Dixie Chicks

[perchie.girl]

Felix, tell Karin she caught some awesome pics!!!

Quote: Oh look at those teeny little eggsies..... VBG

deb

 

[Ravynscroft]

Oh look at those teeny little eggsies..... VBG

deb

Thanks, Deb...

She's got her mate and now wants more, lol...

 

[Alaskan]

Question for anyone who's had white leghorns: do their combs develop quicker than most breeds? I have 5, and I ordered all pullet chicks, but they all have combs significantly larger than the other breeds.

Yes, the combs grow way faster. I also have had a couple of Leghorn pullets that managed to actually pink up their combs WAY before they started to lay, so that I was convinced that they were male.



We so live in Alaska... I heard an eagle call, and all kids ran out enmass to make sure all livestock were safe. They were safe.


My first set of chicks, that I have almost THIRTY leftover unsold chicks are outside in a chicken tractor. They looked cold, so they have two heat lamps. Their water was slightly frozen the other day. Anyway, they are doing OK. At least they figured out how to get in and out of the warmed box to reach the food and water and back again.


Luckily, we did well enough with goat milk selection, that we get about a gallon a day, from two does, and they were cheap.

 

[hennible]

Sweet about the goats.

I'll be kicking more chicks out soon, and moving the older ones to another pen or maybe the greenhouse. Weather has been decent enough.

 

[Outpost JWB]

Yes, the combs grow way faster. I also have had a couple of Leghorn pullets that managed to actually pink up their combs WAY before they started to lay, so that I was convinced that they were male.



We so live in Alaska... I heard an eagle call, and all kids ran out enmass to make sure all livestock were safe. They were safe.


My first set of chicks, that I have almost THIRTY leftover unsold chicks are outside in a chicken tractor. They looked cold, so they have two heat lamps. Their water was slightly frozen the other day. Anyway, they are doing OK. At least they figured out how to get in and out of the warmed box to reach the food and water and back again.


Luckily, we did well enough with goat milk selection, that we get about a gallon a day, from two does, and they were cheap.

Thanks for the info on the leghorns. They are super flighty and seem to be at the top of the pecking order so far.

 

[Alaskan]

Mine were crazy chicks, but finally mellowed way down.


Well, the white ones mellowed way down, the colored ones are still spazzes.

 

[Amberjem]

Yes, the combs grow way faster. I also have had a couple of Leghorn pullets that managed to actually pink up their combs WAY before they started to lay, so that I was convinced that they were male.



We so live in Alaska... I heard an eagle call, and all kids ran out enmass to make sure all livestock were safe. They were safe.


My first set of chicks, that I have almost THIRTY leftover unsold chicks are outside in a chicken tractor. They looked cold, so they have two heat lamps. Their water was slightly frozen the other day.

Anyway, they are doing OK. At least they figured out how to get in and out of the warmed box to reach the food and water and back again.


Luckily, we did well enough with goat milk selection, that we get about a gallon a day, from two does, and they were cheap.

ohh I wanna see goat pictures please?

 

[Amberjem]

Thanks for the info on the leghorns. They are super flighty and seem to be at the top of the pecking order so far.

my brown leghorn is super flighty she is the flightest of them all

 

[Amberjem]

working my cull lumber pile of cedar boards turning it into a raised bed and making a keyhole trellis arch

 

[1kluckychik]

Ravyn: what breed is this?