North Carolina

[Bresseman]

Oops! SFH!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Dont know abt her but sure scared me

 

[BHep]

Swedish Flower Hens...Durham...come get em!

WHY ARE YOU SO FAR !!!!

 

[DiggstownChicks]

Oops! SFH!

Where? I am 10 minutes away

 

[DiggstownChicks]

Here are some of the 1.5 week old chicks "assorted" I need help with ...

This is fun isn't it?

This is Connie, one of the two smaller ones.






Lillian






Wendy (pretty sure she is our red silkie)






Here's Lizzy, buttercup yellow and tiny




Elaine




Carrie, I am assuming she's an Ancona?
She's also the most inquisitive and friendly. (and the biggest)





Olivia:





Poor sweet (sweetest) Leah is now RIP. She was the white silkie. Our dog thought she was a toy










Ok, here is my order:

1 - White Silkie Bantam "Leah"
1 - Blue Silkie Bantam
1 - Red Silkie Bantam "Wendy"
1 - Partridge Cochin
1 - Partridge Penedensenca
3 - "Assorted Rare" Breeds (the list of breeds possibilities are below

• Buckeye
• Ancona
• Easter Egger
• Black Sumatra

• Andalusian (Blue, Black, or Splash)
• Appenzeller Spitzhauben
• Sicilian Buttercup
• Salmon Faverolles
• Golden Campine
• Buff Chantecler
• Blue Laced Red Wyandotte
• Barnevelder
• Brahma (Buff Brahma, Light Brahma)
• Marans (Silver Cuckoo, Golden Cuckoo, Black Copper, Blue Splash, White)
• Dominique
• Columbian Wyandotte
• Dark Cornish
• Cochin (White)
• Welsummer
• White Sultan
• Polish (Assorted colors)
• Exchequer Leghorn
• Speckled Sussex
• Hamburg (Assorted colors)
• Lakenvelder (Silver, Golden)

• Dominiques

 

[NewHomesteader2010]

<sigh> I have come to the conclusion that the odds are against me. Saw a predator feasting on a young chick, grabbed the gun, loaded it, opened the door, took aim, pulled the trigger and....MY HUSBAND LEFT THE CLIP EMPTY FROM TARGET PRACTICES!!

This stupid predator would have been no more, but instead it escaped with nearly a full belly as all that was left...a pair of legs and a few entrails. Sadder still...my beautiful cochin tried to fend off the predator and while it was NOT her biddy, she still tried to protect it. I locked everyone up early and when I was doing so, she flopped over on her side. I checked her over and double checked her...didn't see any wounds. She got up after I checked her over and wobbled into the run. I am hoping she was just in shock. Is there anything I need to be on the lookout for her? What's the point of having roosters (which I have PLENTY of) when they are all "yeller"?? Not one of them did anything...and the guineas...the guineas sounded the alarm AFTER the thing was in the trees.

I am down to 2 young females now...so much for being able to replenish my laying flock. Good thing I know a few BYC'ers who are addicted to hatching and usually have an abundance of chickens!! Still...this ruined my evening!!

I really hate living on a farmette sometimes....but then again, I do understand that's nature, that's what they do. Still...sad.

Thank you all for letting me vent and cry and bemoan.

 

[ramirezframing]

Lizzy, Wendy,are silkies does Connie have 5 toes and feathered legs if so silkie Carrie looks like an ancona what color of legs and comb type for Elaine and Lillian? Olivia looks like your partridge cochin

 

[Miss Lydia]

<sigh> I have come to the conclusion that the odds are against me. Saw a predator feasting on a young chick, grabbed the gun, loaded it, opened the door, took aim, pulled the trigger and....MY HUSBAND LEFT THE CLIP EMPTY FROM TARGET PRACTICES!!

This stupid predator would have been no more, but instead it escaped with nearly a full belly as all that was left...a pair of legs and a few entrails. Sadder still...my beautiful cochin tried to fend off the predator and while it was NOT her biddy, she still tried to protect it. I locked everyone up early and when I was doing so, she flopped over on her side. I checked her over and double checked her...didn't see any wounds. She got up after I checked her over and wobbled into the run. I am hoping she was just in shock. Is there anything I need to be on the lookout for her? What's the point of having roosters (which I have PLENTY of) when they are all "yeller"?? Not one of them did anything...and the guineas...the guineas sounded the alarm AFTER the thing was in the trees.

I am down to 2 young females now...so much for being able to replenish my laying flock. Good thing I know a few BYC'ers who are addicted to hatching and usually have an abundance of chickens!! Still...this ruined my evening!!

I really hate living on a farmette sometimes....but then again, I do understand that's nature, that's what they do. Still...sad.

Thank you all for letting me vent and cry and bemoan.

So sorry that's the hard part of having animals.

 

[wildriverswolf90]

NH~ I'm sooo sorry

 

[wildriverswolf90]

So I have expanded my range of birds e next week I will be getting 3 pairs of FanTail Pigeons! I cannot wait I found this breed a couple weeks ago and thought no way, I can't afford to get them or build a pen. Then today I drove by an agricultrual center that had them out for sale and a cage and I couldn't say no to the price! So now I'm a pigeon owner YAY!!! O and another cool perk… they are show quality :yess: