North Carolina

[ramirezframing]

hope you had fun at the show Hollow

 

[xrainxbowx]

I have found no matter what the type of animal every once in a while you find on that is extra special!
Edit: btw hope you are feeling better.. My DS is still down for the count poor guy!

I 100% agree. I feel like my emotions are very situational. I've worked at a couple zoos, so animals come and go for various reasons. I love them all, but it never upsets me like my own pets. I take it as part of the job. Another part of my job is cutting up baby chicks and mice and skinning them...doesn't bother me too much. Then I see a dead field mouse that got traped in a pipe and it upsets me....go figure. I've discussed having to thin the chicken flock in the future with my boyfriend. Right now I only have 2 so it probably wouldn't be for another few years. But this "chicken math" is a reality and I feel we, as a couple, should be prepared to make the decision. I feel like I'd be okay with it*, just take it as part of the job. But if a racoon got in and killed them, or they got sick-I would probably be upset. So odd.

So the * is an exception for my first two chickens, who still don't have names, who I figure I would never be able to kill because they are my first two chickens ever. Right now they are big white chicken and little black chicken, but I guess if I plan on keeping them forever at least they should get names. Do you guys name your chickens?

 

[marlowmanor]

Well there will be no more crowing for a while here!

Just got back from selling the EE roo we had. Now we only have the 6 adult hens and the 10 chicks. Of the chicks I know of 1 definate roo, the rest are all looking like pullets to me. I am a tad suspicious about our EE/polish chick but I really don't know how long it will be before I know for sure about that one. Maybe I need to get a picture of it this week and let y'all have guesses on gender.

I noticed yesterday when I had all the chickens around me (they were after the chick feed that was spilling when I was refilling the chick feeder) that 2 of the EE hens have semi bare backs. Guess I know who the favorite hens of the rooster were. Hopefully getting rid of the roo gives them time to grow some feathers back. Our chicks won't be old enough to join the flock for a while and then the cockeral in that group won't be old enough to mess with the bigger hens for a while so they should have time to regrow feathers of their backs.

 

[marlowmanor]

I 100% agree. I feel like my emotions are very situational. I've worked at a couple zoos, so animals come and go for various reasons. I love them all, but it never upsets me like my own pets. I take it as part of the job. Another part of my job is cutting up baby chicks and mice and skinning them...doesn't bother me too much. Then I see a dead field mouse that got traped in a pipe and it upsets me....go figure. I've discussed having to thin the chicken flock in the future with my boyfriend. Right now I only have 2 so it probably wouldn't be for another few years. But this "chicken math" is a reality and I feel we, as a couple, should be prepared to make the decision. I feel like I'd be okay with it*, just take it as part of the job. But if a racoon got in and killed them, or they got sick-I would probably be upset. So odd.

So the * is an exception for my first two chickens, who still don't have names, who I figure I would never be able to kill because they are my first two chickens ever. Right now they are big white chicken and little black chicken, but I guess if I plan on keeping them forever at least they should get names. Do you guys name your chickens?

I don't have any of my chickens named. All the current adult hens look a lot alike so I wouldn't be able to keep up with who was whom. There are a couple of our chicks that have names but it's because my kids have named them. There is Captain chick, the polish (b/c of my avatar pic), Shaved Neck, the turken, and Mohawk, the EE/polish cross.

 

[Hollowoakfarm]

hope you had fun at the show Hollow

Absolutely! Best one yet!

 

[anbsmom]

Madison County NC here.

 

[AmyLou1782]

I 100% agree. I feel like my emotions are very situational. I've worked at a couple zoos, so animals come and go for various reasons. I love them all, but it never upsets me like my own pets. I take it as part of the job. Another part of my job is cutting up baby chicks and mice and skinning them...doesn't bother me too much. Then I see a dead field mouse that got traped in a pipe and it upsets me....go figure. I've discussed having to thin the chicken flock in the future with my boyfriend. Right now I only have 2 so it probably wouldn't be for another few years. But this "chicken math" is a reality and I feel we, as a couple, should be prepared to make the decision. I feel like I'd be okay with it*, just take it as part of the job. But if a racoon got in and killed them, or they got sick-I would probably be upset. So odd.

So the * is an exception for my first two chickens, who still don't have names, who I figure I would never be able to kill because they are my first two chickens ever. Right now they are big white chicken and little black chicken, but I guess if I plan on keeping them forever at least they should get names. Do you guys name your chickens?

Yep, I name everything I have. I had some Cornish hens that I didn't name on purpose because I was going to let DH put some in the freezer but the fox raid of last August at my farm took out all but 2 of them. They now have names and have been granted amnesty. One of them actually went broody and is sitting on a clutch that should hatch this Friday! It may take me a while to name though...I have to watch them and it just comes to me!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Madison County NC here.

Yancey county here.

 

[BHep]

Naw probably just needs more CHICKENS!!

Nope....Selling birds ! I am seriously downsizing !!!! I would like to be UNDER 100 chickens. I sold 18 chickens and 7 ducks. I have 19 chickens ( I think) spoken for, waiting for coops to be ready.

I did buy some Guinea eggs. They are white, Lav., & Pearl. My one and only Lav. Guinea rooster was hit by a car yesterday.

I also just set 22 Guinea eggs I found in a nest. I am hoping for some more Lavenders.

 

[TheRookie]

Well I figured I would list her on here before I take her to the swap in town. She is 9 weeks old (hatched Feb 27), she's from Ideal Hatchery. Trying to keep my numbers to a minimum. PM me if you're interested. I migrate to Kannapolis every few weeks to see family so if anyone is up that way, I could meet you.

Bertha investigating my welcome mat

She is the darkest and biggest of my 4 RIR pullets

"But Ma.. why you gotta take so many pictures huh?"