grannys gone and done it

[katbriar]

When I was at the feed store picking up chicks a man and his daughter asked to by one turkey chick. The feed store hand said a single turkey wouldn't live, they'd have to get a pair.

I don't know if he's right, but maybe someone else on here knows. Maybe since you have chickens it would be close enough that the one wouldn't feel alone?

 

[Granny Hatchet]

hmm, i wouldnt think lonely would kill them but they may not thrive. all my chickens will be gone by spring and i will start over with lf chicks. i think i am going with the buff orph. at least thats the plan. we all know the math dont add up. but i do want a healthy flock.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

come to think on it being lonely might be a good thing. depression makes people eat more. maybe it will a hen too? lol

 

[katbriar]

Ha, ha. He might have been trying to increase sales too.

You'll have plenty of time to think and plan. I often think the dreaming is the most fun part.

It took me 3 or 4 years to decide I wanted chickens and then a year to decide what and how. (And I'm still working on things to make them better and my birds are 18months old!)

 

[Granny Hatchet]

planning is the best part. but the time thing, you must be young . the older you get the faster it seems to go. and yes, he probably was waiting on more money.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

i want this guy back ! he is pretty. wonder what he was. looks like some kind of cochin to me. see if i can find a better pic.
ya, that guy

 

[Sylviaanne]

See these 2 beautiful splashes? They are a mix, dad is a Crested Polish and I don't know who their mom is. I believe one to be male and one female. They have not been sleeping in the coop and now one seems to be missing. I caught one and it is locked up, I think it's the male. I wanted to breed them and see if I could get more like them but if the other one doesn't show up, I will have to try the next best thing which is a white girl with black spots.

I was looking at his legs today and they look a slate blue (or maybe grey). The one I caught is the one on the right, the one with more color. I'm not sure but I think he could be called a blue splash. I hope the other one shows up, I'd love to see what they could produce. Their babies might even be able to point me to which hen is their mother. I do have 2 or 3 more coming up that look similar. Probably the same parents, definitely the same dad.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

very cute, look hen to me but my eyes are not all that. hope the ones coming will be a match for you. arent the slate legs polish?

 

[Sylviaanne]

I have 2 purebred Crested Polish males out there and I don't think I have looked at their legs in a long time. LOL I don't know if slate colored legs are one of their features. It doesn't seem to me that Elvis has slate legs. I am probably wrong but it seems to me his legs are black or a shade of black. The other one, the cockerel is grey colored so his legs might be slate colored but for sure he isn't old enough to be this one's father. I got him about the time the splash one hatched. He was no more than 3 days old at the time.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

I had the slate legs with my rir/ buff polish mix