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[Mother2Hens]

I'm not sure if the pic is uploading or not but I made my first hen saddles tonight. I made one without wings but my hen is just a mess. She's lived with us for about two weeks and her wings are worse, not better so I had to try. Once I got it on her I realized that I could add wings pretty easy, so here is attempt #2. Is it close to how it should look?

CRSelvey~ Pretty Pink Pinafore! Look at Google Image "Chicken Saddle Pattern" just to see different styles although yours looks great. I think this one with "Predators Eyes" is a good idea! What about one with a message for the Rooster: "Warning: Roosters who Rape end up in Freezer Prison!" I guess that might work if they could read.



Old Salt~ Thanks-- I was afraid "Hen Party" was an outdated term, but I've heard that Bachelorette Parties are often called Hen Parties.
Btw, I mentioned my Dad on an earlier post-- and coincidentally, he often jokingly referred to himself as an "Old Salt" because he had a sailboat and was as crazy about
sailing and we are about chickens.

 

[animallover2202]

2 of the 3 babys that hatched look like frizzles and if I breed a white Cochin with a black Cochin will I get a splash???

 

[SallyinIndiana]

I woke up today to an owl attacking my BLRW. He did not make it. We tried and tried to get him in the coop last night but he was acting as if the coop scared him. I thought he was scared of the other roo and their differences could be worked out today after a night away. So around 11 last night well after dark we gave up on getting him to go inside.

Now that the owl has killed one of our chickens will it ever go away?

 

[bloonskiller911]

I had an owl that kept repeatedly getting into my chickens. had to put up a door to where they roost so the owl couldn't get back in.

 

[bloonskiller911]

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY, to all the Dad's out there.

 

[SallyinIndiana]

I had an owl that kept repeatedly getting into my chickens. had to put up a door to where they roost so the owl couldn't get back in.

did it leave then or would it try to attack during the day if they free ranged?

 

[vickichicki]

Old Salt~ Thanks-- I was afraid "Hen Party" was an outdated term, but I've heard that Bachelorette Parties are often called Hen Parties.
Btw, I mentioned my Dad on an earlier post-- and coincidentally, he often jokingly referred to himself as an "Old Salt" because he had a sailboat and was as crazy about
sailing and we are about chickens.

Little tidbit for you. They are still called Hen Parties back home. Men's are called Stag Nights. Not sure how they coined those phrases, rather silly is you ask me. While males are referred to as bachelor. Single females are still referred to as 'spinsters'. Would never have called myself a spinster when I married at 18, but... the rules are the rules.

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

2 of the 3 babys that hatched look like frizzles and if I breed a white Cochin with a black Cochin will I get a splash???

No, you would have to breed blue X blue for 25% splash offspring, blue X splash for 50% splash offspring, or splash X splash for 100% splash offspring.

White Cochins apparently are recessive white (cc), so if you breed your white Cochin to a black bird, assuming the black bird doesn't carry recessive white (C+C+), you will end up with all black offspring split to recessive white. (C+c)

If your black bird IS split to recessive white (C+c) and you breed it to a recessive white bird, you will get 50% white offspring (cc), 50% black split to white offspring (C+c).

Congratulations on the frizzles! It's suggested that you breed frizzle (Ff) X smooth (ff) to avoid getting 'curly' / 'frazzle' (FF) offspring, as they tend to have very brittle feathering. Best of luck!

 

[SkinNFluff]

16 weeks old. what a stunning guy.

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

i have eggs with cracks in them. one keeps rocking and peeping. they were supposee to jatch yesterday, but they are taking there time lol.