Michigan

[eeyore75]

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Partridge...... it's a partridge silkie!!!! I have a blue partridge here for you too!!!
and 3 splash, 2 blue, 2 black- and mom has your funky white..........


edited to add a link for you: http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGP/Silkies/BRKSilkChix.html

 

[RIRJen]

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Is someone jealous?

don't be mad because the Buckeyes play better football...I'm sure UofM is good at....something?

 

[Olive Hill]

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YEAH! Jen! Good bye, good riddance! Don't let he door hitcha on the way out!

 

[RIRJen]

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YEAH! Jen! Good bye, good riddance! Don't let he door hitcha on the way out!

hmmmmmmmmmmmm.....I can't tell if you're on my side or Andy's....but here's something for you to gander at

 

[Olive Hill]

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YEAH! Jen! Good bye, good riddance! Don't let he door hitcha on the way out!

hmmmmmmmmmmmm.....I can't tell if you're on my side or Andy's....but here's something for you to gander at

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/7110_0807011625.jpg

Oooooo! My bay-BEES!

 

[Carrie Lynn]

SPHINX MOTHS For what it's worth...
I couldn't understand how huge Horned Tomato Worms could turn into those smallish hummingbird moths.
After doing some Googling I learned that the tomato worms turn into a 4-5 inch wingspan Sphinx moth. There are many species of Sphinx, with differing worms as larvae. The hummingbird moth larva does look like a horned tomato worm.
That's nice to know because I love those hummingbird moths, they visit my butterfly bush.

 

[chikkaboomboom]

I Found my missing hen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

She came home today YEAH!!!!
I dont know where she was or why she took off for a few days and nights but she seems just fine.. YEAH! So glad nothing got her.

 

[Hillbilly Hen]

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I wonder if she is hiding a nest somewhere? I am glad she is back.

 

[LyonFuzz]

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YEAH! Jen! Good bye, good riddance! Don't let he door hitcha on the way out!

hmmmmmmmmmmmm.....I can't tell if you're on my side or Andy's....but here's something for you to gander at

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/7110_0807011625.jpg

OMG! Jen, do those come in white?

 

[tsparrow]

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There are 4 or 5 sphinx moths that get labeled as "hummingbird", including your plain brown one. I'm not sure that the hornworms were the ones that ate your baby tomatoes, the caterpillars typically only eat the leaves. It might be something else eating the fruits.

Edit -- Learn something every day...hornworms are known to eat the immature fruits. Just found that out from Colorado State University Extension.

THIS is what is eating my plants. They are HUGE....LOL

There were three of these on one of my tomato plants and they have eaten about a quarter of the plant before I found them.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/fo..._418300379439_614114439_4703700_3516589_n.jpg

If I am not mistaken those are Tobacco Hornworm, they are why my husband picks the tomatos..