Dixie Chicks

[Amberjem]

I had 2 over achievers today! Wish I had a scale to weigh these eggs! The one on the top left is HUGE! It came from a barred rock-this size is not typical for her. The 2nd one over is very large. It came from a leghorn/RIR mix hen. It is her typical size egg. The 3rd one over is for comparison. Just a regular size egg from a random hen.

I used a quarter for comparison. I couldn't find a ruler....

 

[Amberjem]

Duh, lol! I forgot dumplin was a turkey, I thought that thing was a chicken, I was wonderin what else jumpers bama's fence. One funny lookin chicken.

crocadile emu chick!

 

[minihorse927]

yeah!!! I'll publish the 2015 amerenese dictionary in may hahha... how you feeling any better since you napped?

napped, for 7 hours...lol. got to feed all the babies in the 5 brooders. The adults are going to have to suffer for the night as I'll be lucky to make it outside and Josh is at work 1.5hours away in a dump truck, so he can't feed for me. They got fed this morning. I think they'll survive the night.

 

[Outpost JWB]

Hope you feel better soon. @Alaskan , You feeling any better?

 

[Amberjem]

 

[hennible]

Handsome bird jem

Hey duck people, do drakes usually go after hens who are no where near laying age? Ducklings spent last week plus beside the adults in a separate pen, no fighting for the last 4 days, and the aggression was mild in the first place... so I put the little ones in the main pen and my drake (who is rather gentlemanly for a duck) turned into a sex crazed maniac... Anyway he's in the small pen, and my older hens and the babies are doing great together.... Thoughts on reintroduceing them, or is it just a matter of the others getting bigger first?

 

[Amberjem]

you worried about it falling off?

 

[Amberjem]

thats what I thought @hennible think it's a bantam also ? it's a friendsa rooster

 

[Ravynscroft]

Sam, I'm still new in the duck keeping, so can't say for sure... but I'm thinking it's just a matter of letting the juvies get bigger first... can you keep him separated out for a while and leave the kids and girls together? Try putting him back in a while? JMO

 

[Ravynscroft]

That roo is too cute... looks like a bowling ball, lol...