Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Hinotori]

Almost 8 weeks old, time does fly:

Chive looking like he has beef with the world
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Porcini - lil miss Mohawk
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Chervil - she is suspicious of my every move but she will sit with me so long as I don't dare try and touch her. Boundaries servent boundaries! View attachment 4130360
Okay, so indulging in some gender guessing. Pebble really looks to be getting a more prominent comb. Silkie experts can you weigh in? Nyx has almost no comb in comparison.
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Id say that Pebble is a boy. My adult hens at max have had combs that big. Usually they are almost non-existent. Boys start getting streamers off the back in around 14-16 weeks.

 

[knoturavggrl]

Very similar. This is my one.
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I love these, I am huge fan of tent or tent like structures for brooders - they work so well. Lightweight, affordable, easy to store, washable, and resusable.

 

[BY Bob]

Is that the friend that sometimes checks in on your chicks & started working p/t at TSC????

Good job at spreading the Chicken Love

Nope a new one. JD has had chickens for years.

 

[knoturavggrl]

Yay!!! My broody girl's first egg hatched - I wasn't expecting anything until tomorrow - last night was day 19...and it hatched mid-morning.

(she has/had 6 eggs under her - I never candled them - we will see how many hatch. I have another broody girl that I caved and let have some eggs this past week....6 also......)

So exciting, I am looking forward to seeing them when mama will allow it.

 

[knoturavggrl]

Id say that Pebble is a boy. My adult hens at max have had combs that big. Usually they are almost non-existent. Boys start getting streamers off the back in around 14-16 weeks.

Thank you so much for the reply. That comb is so prominent for his age. I will look for the streamers to confirm.

 

[Ponypoor]

She KNOWS you want more.

Wanting and getting are two different things I am afraid!!

 

[Ponypoor]

Just doing some work on the computer, and the chooks are visiting. Some drop in then leave, another pops in….

Sophia and Raven….

It’s really too cold to have that door open but they like to visit.

 

[featherhead007]

Yep went into receivership - couldn’t compete with other similar larger stores here (Canadian Tire, Princess Auto..), with all sell hardware and such at lower price points.

Unfortunately those other stores don’t sell feed! Princess Auto has a whole farm section so I can get my stuff for the barn etc there (and usually did).

Peavey Mart was a pioneer up here for selling chicks on-site and for getting up from the US hatchery Hoovers.

My only option now for getting chicks is Frey’s Hatchery. They have started carrying more ‘exotic’ breeds (Orps, speckles suspects….) but those sell out really fast.

I can get breeds I want from backyard breeders but they are straight run. I need pullets.

Performance Poultry has many exotic breeds but they are a 4hr drive from me, seems they are completely sold out for this year!

Frey’s
https://freyshatchery.com/

Performance
https://www.performancepoultry.com/

Maybe next year…..

You said Speckled Suspects”.

 

[BY Bob]

That looks like what I do every other week (usually)! I calculated that I go through ~35 lbs of feed a day. I usually get feed - 450-600 lbs. at a time - plus some bales of shavings. Unfortunately, with my truck out of commission - and will be for a bit, I am having to go more frequently and get fewer bags at a time.

That is a lot fo work at once for you - too bad the chooks can't help, ha, ha, ha.

Oh no. What happened to the truck? I know you went through a bit finding that truck.

 

[Sylvester017]

Yep went into receivership - couldn’t compete with other similar larger stores here (Canadian Tire, Princess Auto..), with all sell hardware and such at lower price points.

Unfortunately those other stores don’t sell feed! Princess Auto has a whole farm section so I can get my stuff for the barn etc there (and usually did).

Peavey Mart was a pioneer up here for selling chicks on-site and for getting up from the US hatchery Hoovers.

My only option now for getting chicks is Frey’s Hatchery. They have started carrying more ‘exotic’ breeds (Orps, speckles suspects….) but those sell out really fast.

I can get breeds I want from backyard breeders but they are straight run. I need pullets.

Performance Poultry has many exotic breeds but they are a 4hr drive from me, seems they are completely sold out for this year!

Frey’s
https://freyshatchery.com/

Performance
https://www.performancepoultry.com/

Maybe next year…..

That's a limited selection not to mention most are sold out. Your local breeder contacts sound like more choices ~ or like us, we drove 1-1/2 hrs one way to get what we wanted DNA-sexed from a private breeder. You've got another year to mull over a plan I love all the roos we see but we can't deal w/a surprise cockerel cuz there's no way to find them a home in our suburbs.