You are all too quick to post for me. I feel like the weird great aunt that comes to Christmas only once every decade that smells like mothballs and can't hear anything anyone says. I did, however, read every post. So I know you, and you still don't know me, and I might just go around pinching cheeks and handing out back-handed compliments.
Scandia it is so awesome seeing our old boys grow up here. I miss them...well, some of themI almost picked up a calico cochin hen myself...I'm guessing from the same place. Still looking for a dark egger and a bantam to keep my green chicken company.
I still have the Delaware, his home keeps pushing a pick up date back, so I am just starting over. He is massive, he is gentle, he is funny, and he doesn't crow yet. If anyone wants a great rooster let me know. I also have a banty cochin roo that is a total nerd. He doesn't crow and I think he thinks he is boss, but he isn't.
On a super side note, my honey won 4th place at the fair this year! I have been canning and preserving like a lot of you, and extracting honey, and trying to talk my freeloading pullets into earning their keep. So far the canning and honey are a huge success, the chickens just mock me and jump on my head. I think this super blue egg layer is close though.
Oh boy am I slow.. When I read the last paragraph that says " my honey won 4th place at the fair this year' I thought how did she get to show a chicken this year!!!! ( thinking honey was your chickens name) Then the lights flickered a little and I realized you meant real honey.
I want to learn beekeeping someday, but I am afraid of bee stings and pain. I keep seeing the "beekeeping for dummies" book in fleetfarm, but so far I have not gotten it.
