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[atrueb00]

One of my friends said you can't break a broody silkie. Should I stop trying?

With my silkies, they just get determined and won't give up. Some are more determined than others, so I would just be sure to take the eggs every day. They just sit contently on the empty nest. I have locked them out of the coop before to force them to free range, but it was useless. Now that they are all at my cousin's house, apparently 2 are already broody and laying on 6 eggs each. He's going to let them hatch out so that should be really fun to see babies from my own flock!

[COLOR=900000]We had a long day at the Central Indiana Poultry Show, which I'll post about in a bit, but first, I'm super excited to introduce the newest members of my feathered family, Malcolm and Trudi!

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I love call ducks, would love to have some one day!

Ok. Finally got off my butt and took pictures of some of the birds I want to sell. I figured I'd post on here before I post on CL. Send me a pm if you are interested.

I'll start with Turkeys...

First is a proven breeding trio of Royal Palms. He's gorgeous. They made lots of great babies this year, but there are quite a few Royal Palms out there, and I want to devote my space to some breeds you don't see as often. They are all around 1 1/2 years old and the girls have stopped laying for the winter.

Wow he is beautiful!!

So guys... whats your feelings? What breeds of chicken have been the best in your opinion, the worst? I am trying several heritage, some new breeds. There are so many new and interesting breeds out there, I am very curious to hear opinions. If you had to choose a single breed to fit your needs, what is it, and why?
I have had the best overall production, and luck with wyandottes, roosters can be aggressive. Personality, my orps are people friendly, some roos are not good to their hens. Leghorn, fantastic egg production, personality is flighty and not social to people. EEs are all over the board, but are truly just a mix/mutt bird. RIR have been good roosters, good layers. same for barred plymouth rocks. BRs are probably my favorite! I have a mature Swedish flower hen rooster I am very impressed with so far. Good rooster, friendly to people. Young adult I am working with arecrested cream legbars, so far I like them very much.
What would you choose, and why? lets help folks new to chicken keeping decide what breeds to look at first.

I love having silkies as pets, they are kid friendly and consistently lay eggs. I don't mind the smaller eggs either, perfect for snacking on! For egg layers, I want to try black sex links I think. They are gorgeous as adults and very friendly.

This is CHICK COMMANDER

BANTY COMMANDER






This "CHICKIE COMMANDER" it is under the coop and closed off from the big run, so that the older chickens can get used to the younger ones before they are introduced to the flock.

Love the names of your coops! Also this picture made me LOL! They look so funny posing for each other.

Hey all, it's been awhile since I was here last, been busy with life.... but doesn't mean I am neglecting my chicks!! Recap: I'm a new chicken momma, and ordered the pullet surprise from Ideal Hatchery/ The chicks were born on Aug 20th. I ordered 10, but got 15. And wasn't sure what all I have.... So I took a few pics today, will take individual ones later... but this is what I have so far... Right now it looks to me I have ALL FEMALES - but 1, he is 100% rooster and already trying to crow. He tried it yesterday and I had to laugh cause it was so pitiful!! LOL But if I got lucky and they sent me only 1 rooster, I am happy with that as I am sure my girls will be!! I just realized I didn't get a photo of him, and I need to cause he is beautiful. ....... BRB LOL

Gorgeous photos, thank you for sharing! Glad to see you back on the thread too.

atrueb00 ~ I'm catching up on posts and was so sorry to read about this! I applaud you for moving on to a more progressive area. People are so ill-informed. Next, they'll be saying that chickens spread Ebola. Glad you are moving farther south-- it's warmer down here, too!

You are so right, people will be saying that next!

[COLOR=900000]We finally got Trudi to swim!!

Tonight, when I went down to get them in for the night, she and Malcolm were both in the pool, like they had gone to water for safety. They are so adorable! Since I began bribing them for their affection with treats, they keep coming over and standing a few feet away from me, eying me so expectantly.

They really love their grains! I'm just relieved that they seem to be taming down pretty well. They don't like me coming to them, but will come to me at least! And they're super cute when they get to eating or swimming or blowing bubbles in the water!

Bad cell phone picture, but here they are as of yesterday. I like how they cleaned up after their trip home. And they're so small!

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[ChickCrazed]

Other than Pipd's call ducks, did anyone else buy birds at the Lebanon Show? I've been surprised not to see more pictures!!!!

 

[kabhyper1]

Do you guys know who I need to call to be NPIP certified?

 

[SallyinIndiana]

Do you guys know who I need to call to be NPIP certified?

@CCCCCCCCHICKENS does some kind of testing.

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

Other than Pipd's call ducks, did anyone else buy birds at the Lebanon Show? I've been surprised not to see more pictures!!!!

I bought birds. Not as many as normal though. I am getting around to posting pics of them.

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

Do you guys know who I need to call to be NPIP certified?

An NPIP tester. I know that is vague, but I have seen adds on craigslist. Your local 4-H might know of a ester close to you. Most want at least compensation for gas, some also want some for time.

@CCCCCCCCHICKENS does some kind of testing.

I do NPIP testing

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

Here are some pictures from lebanon.

All of these are my birds that I showed.












And I couldn't of been more proud of this guy! He is a 7 month old black ameraucana and won reserve AOSB! He got beat by a sumatras (the seems to happen at every show i go to, the sumatras beat the AMs, but AMs are a newer breed).

Here is a picture of him at home



This is my parlor roller pigeon that I got a few weeks ago.


And it didn't upload the pictures of the birds I bought at the show, so I will post them later.

 

[Urbanmom519]

Anyone raise pastel call ducks?

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

Ok, here are the pics that didn't load earlier.

I said that I wasn't going to venture into any new breeds, but I did get a new size of a breed I already have.

Bantam white rocks






I got an old pair and a young trio.

I also got another LF white rock pullet, but I don't have picture of her.