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I have to brag on Mrs. E for a minute. She has been here 5 full days now and I have never, ever, had a chicken integrate themselves so seamlessly into a flock before. Especially a lone chicken. I did have to show her where to roost the first 2 nights as she thought she should sleep on the porch. That 3rd night she went straight to the coop and got up on the roost in-between Goose and Lilly. No one ever gets in-between those girls without fear of getting pecked from both sides. Get pecked she did, but she stayed put and pecked them both back that first night. They leave her alone now. She has to be very close to George and his crew's age. During the day she is now right in the middle of the silkie army. They are her peeps. She is also getting better about being handled. I do not have to herd her all over creation to get my hands on her. She still comes right up to mom and Rosie though no problem. I do have to work just a bit. Randy still insists on pestering her and she avoids him. He is not aggressive towards her or pushy but he has been dancing up a storm around her. It is for that reason alone I am checking all possible nest spots each evening. She may not be close to laying, but, Randy is giving signals that she is.
 
Do people raise turkeys WITH chickens, same pasture?? A moderator on a Facebook chicken vet page said told me they shouldn't be together (I was raising the possibility of gapeworm in a sick hen case, which runs with turkeys a lot). Aso no peafowl with chickens either. Anyone heard of this before?
Our neighbors have three older pheasants that come here on occasion. They live about 1/4 mile away. Our chickens are afraid of them and hide. I asked about this, a couple of years ago, being afraid of diseases, and it sounded like they should be more worried about their pheasants. They have chickens, ducks, and pheasants all living together, except the pheasants sleep on top of their house.

I've been there to take care of their animals a couple of times, and whilst they are both medical doctors, they know little about caring for poultry. Kind of a messy setup. They don't mind their pheasants wandering all this way either which is weird. I guess I won't worry about it either since our chickens don't mingle with them.
 
She is very beautiful. With all the breeds of chickens sometimes the prettiest ones are happy accidents or run of the mill mixes.

I look forward to next year. The last several years my mixes have been Marans and silkie mixes. The focus has always been feathered feet and bonus points if it is bearded. Next year we are adding crazy wild poof to the mix. It should create some very interesting and if I am honest downright pretty barnyard crosses.
Good morning Rebecca :)
 
Belated Caturday

Pusscat always jumps on my lap when I'm trying to take a picture
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Do people raise turkeys WITH chickens, same pasture?? A moderator on a Facebook chicken vet page said told me they shouldn't be together (I was raising the possibility of gapeworm in a sick hen case, which runs with turkeys a lot). Aso no peafowl with chickens either. Anyone heard of this before?
Not I, and I have seen others on here with chickens and Guinea fowl (PtR has both).

I know my friends had chickens and raised a bunch of turkeys for the freezer one year.

Did they say the reason not to?
 
From talking w/a couple NPIP breeder/sellers, they recommended waiting till a pullet reaches a yr old before hatching her eggs ~ pullet eggs are smaller than hen eggs so a bigger egg has more room for the embryo to form properly.

Talking about miniscule chicks ~ have you ever seen quail chicks? or hummingbird chicks?
Only ever seen quail babies on YouTube - I can’t even fathom how small a bantam chick would be.

I freak out with the silkie babies!

Oh I really don’t have any plans on hatching out eggs. I am done with that unless I can find someone close to here who can deal with the Roos. And that is highly unlikely.

Anywhoooooo I am at capacity for chickens, I don’t need any more. Maybe in a couple years when my older ladies have passed on. There are breeds I would love to get - Brahmas, Spitzhauben, Orloffs…… more Polish.

But I am happy with the gang I have now, and I really love my Mr P’s babies from my mutts.

Petunia - she has finished her moult, and her impacted crop resolved on its own!
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Tippy - she is in the midst of moulting
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Butterscotch - is also moulting at the moment
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And of course Betty - from my frizzle silkie Curly’s egg.
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I would love to try more silkie and Mr P crosses, and also from my Azur Blue.

But the risk of getting Roos puts me off that.
 

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