Maine

[lazy gardener]

That is one relaxed bird!

 

[Arcadia Chicken]

Just chillin'

 

[Widget]

Any one know the breeding of the TetraTint, and do they bear the leghorn personality???

They are a cross between a RI Red roo and a White Leghorn hen. The four I had were more Leghorn in personality.

 

[lazy gardener]

Interesting. I'm rolling breeding possibilities around in my head. My first generation will be bred from a EE roo over Dom, EE, RIR, BSL (pea comb), SLW, and RCBL. I've toyed with the option of creating an auto-sexing bird similar to the legbars, but Doms are auto-sexing anyway, and EE x Dom will produce BSL. There are so many exciting breeding options available! My little (not so little) EE roo is a nice boy, though his comb is a bit too big for my liking. It remains to be seen how he's doing in the fertility department. When I build my coop, I'm thinking of putting in a black out room for him!

 

[suzMEchicks]

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This is what my leghorns look like. They look smaller and shorter than the previous pictures. I hope I did this right !

 

[suzMEchicks]

So I finally came back from my Vacation to find my poor chicken in worse shape than I had anticipated( from dog attack). All her beautifull black shiny feathers are gone from her backside leaving just the fuzzy butt ones. Even a lot of those are missing. She has tooth marks just below her tail . It looks clean and dry. She has been eating and drinking and pooping. I hosed her backside yesterday to help it stay s lean back there. She walks around like a little old lady. She lays herself down very gingerly . My husband thinks her wing is broken. Might be. She can't jump back up into the coop so I put up a ramp for her. I just figured out she can't hop up into the nest boxes either so... What does that mean? I hope she can still lay if she needs to. Maybe they don't after a big trauma?they all seem shocked. The two RIR are missing a lot more tail feathers . At least two of them are making a low gutteral noise that Ive never heard before. As I am sitting here by the coop the next door dog got loose again .

 

[suzMEchicks]

Had to chase that dog . Question: do the feathers grow back?

 

[suzMEchicks]

Poor chicken!

 

[Heatherschix]

Poor chicken!

Oh, so sorry, how frustrating it must be when you have neighbors that don't keep track of their dog. Do they know that the dog is causing damage to your pets and property?

 

[freakshow5]

hi fellow Mainers,
I'm in Scarborough and a new chicken owner.