Im not brave enough to eat garden snsils. But i think it would be awesome. So im teying to psyche myself up. I even have a cast iron escargot pan....
I have eggs! Everyone should have quail. One day I will win over ron.....
Just found this threadI'm in the Santa Cruz Mountains, new to chickens, and having a great time.
My first post in the group is a request....
I'm wondering if anyone knows of a breeder who sells coop ready bantams in the area (well, within about 3 hours drive of Santa Cruz)? I have a Silkie that was scalped when I tried to integrate my younger girls with my older girls. The main culprit has been rehomed, but the Silkie is about 4 weeks from ready to re-integrate. The feathers on her head are starting to grow back, and all of her injuries have healed.
I'm thinking that because she is now soooo much smaller than everyone else, she will need an integration buddy or two so she isn't the only new girl in town for the other 10 girls. She is in a cage in the coop with everyone, and has been for a couple of weeks, but I don't trust that she won't get beat up. And of course this gives me an excuse to get another chicken or 2
Celeste is about 9-10 weeks old, so I'm thinking a 6-12 week old bantam(s) would be best. I'd love a cochin or Millie Fleur d'uccle or some other rare-ish breed, but beggars can't be choosers. The most important quality is docile/friendliness, then ability to be in confinement (I have plenty of room in the coop/run, but lots of predators, so only supervised free range), then pretty or different than the girls I already have. Egg laying is nice, but the humans and animals in the house can only eat 2-2.5 dozen eggs a week and I have 11 chickens so broody or light layers is perfectly fine, heavy layers is fine too, I have a lot of neighbors & friends who would gladly take eggs. I'm in a developed neighborhood, so boys are highly frowned upon (not illegal, but the closest neighbor asked us not to get a roo, and the coop is closer to their house than ours).
Thanks for any and all help, and thanks for all of the great advise I've read so far!!
I have chooklits bantam cochins now too. They are awesome. Also seremas and showgirls by the cartload atm.
Sizzle and smooth and silkies. Everyone needs a showgirl!!
The sun set way too fast, I would have photographed every bird on his property if I could have but there just wasn't enough time!
