North Carolina

[chicken dad]

Does anyone know of any silkie Breeders in NC? im looking to start a new flock in the spring!

Tia, there is a woman that lives in Mocksville named Marsha. I got some from her the other year. She was at the last chickenstock. I found her on CL

 

[Tikkijane]

oh is there any way you can send me pics of your boys!? a nice unrelated roo would be a grea thing to have.

The two white ones I really need to sell/rehome if I can. Pq, fwiw.

 

[Lizabelsherrill]

some of today's eggs ....mostly from some of my POLs. Some of those girls
are going into the breeding pen

Got another one today from a different pullet.......it's almost a grey-olive color.
3rd row and 2nd from left

Gorgeous colors! Right now I only have one or two girls laying and I only get brown. I'm hoping in the spring I'll get some nice color from my EEs. They were too young to start laying before it got cold. I will definitely be looking for more color in my egg basket once it warms up.

 

[chicknnugget]

hey guys, have had no running water since yesterday evening and power went out some time last nite and still hasn't come on

sooooooo cold. Now is when I wish I had a fire place. We have a small propane camping stove in the main bed room, and us and the dogs are piled in with all the extra blankets and sleepingbags for the night. Hope y'all are warm and well

Please be careful with using propane stoves in the house. You may end up with a Carbon Monoxide build up. This can be fatal!!!!! How about staying with a friend till the power come back.

 

[Coop Scoop Boogie]

Good morning folks

It's Friday..........maybe it should be called Eveday......
the day before the wonderful first day of the weekend........
Saturday. It's odd how everyone's spirits are lifted on
Friday because it's the day before the weekend.......you
still have to work and usually a full shift so it's not any
shorter than the other four workdays. It's just that little
promise of the day to come........Saturday.

hope everyone has a good day

 

[Hollowoakfarm]

I think it's called Friday because by then we're all fried! (Ignoring Norse gods momentarily)

 

[dutchbunny83]

I REALLY want a pygmy goat!
How loud are they? How smelly are they (obviously it depends how clean you keep them/their habitat, but in general....)? Does a certain gender make a better pet? I know the girls are usually pretty hard to get, at flock swaps I only see people selling off their extra boys

 

[lindz8504]

I REALLY want a pygmy goat!
How loud are they?  How smelly are they (obviously it depends how clean you keep them/their habitat, but in general....)?  Does a certain gender make a better pet?  I know the girls are usually pretty hard to get, at flock swaps I only see people selling off their extra boys

They are not that bad as far as noise and smell. Just make sure you get a nanny or a wether and not a billy. Billys are generally the ones with the musky goat smell.

 

[ramirezframing]

I REALLY want a pygmy goat!
How loud are they? How smelly are they (obviously it depends how clean you keep them/their habitat, but in general....)? Does a certain gender make a better pet? I know the girls are usually pretty hard to get, at flock swaps I only see people selling off their extra boys

I've heard you need at lest 2 not just one

 

[Hollowoakfarm]

I REALLY want a pygmy goat!
How loud are they? How smelly are they (obviously it depends how clean you keep them/their habitat, but in general....)? Does a certain gender make a better pet? I know the girls are usually pretty hard to get, at flock swaps I only see people selling off their extra boys

ONE is a bad idea. They are herding animals. A minimum of two, with three being preferred. If you get just one, you'll have an animal that goes from frustrated to neurotic, as it tries to sort the behavior of the animals around it into the expected behavior it's genetically programmed to expect. All herding or flocking animals either need same species companionship, or should be brought into your family to get all day attention. (That's why flocking bird species such as parrots can make good pets. For them, you substitute for their flock. And if they don't get enough attention, they also get neurotic.)