Farm chatter

[chaoticandrew]

The ones at the farm are really quiet, but maybe I haven't been there long enough. It does seem like roosters would be louder, though. Fantasy farm first, then realistic farm. Fantasy farm:
basically everything.
Livestock:
Chickens, of course! Seperated into a main coop, bachelor pad, bantam coop, and breeding coop/breeding pens. I'd love to breed cochins, focusing on blue, black, and splash, and maybe lavender.
Ducks-not that many. Probably runners and pekins, nothing fancy.
Pigeons-in an aviary. No racing pigeons because that is STRESSFUL!
Quail-in said aviary with pigeons. Quail are ADORABLE
peacocks- lower priority than everything else, but I'd LOVE to have a few. Only a couple.
sheep-they are FLOOF, and I can spin their floof into yarn, which I can then crochet with.
goats-they're GOATS. no more explanation needed.
horses- realistically I probably couldn't care for one on my own, but I can't help dreaming!! I'd love a black horse, or one of those pretty ones- I think that they're called paints?
Pets:
1 dog to serve as livestock guardian dog. no idea on breed, or what breeds are good.
1 dog to be pet doggo. I love bernese mountain dogs, labs, and golden retrievers.
cat. Maine coon cats are AMAZING, but I'd probably end up with a shelter cat.
fish- large fish tanks with lots of fishes.
rabbit. no explanation, i'd just like a rabbit.
Basically i just want to surround myself with animals of every variety.
Realistic:
Chickens-probably a smaller coop than I'd like, maybe with a bachelor pad. Probably no separate bantam coop.
pigeons: smaller aviary than I'd like, and probably fewer birds.
quail: see above ^
sheep or goats: probably only 3. Don't think I could handle both, just one or the other.

dog- same as fantasy, but instead of an LGS I'd probably just have a dog that's trained not to eat my animals.
cat: same as fantasy.
fish: probably a betta fish tank (10 gallons) and a tank with neon tetras (probably 20 gallons). probably nothing else, and no larger tanks.
rabbit: maybe. Probably not.

i have some friends with peacocks! they live kinda out in the country and have goats and so many chickens they've lost count. a few years ago or so, they got peacocks because someone was giving them away and they "thought it'd be fun". an unexpected thing is that they have since then been their most valuable protection against predators! they make a very loud and distinct noise, and apparently if a coyote or something is near the coop in the middle of the night, they make the loud sounds and scare them away. it also alerts the family to the presence of predators! so maybe you could have a Livestock Guardian Peacock, lol!

 

[ackie]

WTBs lay blue, right?
For a rainbow basket:
WTBs (blue)
Leghorns (white)
Olive Eggers or WTGs (green)
Black Copper Marans (dark brown)
Speckled Sussex (they make the basket better with their awesomeness)
and your girls that you already have (tan)

A bonus one is wyandottes and faverolles tend to lay a bit of a pinkish brown.

speckled sussex lay.... what?

 

[ackie]

GUYS! HAPPY IS BACK!!!!!!!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/spike-redux-4-ish-mo-silkie.1443625/

 

[EmmaRainboe]

How did you post these pictures?
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I clicked “attach files”

“photo library”

Attached the images I want.

Put the curser where I want the first one.

Select “full image”

Then repeat till all the photos are where I want them.

Then click “post reply”

 

[CHlCKEN]

@casportpony can you believe we got 85 done!? Im stopping in a minute, but it feels so good that we got a good amount done.

 

[ackie]

i have some friends with peacocks! they live kinda out in the country and have goats and so many chickens they've lost count. a few years ago or so, they got peacocks because someone was giving them away and they "thought it'd be fun". an unexpected thing is that they have since then been their most valuable protection against predators! they make a very loud and distinct noise, and apparently if a coyote or something is near the coop in the middle of the night, they make the loud sounds and scare them away. it also alerts the family to the presence of predators! so maybe you could have a Livestock Guardian Peacock, lol!

theyre definitely loud enough but we've become accustomed to them making noises and dont check things out anymore... I guess that would work better in the country but I ignore our peas and our dogs because I assume they're just fussing at the neighbors or a delivery driver

 

[chaoticandrew]

theyre definitely loud enough but we've become accustomed to them making noises and dont check things out anymore... I guess that would work better in the country but I ignore our peas and our dogs because I assume they're just fussing at the neighbors or a delivery driver

i can definitely imagine, haha!

 

[CHlCKEN]

@casportpony can you believe we got 85 done!? Im stopping in a minute, but it feels so good that we got a good amount done.

and thanks to whoever fixed the reaction score data I entered wrong... if you would go back and check the rest that would be great. I have to go now or i'd do it myself. Sorry for that, i was going through them so fast i didnt even stop to think!

 

[CHlCKEN]

Conclusion to my short experiment:

It mostly depends on the chicken for which way of hypnosis works on them. Some of my chickens didn't have any method of hypnosis that worked on them! It seems to work best on my calm bantam cochin roos. Laying them on their backs and waving your finger in their face seems to be the best method on most of them but most of the other methods of hypnosis that I tried on them also worked on at least one chicken.

Raven being angry that I attempted to hypnotize her:
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tell us about your methods! You should write an article on it lol

 

[casportpony]

@casportpony can you believe we got 85 done!? Im stopping in a minute, but it feels so good that we got a good amount done.

Yeah, you guys did great!