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[BullChick]

 

[Chaos18]

 

[BullChick]

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[ChickenCanoe]

Them some wild birds.

Even my craziest will calm for me. Although when I first catch them I'm sure the neighborhood thinks I'm beating something or someone, drive me nuts

The Penedesenca have a reputation. My coop fairy calls them crazy. She keeps silkies and therapy bantams which I alternatively call fake chickens.
The very reason some people shun Penes is the reason I love them. Clearly, I don't keep lap chickens. These birds are survivors. They are determined to thrive and will do whatever it takes. Blood testing day for NPIP is a real test of resolve.
They avoid all human contact up to about a year of age when they finally decide I'm not going to eat them - yet. They will come running when they realize I may be bringing treats but still won't let me within 5 feet of them. The roosters are a little bolder but still can't touch them. On the plus side, being extremely wary and fleet of foot, it is rare to lose one to a day time predator and that is only when a rooster gives himself up to save the hens from coyotes, malamutes, etc.. I've never lost a chicken to a hawk since I've had one of these roosters with each flock. They do well in a free range or large paddock situation. Close confinement stresses them and don't try to occupy that same close confinement with them. They'll try to break the walls down to get away.

Almost forgot. Squeeze their throat much like a roosters crow stop would do. Of course they won't get air for the short time you do but it tends to get their mind off being grabbed. Might work.

The killing cone isn't that far away from the coops so it's just better to get there quickly.

I have a polish frizzle rooster that I really want to keep, but I have no idea what ladies I should put him with? What cross out of a polish frizz would people be interested in buying? Or would they at all? I'm no genetics guru either, so I have no idea what to cross with what to get what. Haha

Just don't cross him with any other birds with the frizzle gene. Other than that, it won't matter because, in spite of the beauty of the bird or offspring, it will still be a barnyard mix.
I have had to part with (process) some beautiful roosters. But in the end, they were barnyard mixes. One I remember was a black Penedesenca, light Jaerhon cross. The most beautifully colored bird I've seen.

Four pips and one zipping.

Why would the LF hatch before the silkies

One of my bantam chicks died... Another is dying. What is happening?

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How old?
What temp they being kept at?
Were they eating & drinking alright?
Where & what type of enclosure?

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What type of bedding. If it's shavings do you have paper towels down to put their food on so they see it.
Are they getting fresh air is it at least 98* in the brooder.
What type of food
How old are they now.
How far is the heat source from them. Too hot too cold. Are they Huddled together or spread apart
Did you assist any

On top of all those excellent questions, any other symptoms? Any chance of carbon monoxide poisoning? What is the breeder nutrition like?

Omg,what in the world the chick that hatched from my green eggs looks just like the on that hatch out my pet chickens brown we egg.

Many very disparate breeds look identical as chicks.

The brooder is 90*.

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Along with lots of cool space.

While watching Fear the Walking Dead

I only got to see about half of it. Then about half of Fear the Talking Dead. I'll have to wait till they re-air it next week or On Demand. I don't think it will show up on there for another week.
It's a pretty wild show.

I just gotta ask...how'd you get the couch into the house?

Built the house around it.

What kind of Easter egger is this.it hatched out the my pet chicken egg.

EEs don't have varieties because they aren't a breed. They are a mix up of various birds that carry the blue egg gene.

Hey friends! I shared a pic of a few weeks ago of a duck with no eyes that I HAD to bring home from TSC. Wasn't really expecting it to even live, but it is 3 weeks old now! It is best friends with my dog, and enjoys lounging on the dog bed with her, or following her around the house! So cute!

Seeing eye dog for a duck. Cute.

We had something burrow under the pen my Broody is in last night. They got in her cat litter box and took an egg broke it got it outside the box. The half a shell was left outside the box. I am assuming we need to move her to a more protected place. I am planning on doing it tonight. I will then inspect the rest of her eggs. I am assuming it was a rat. I wish I had a camera out there so I could see what happened.
Any advice?

rat, skunk, ringtail, opossum or possibly even a shrew
Here's a partial list of all the animals around you that you may or may not have seen.
http://www.sfbaywildlife.info/species/mammals.htm

Do you have a hardware cloth apron or similar barrier extending 2 feet all the way around? I do this with all of my coops and pens (permanent or temporary), because I cannot dig one foot down to bury HW cloth vertically. This is the best way to keep burrowing animals from getting into pens and coops.

- Ant Farm

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[kwhites634]

Thank you. We haven't had to do that but I guess we must. Does it keep the ants out?

"The Ants that Ate California"

 

[kwhites634]

Morning to those awake.

Hello World

I'm here...you may resume your normal activity

 

[BullChick]

I WANT SQUISHY! WHERE'S MY SQUISHY?!?! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!

 

[Chaos18]

Hello World

I'm here...you may resume your normal activity

Ain't nothing normal with you around..........but than again normal just ain't no fun......cause it's normal.

 

[BullChick]

 

[Chaos18]

I WANT SQUISHY! WHERE'S MY SQUISHY?!?! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!

Squishy got squishyed........