if anybody has one they would like to send off
to a good home. We had a breeder dump some chicks on us at the beginning of winter and five of the eleven survived and are all hens. Now I need a roo to get the count up in spring.

I am in Hornbrook area just south of the Or border by six miles or so and depending on the location I am happy to drive to pick it up or fly out if it is over 50 mile or so.

You can send me a pm if you have or hear of one.

Thanks

 

[zooweemama]

Omg, this weather is amazing today! Enjoying some time with our "chickies".
Both are gorgeous the silkies look a lot bigger than i thought they would be!

 

[WildflowerJLH]

My sneaky rooster decided that he wanted to walk around the forest today. We put the chickens in the barn within the garden fence at the end of the growing season, and so far, none of the hens have figured out that they can fly over the 4 ft fence! I give you Ramone!

 

[waititout]

Thank you! It's an illusion of the photo I think. They were running around with the two month old FBCM's today and are practically the same size (at five months).

 

[waititout]

Love the picture

Thank you Miss Molly!

 

[waititout]

Double blue laced Barnies

I hatched these from Trisha's eggs...thanks again Trisha!

Once again, amazing!!!