Eastern Tennessee Thread

[littlechicklet]

A & B both look like roosters to me...

Edited to add: I think the best way to tell is for someone to see them in person... I can't tell much from the photos... they may be both pullets, but it's hard with that breed to tell.

Thanks. I can't tell for sure either. I am going to try and post in the EE thread & see what they say. I really want one to be a pullet but doubt it. There was another one that was red & he has gotten the saddle feathers and neck feathers of a cockerel but it was from a different hen. Also my other white one that is a cockerel does not look like these (he's 3 wks older).

 

[poultrylady]

Hello, Polk County TN here. Thanks for the Easternite thread!

Hey crisco, I have a young pair of Silkies I would part with, they are solid white. I live in Polk Co. also, in Delano.

 

[bairo]

Quote: I hardly ever go against stang...because she is usually right about breeds and sex. But I have to say they both look like pullets to me. I know those darn EE mutts are really hard to tell, but they look like EE girls. I will say that A has that "if you mess with me, im going to peck your eye out" Look, though.

P.S. Great job on the washing machine box idea.

When I used to buy three large boxes just to cut them up and tape them together...I wish I would have thought of your idea.

 

[Tigeura]

So cute!!! Still trying to decide what kind of chickens we are going to have

Also a big HI THERE to those new to the thread here.

 

[Contrastphoto]

I will start with pics of the babies I got from Tennesseeckn. They are doing great. They are still eating like pigs and are a great deal more vocal than the last chicks I had (if you follow my posts you know those did not do well). I think the larger blue one has a crooked toe but it looks better than it did. I am not going to go to any extremes about the toe maybe it will grow out of it or not.

BTW they have been moved to a larger box. We got a washing machine box at Lowes and cut it down some & added a plexiglass window.

I am going to put the other pictures in the folder on my profile page (I do not want to be a pic hog)

The EE look like gals to me... now the Orps look a little roo heavy, but I see at least on black female. The are still a little young, but the girls feather faster than the boys on this breed.
I love Tennesseeckn's Orps! Here are my two girls I hatched from eggs I got from her back in Feb. One just started laying eggs last week.

new folks! sorry I haven't been on here much. I have been so busy with my little photography business, I am ready to slow down a little so I can enjoy the chickens and the fall!

 

[grawg]

Do you guys always ignore the new people, or just me. Three posts all ignored, last time on this board, thanks for the welcome!

Do you realize how often I get ignored?

I've been on here nearly a year preaching the power of the duck side and only recently has itsthelaw (really need a nickname or something) shown any hope of converting. I always take a non answer as the answer No.

And while we are on the subject of duck superiority, I think i might prefer the taste of duck over chicken... far more complex and flavorful.

Mmm, duck.

 

[Talbott Poultry]

Do you realize how often I get ignored?

I've been on here nearly a year preaching the power of the duck side and only recently has itsthelaw (really need a nickname or something) shown any hope of converting. I always take a non answer as the answer No.

And while we are on the subject of duck superiority, I think i might prefer the taste of duck over chicken... far more complex and flavorful.

Mmm, duck.

Keep trying grawg, but I will still have to pass.
Been there done that, don't want to repeat history.
Am starting to wonder about ALL animals, (no, two, four, etc legged kinds).

 

[itsthelaw37801]

Why is he still a bachelor? He's a big bird, looking for love...
Maybe I could start a chicken dating site, you know for those lonely bachelors... well... most would end up in the stew pot for being mean, guess I'd be a bad match-maker!

That makes me think about a commercial that started running late at night last month. It was a dating site for farmers. I couldn't stop laughing. I told my husband that I was glad I found him when I did, or he'd probably be dating some chicken lady that had goats.

 

[itsthelaw37801]

@Grawg, my name is Amy. Itsthelaw because before I moved to TN, I worked probate in NC. (started out doing real estate closings, but we all know what happened to real estate) I moved to TN in March 2011. Before I could get my occupation to take off here (I was working Patient Access at Blount Memorial), I injured my back, had back surgery and haven't worked since. So the animals have really taken my mind off not being able to do anything, meet anyone or having a real life. - There, that's my llife story.

And to add to your post, I can't eat chicken anymore. Suddenly it dawned on me what chicken was - can't do it.

I lost a guinea this morning. I held him while he died. He had been acting poorly since the last rain when he got wet. I've had him quarantined with a heat lamp. He was 6 weeks old. He must've gotten a respiratory infection. I tried anti-biotics, but I was too late. I'm sad. I had lost a chicken about three weeks ago. I need to step back and not be so invested. It is gut wrenching.

Now, ON A LIGHTER NOTE, who has chickens that are brain-damaged? I have a coop with a run. The run has a roof on 3/4 of it. My chickens are standing in the rain right now. My rooster is soaked head to toe. Dummies. I suppose I'll be trying to heal them in a few days from all the damp rain.

 

[littlechicklet]

I hardly ever go against stang...because she is usually right about breeds and sex. But I have to say they both look like pullets to me. I know those darn EE mutts are really hard to tell, but they look like EE girls. I will say that A has that "if you mess with me, im going to peck your eye out" Look, though.

P.S. Great job on the washing machine box idea.

When I used to buy three large boxes just to cut them up and tape them together...I wish I would have thought of your idea.

Thanks. So far all replies on the EE thread are 2 pullets but I still wonder about one of them. The one giving the evil eye is actually the friendliest and the one I think is a pullet.

I sometimes have a good idea like the washing machine box. I wanted a fridge box but my husband wanted to know where I was going to put it. So I had to down size.