Indiana 2010 Chickenstock-2011 NEWS!!

[Chickycat]

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If you think the silkie mix is most likely a pullet, I would like to have her. Would you take $8 for her?

 

[birdsNbeesNseeds]

Corrected an error on my part and added the the silkie cross chick. I can't be 100% sure that it's not a rooster, but there are not any signs of being a rooster so far. (I would think by now there should be.) It may just be trying to fool me. It may be a very quiet, feminine rooster.

PLANTS

Ginko trees: 6 Available
3 - Siler

Gardenias: 8 Available
2 - Siler
1 - babymakes6

Rosemary 'Arp' - 0 Available
1 - babymakes6

Swamp Hibiscus (Hibiscus diversifolius) - http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/570/ - 3 Available

Sabal Species (supposed to be a little more cold hardy, but don't know this species exact range.) - http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~harms/sabal.html - 1 Available

Camellia sasanqua x oleifera - http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/cons … ifera.html - 9 Available

Camellia japonica (unknown flower color) - http://www.floridata.com/ref/c/cam_jap.cfm - 1 Available
1 - babymakes6

Camellia chekiangoleosa - http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/64178/ - 1 Available

Camellia sinensis 'Rosea' (tea camellia with pink flowers) - http://www.learn2grow.com/plants/camellia-sinensis-rosea/ - 0 Available
1 - Schultz
1 - chicken_china_mom

Golden Stalk Banksia - http://www.koalanativeplants.com.au/com … nt_id=2056 - 4 Available

Lime Green Bottlebrush - http://www.smartseedstore.com/callistemon_viridis.html - 3 Available
1 - babymakes6

Willow Bottlebrush - http://www.anbg.gov.au/callistemon/index.html - 2 Available
1 - babymakes6
1 - Schultz

Violet Bottlebrush - http://www.smartseedstore.com/callistemon_violaceus.html
1 - babymakes6

Lemon Bottlebrush - http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plants/Myrtaceae/Callistemon_citrinus.html - 5 Available
1 - babymakes6
1 - Lunawriter


CHICKENS

Silkie x chick - Chickycat

Silkie chick
chicken_china_mom

Old English Bantams - 2 Available

 

[Attack Chicken]

What colors or the Swamp Hibiscus do you have? I've seen them in the stores but never heard of a swamp one.

 

[Chickycat]

Corrected an error on my part and added the the silkie cross chick. I can't be 100% sure that it's not a rooster, but there are not any signs of being a rooster so far. (I would think by now there should be.) It may just be trying to fool me. It may be a very quiet, feminine rooster.



Well most likely it isn't, I will hope for a female. I still want her. Thanks.

 

[chicken_china_mom]

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If I had to wager a guess, looking just at the picture, I'd say it looks more like a roo, but is sure is a pretty bird. Could get a surprise and it's a girl after all. The Silkies and Silkie mixes like to hide the truth about what they are for a LONG time, and I've heard that the Polish can take a little longer to sex too. I'd get it anyway if I were you because it so beautiful. I have a Silkie/Cochin mixed cockerel that looks like that, only he has gold in his comb and hackles, and he's so beautiful. They fluff up so nice and are so pretty. That bird there looks like it has the best of both the Silkie and the Polish. And the mixes can be some of the sweetest birds you will ever own. I have a precious little Marans/Wyandotte cockerel that loves me so much that he actually gets underfoot and I end up tripping over him quite often. But he lets me scoop him up and hug and kiss him whereas the pure Marans and the pure Wyandottes won't. Well, except his dad. If you can catch his dad, he will calm down and let you hug him and kiss him to pieces. His dad is my Silver Cuckoo Marans roo. And his son is just as sweet as he is. So mixes can get great.

 

[Chickycat]

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If I had to wager a guess, looking just at the picture, I'd say it looks more like a roo, but is sure is a pretty bird. Could get a surprise and it's a girl after all. The Silkies and Silkie mixes like to hide the truth about what they are for a LONG time, and I've heard that the Polish can take a little longer to sex too. I'd get it anyway if I were you because it so beautiful. I have a Silkie/Cochin mixed cockerel that looks like that, only he has gold in his comb and hackles, and he's so beautiful. They fluff up so nice and are so pretty. That bird there looks like it has the best of both the Silkie and the Polish. And the mixes can be some of the sweetest birds you will ever own. I have a precious little Marans/Wyandotte cockerel that loves me so much that he actually gets underfoot and I end up tripping over him quite often. But he lets me scoop him up and hug and kiss him whereas the pure Marans and the pure Wyandottes won't. Well, except his dad. If you can catch his dad, he will calm down and let you hug him and kiss him to pieces. His dad is my Silver Cuckoo Marans roo. And his son is just as sweet as he is. So mixes can get great.

Chicken_china_mom,
Well, if he is a roo, do you think it will be a problem having him, the silkie roo I am getting from you and my Orpington roo together?

 

[chicken_china_mom]

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If I had to wager a guess, looking just at the picture, I'd say it looks more like a roo, but is sure is a pretty bird. Could get a surprise and it's a girl after all. The Silkies and Silkie mixes like to hide the truth about what they are for a LONG time, and I've heard that the Polish can take a little longer to sex too. I'd get it anyway if I were you because it so beautiful. I have a Silkie/Cochin mixed cockerel that looks like that, only he has gold in his comb and hackles, and he's so beautiful. They fluff up so nice and are so pretty. That bird there looks like it has the best of both the Silkie and the Polish. And the mixes can be some of the sweetest birds you will ever own. I have a precious little Marans/Wyandotte cockerel that loves me so much that he actually gets underfoot and I end up tripping over him quite often. But he lets me scoop him up and hug and kiss him whereas the pure Marans and the pure Wyandottes won't. Well, except his dad. If you can catch his dad, he will calm down and let you hug him and kiss him to pieces. His dad is my Silver Cuckoo Marans roo. And his son is just as sweet as he is. So mixes can get great.

Chicken_china_mom,
Well, if he is a roo, do you think it will be a problem having him, the silkie roo I am getting from you and my Orpington roo together?

So long as you have enough hens between them, and you introduce them properly, there shouldn't be a problem. Proper introduction is crucial, and having enough ladies is very important. How many chickens can you comfortably keep? In my big coop I had 9 roosters. By the time I'm done selling, trading, and just plain getting rid of, I should still be hovering somewhere around 9. My roos all get along, except for my 3 Bantam Buff Orpington roosters. They are brothers, grew up together, but they have struggles for pecking order and fight only amongst themselves. But not with any other roos. The Silkie roo you're getting from me, he gets along with everyone, for the most part. He does get irritated with the Buff roos, but then, even the hens get irritated with them, lol. My coop will calm down drastically once those boys are gone. Now, my Buff roos, they aren't the rule. Everyone I know with Buff roosters, they have no problems with theirs. Mine are just dumb or something, lol. Gentle as can be with humans, just act like fools with each other. But the rest of my roos get along just fine. There will be some initial dominancy fights as one of the roos tries to establish himself as alpha roo, but if you can monitor their first few meetings, you should be able to recognize any aggressive behavior and stop it before it starts. If you haven't introduced new birds to current birds before we can discuss that at chickenstock, and maybe other people will come in with some more sage advice to help guide you through it. The general rule is 5 hens for each rooster. That keeps the boys from fighting too much and it keeps the ladies from getting too beaten up. I have my Silver Cuckoo Marans rooster in with 9 hens and he fertilizes every egg. I can't believe how busy he keeps himself, lol. But come this Fall he's about to have some competition. I'll be adding in an EE roo and a Black Copper Marans roo to his flock, but I will also be adding in about 12 to 15 new pullets as well, so that each boy will have enough ladies to satisfy them. I will have to go through the introduction period too. I'll tell you how I do it, and I know others will step in and tell how they do it too. You can take the best of all of our advice and go from there.

 

[Chickycat]

Chicken_china_mom,
Well, if he is a roo, do you think it will be a problem having him, the silkie roo I am getting from you and my Orpington roo together?

So long as you have enough hens between them, and you introduce them properly, there shouldn't be a problem. Proper introduction is crucial, and having enough ladies is very important. How many chickens can you comfortably keep? In my big coop I had 9 roosters. By the time I'm done selling, trading, and just plain getting rid of, I should still be hovering somewhere around 9. My roos all get along, except for my 3 Bantam Buff Orpington roosters. They are brothers, grew up together, but they have struggles for pecking order and fight only amongst themselves. But not with any other roos. The Silkie roo you're getting from me, he gets along with everyone, for the most part. He does get irritated with the Buff roos, but then, even the hens get irritated with them, lol. My coop will calm down drastically once those boys are gone. Now, my Buff roos, they aren't the rule. Everyone I know with Buff roosters, they have no problems with theirs. Mine are just dumb or something, lol. Gentle as can be with humans, just act like fools with each other. But the rest of my roos get along just fine. There will be some initial dominancy fights as one of the roos tries to establish himself as alpha roo, but if you can monitor their first few meetings, you should be able to recognize any aggressive behavior and stop it before it starts. If you haven't introduced new birds to current birds before we can discuss that at chickenstock, and maybe other people will come in with some more sage advice to help guide you through it. The general rule is 5 hens for each rooster. That keeps the boys from fighting too much and it keeps the ladies from getting too beaten up. I have my Silver Cuckoo Marans rooster in with 9 hens and he fertilizes every egg. I can't believe how busy he keeps himself, lol. But come this Fall he's about to have some competition. I'll be adding in an EE roo and a Black Copper Marans roo to his flock, but I will also be adding in about 12 to 15 new pullets as well, so that each boy will have enough ladies to satisfy them. I will have to go through the introduction period too. I'll tell you how I do it, and I know others will step in and tell how they do it too. You can take the best of all of our advice and go from there. smile


Well, right now I have seven hens, I will be getting the three silkies from you, which I hope will be hens, and I am hoping the silkie mix is a hen.. My friend is bringing a Buff Orpington Roo to chickenstock for me, and I will be getting the Silkie roo from you, so that makes two and hopefully that will be all. If the silkies and silkie mix are hens, that will make 11 hens. If I end up with more roos then two, I will just have to decide which to keep and which to find homes for, but the silkie roo will be one I will keep, and most likely the silkie mix if it ends up a roo. Thank you for offerng to teach me about introducig new birds.

 

[Chickycat]

i just found out that my friend is coming. She is bringing me a rooster. So it will be me, my husband Zoomer, and my friend, Becca. She will be arriving seperately. She lives in Ohio.

 

[CoopCrazy]

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THAT IS SOOO COOL.... I have been wanting to take my kids over there but havent as I wasnt sure how Legit the place was... ( The photo of the guy riding the bear, kinda put me off)