California - Northern

[EZFarms]

You people are helping my chicjen addiction get worse lol now think a year ago i didnt even know what the difference was nor did i care i just knew chickens laid eggs now i have this addiction and its being blamed on everyone here xD
and okay thats fine

 

[Luvinmyhurd]

Just hatched some cute fluffy butts =) barred rocks, buff Brahma bantams, Oeg bamtam and a tiny serama. ,15 total with a 73% hatch rate =)

AWE! So cute!!! I want the Serama! congrats! Their adorable!

 

[Chrysolinsbirds]

 

[EZFarms]

They are all adorable! I want.the serama

 

[EZFarms]

Went to youtube and looked up the seramas and omg they are adorable! Someone give me one please!? I will adore u forever

 

[Happy Chooks]

**** most of u livr in the bay area and what i count as so cal xD
im way up in the mtns almost at the border of nevada (two hours driving wise to reno)

Welcome!

Any emu seekers in Nor Cal?

Ill have some available soon! Check out the hatch along!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/848292/emu-hatch-along-d

My friend Mary got her first emu egg last week. She's still waiting for another.

 

[chiqita]

I will have seremas later this year. They hatch terribly when I have to have the heat on in the house. They are wonderful chickens.

Has anyone noticed that some types of incubators are better with specific types of eggs? I have noticed brinsea is the only brand that gets really good consistant serama hatches. Better then say rcom or sportsman.

juststruttin (it won't let me @on the phone) do you happen to have any adult chicken boxes I can buy? Someone wants to buy 2 of my showgirl roosters. I was not intending On selling these boys but it is hard to turn away a Great home for a rooster.

 

[farmhand]

Allow me to ramble;
I am asked if my chickens are pets or livestock which has been difficult to answer because if livestock, why do I keep chickens when I can buy eggs or meat cheaper in the store? Or, if they are pets, why do I ruthlessly cull and eat them? I also don’t personally embrace the “I raise my own food for health reasons” idea, so that doesn't fly. At least not for me.

I have come to see that my flock is my pet. Not any individual bird. Now I enjoy all the individual personalities, even the trouble makers. But when part of the flock is endangering the whole, it has to go. So I’m curious, why do you keep chickens?

 

[lawatt]

Allow me to ramble;
I am asked if my chickens are pets or livestock which has been difficult to answer because if livestock, why do I keep chickens when I can buy eggs or meat cheaper in the store? Or, if they are pets, why do I ruthlessly cull and eat them? I also don’t personally embrace the “I raise my own food for health reasons” idea, so that doesn't fly. At least not for me.

I have come to see that my flock is my pet. Not any individual bird. Now I enjoy all the individual personalities, even the trouble makers. But when part of the flock is endangering the whole, it has to go. So I’m curious, why do you keep chickens?

I definitely don't think of mine as pets, in the same way that my cats are beloved members of my household -- but chickens are interesting & entertaining, they help maintain the landscape in their own funny ways (composting weeds from the garden & eating all the ticks, hooray for that!), they provide far better eggs than i can get at a store, and eventually i'll get to the culling and eating stage. what's not to like?

but i still don't LOVE them like the cats -- the chickens live in their own world, and in a way i like their independence in that way, and their strange lack of emotion.

if i had to distinguish them as livestock or pets, i'd unquestionably call them livestock.

 

[Wishing4Wings]

I will have seremas later this year. They hatch terribly when I have to have the heat on in the house. They are wonderful chickens.

Has anyone noticed that some types of incubators are better with specific types of eggs? I have noticed brinsea is the only brand that gets really good consistant serama hatches. Better then say rcom or sportsman.

juststruttin (it won't let me @on the phone) do you happen to have any adult chicken boxes I can buy? Someone wants to buy 2 of my showgirl roosters. I was not intending On selling these boys but it is hard to turn away a Great home for a rooster.

Thank you for the info about the Brinsea. My son wants to hatch out some of his Serama eggs for a 4H project and we have been researching incubators. Brinsea has been top on our list, but you just made the sale! Tiny babies this spring!!

Allow me to ramble;
I am asked if my chickens are pets or livestock which has been difficult to answer because if livestock, why do I keep chickens when I can buy eggs or meat cheaper in the store? Or, if they are pets, why do I ruthlessly cull and eat them? I also don’t personally embrace the “I raise my own food for health reasons” idea, so that doesn't fly. At least not for me.

I have come to see that my flock is my pet. Not any individual bird. Now I enjoy all the individual personalities, even the trouble makers. But when part of the flock is endangering the whole, it has to go. So I’m curious, why do you keep chickens?

Got them for eggs but found I enjoy having them around more than I remember from my childhood. Fro me, they are somewhere in between pets and livestock, but if you call them livestock, you can advertise them on Craigslist.