I have some good looking birds - point of pride and lots of pics.

[lengel]

If you had told me even last year that I was going to be able to pull off raising poultry, I would have laughed hysterically.

Now I've raised or rehabbed over twenty birds and I'm thinking that they look pretty darn good! Not bad for a beginner!

In any event, I'm blowing my own horn and showing off my birds, cuz I think that they're that good looking:

The healing RIR hens. They give up six eggs a day now.

My nine week old black sex links. I just know their eggs will be fantastic.

Mo, the guinea hen. Her eggs suck but the dogs like them. She keeps us mosquito free even from her enclosure! Great bird.

Mo's potential companions (the smudge marks on the glass are from the dogs' noses).

One of the pretty turkey poults. Lucky for you, the picture doesn't smell like she does.

I'm truly addicted.

 

[sweetshoplady]

They are beautiful! The sex links have the cutest faces! Love your RIRs.

Do guinea hens really eat mosquitos?

I want a turkey!

 

[bionic_chicken]

Bravo! Gorgeous birds!!!

 

[Siber_AK49]

Beautiful birds

! I love the guineas

 

[dogzrule5]

They all look super healthy!

What are the RIRs healing from - you mentioned rehabbing and I'm curious?

 

[hcammack]

wow nice assortment of birds !

 

[lengel]

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Thanks! One of the sex links has feathers so black that they look purple.

I once read that one guinea hen can clear two acres. Since Mo is in an enclosure, I supplement her diet with layer feed but she keeps the mosquitoes from our pond away from our house. I'm thinking of renting her out. Not seriously, but kind of. They also love ticks.

If you get a turkey, raise it in the basement. My living room stinks. They really are beautiful at this age though.