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[iamfivewire]

I hope my cockerel grows up to be that pretty. Mine's a 5 1/5 month old double barred cuckoo chocolate orpington. What breed is your handsome fellow?

He's a "Dela-Felder" (or maybe he'd be a "Biele-Ware" ?) = a Bielefelder Roo over a Delaware hen

He is a handsome fella for sure, but him & his brother will be going to "freezer camp" in aprox a week, along with some CornishX & 6 Ancona Drake's. I know it's not likely , since we are 100 miles from the IN border, but it's last call to try to find homes for any of the 6 Drake's or our nice Chantecler cockerel . . . .

 

[tmarsh83]

He's a "Dela-Felder" (or maybe he'd be a "Biele-Ware" ?) = a Bielefelder Roo over a Delaware hen

He is a handsome fella for sure, but him & his brother will be going to "freezer camp" in aprox a week, along with some CornishX & 6 Ancona Drake's.

I know it's not likely , since we are 100 miles from the IN border, but it's last call to try to find homes for any of the 6 Drake's or our nice Chantecler cockerel . . . .

I would love to take the chanty off your hands but I would end up in the doghouse (or the chicken coop) if I did!

 

[Crista]

Had family in yesterday and made chicken and noodles with my own chickens and homemade noodles with my eggs. Fresh potatoes from the garden, corn and oh my it was so good. Definitely worth the aggravations lol. It's such a good feeling !

And I am soooo greatful !

So when are you going to start milling your own flour to finish out those noodles?

Well, grinding my own flour would be wonderful. What a great suggestio; I'll just put it on my list of things to learn how to do.

That list just keeps getting longer. Ha ha.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Not keeping any chickens this winter at all, @jchny2000 ?

Probably not, if I do its very few. Have to simplify things a lot more.

 

[Faraday40]

He's a "Dela-Felder" (or maybe he'd be a "Biele-Ware" ?) = a Bielefelder Roo over a Delaware hen



He is a handsome fella for sure, but him & his brother will be going to "freezer camp" in aprox a week, along with some CornishX & 6 Ancona Drake's.

I like the name "Dela-Felder" almost as much as his good looks! I wanted to get into Bielefelders but it just didn't work out for us. Decided to stick with our loveable orps. Thankfully we did hatch an amazing Biele pullet, so she's a keeper. Becuase she's the only biele, we call her 'Hen Solo'.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

I am always amazed a how dependable leghorns are as layers! All 3 girls gives us 2-3 eggs every day. The rooster is a great fella too. All 3 girls have full feathers and have never needed aprons. He does not like me picking him or the girls up, but never challenges me either. Our RIRs are about the same. Both breeds stay fairly steady all winter too.
DH and I are still on the fence about keeping any chickens, but if the newest coop we built continues to prove secure we will keep enough chickens for eggs. He feels we need to just put coops in the pasture with the donkey, goats and cows. Feeding time will be a bit more complicated to keep heads out of feed buckets they should not eat. (meat proteins are no good for them) I do think it will work out better all around if we do it.

 

[Leahs Mom]

@jchny2000

-Did you get your leghorns from hatchery?

-If you're worried about the ruminants getting in the meat I wouldn't be concerned. They just aren't interested.

-I hope you keep some layers!

 

[pginsber]

We just got back from the Gulf coast of Florida on vacation. We looked at a few properties while we were there, and in one neighborhood, there were peacocks roaming around. Presumably they were wild peas, just going from house to house, walking around like Robins, Bluejays, or maybe Canadian Geese do here. That was fun to watch, although I imagine the residents might think otherwise. I missed getting a picture of that, but I did get a picture of these guys doing the same thing. Just hanging around, eating stuff in people's grass.


Of the three Aracauna chicks we hatched, we had heard two different crows, and seen two of the three fighting. We found a new home for this pretty guy, and his new family reports that he loves he new girls. We miss him, but it's great to know that he has a job protecting his ladies, and his new family loves him.


The day after we re-homed the second roo, we still heard two distinct crows.

For the last two-three weeks, we've been working to find a home for our third rooster, Wall-E. He's so sweet, and small, his eyes are dark brown, and he doesn't fight with our main rooster.






We believe we've found him a home in Cicero.

We're really bummed, though, because we'd hoped we had a breeding pair of Aracaunas. Instead, we ended up with three roosters.

They have all been very nice birds, I'd definitely hatch Aracaunas again; but our coop and coopyard is simply too small for more than one roo. Actually, if the roo is too interested or rough on the girls as he gets older, the coopyard is kind of small for even one roo--the girls don't have tons of space to get away from him.

By city code, we're only allowed a maximum of one, so we know how that goes. One neighbor gets angry one time, and then everything is called into scrutiny.

 

[Lengerich Farms]

Question for the seasoned chicken ranchers here:
We had to get up and get moving early so we could be at a funeral on time about an hour or so away. I decided against letting the birds out since we didn't know how long we'd be gone. Was on my way out to feed em, got side tracked and left. Can back about 2/230 and find one of my RIRs dead. All that remained of her head was the eyes, and they'd gotten at her from the cloaca (not pretty). Her carcass had been removed, but should I take any other steps or precautions with my four remaining birds?

 

[Leahs Mom]

Are you saying that your flock attacked and killed her? Or that you think something else got in there?