California - Northern

[debs_flock]

When I went to the Heirloom expo, Chiquita gave me some hatching eggs. They hatched last week and I have 5 nice little chicks. A couple days ago my 13 year old asked if she could pick up the one that looked like a duck. I said What? You know the one without feathers on the Neck.

What is that thing!




Do I have a Show Girl?

Looks like you have a Naked Neck (Turken), although it does appear to have feathers on it's feet. It could be a showgirl, but it has an awful lot of normal feathers on it's wings.

This is my Earlene at about six weeks.


Deb

 

[MonsterClucker]

Oh wow that is a special looking lil chickie right there!

 

[lawatt]

I wish I could get over my issue with eating my own chickens. Last spring, I gave away 20-50 roosters a month to a man is Sebastopol who grew em out and processed them. I am not a vegetarian so I really don't know what my hang up is with eating my own chickens. Rationally I know eating our own chickens is better than supporting the commercial operations where chickens are inhumanely raised and processed but still I buy my chickens at the grocery store.

I have been contemplating getting some Freedom Rangers, hoping that knowing their fate from the start will help but am afraid I will not be able to go through with the processing.

Im curious, are there any other non-vegitarians on this board that have not eaten their own chickens. Maybe we can start a 12 step program. LOL

this is super-late in the conversation, but have you contacted Bud's Meats here in Penngrove re: processing? a friend who grew pigs last year had them butchered at Bud's -- i took interest as it's just down the hill from where i live...

best,
laura

 

[Happy Chooks]

A turken with black skin? How many toes does it have Ron?

 

[zooweemama]

When I went to the Heirloom expo, Chiquita gave me some hatching eggs. They hatched last week and I have 5 nice little chicks. A couple days ago my 13 year old asked if she could pick up the one that looked like a duck. I said What? You know the one without feathers on the Neck.

What is that thing!




Do I have a Show Girl?

Oh my gosh I am dying of cuteness - I want her!! That looks like a Naked Neck chicken! I want some of those so bad but everyone here thinks they are ugly! That kinda looks like an emu or ostrich! hehe

 

[MonsterClucker]

Hey Ron just wanted to show you (and everyone else) these pics I took yesterday before I forget. They are 2 of Drae's kids I kept. They both have 5 toes and it looks like the toe is upside down? Looks like a thumbs up! Lol

 

[zooweemama]

Not a chicken. But had to share Alice at 4 months old.

 

[MonsterClucker]

Shes coo cute! And growing soo fast! I remember when you first got her!

 

[PGRanch]

Just gotta say that my favorite part about having chickens again is them forcing me to get up early

CUTE PUP! I have one kind of like that. Hes about 1.5 years old now and a total pansy dog. He looks scary in photos but he is just a big cuddly love. He is useless for guarding lol He was a cute puppy.

 

[debs_flock]

A turken with black skin? How many toes does it have Ron?

Hmmm, yeah, didn't think about the black skin. I guess we'll have to wait for Chiquita to weigh in. I know she has partridge SG's, she was saving a couple of chicks for me.

Deb