Does Geri Gordina have a website etc? I have heard the name mentioned other places. Looks like they produce nice silkies from what I have seen and read. Any help is much appreciated! =)Rancher---my rir and red sexlinks are laying without lighting. Down to a dozen a day from 2 dozen but still going strong. My market is growing so I am limiting everyone right now to keep up. Mostly word of mouth as we are staying under the radar from the powers that be. Oh==the eggs are getting bigger as the girls are maturing. Right now they are large moving to jumbo. Love all this snow melt and am hoping my paths out to the coops melt finally. Going to throw a bag of leaves in the big run. It will give the terrorists something to do. I am offering up my two blue silkie roos for sale to my fellow peeps here on the forum first. Gandolf and Elron came from breeder Geri Gordina. They are 6 months old and are developing nicely. Gandolf does have some gold leakage in his hackles but there is none of that in the line so we arent sure why this popped up. Feet are nicely feathered and they both have nice type and coloring. I would like to see them go together as they are bonded and get along well. PM me if you are interested. Here is a pic of both boys.
I feel your pain. One of my broodies is in THE nest box. I pluck 5 - 7 eggs out from under her daily. She has stopped biting me because I hold her upside down when she does. (She raised a blood blister on my hand once and I said ENOUGH) Does a duck bite hurt like a chicken beak bite? I also wear gloves when I am working with the broody hens. I really really hate getting nipped by those sharp beaks.One of the Rouen ladies is broody. The little snot has commandeered one of the top-tier nest boxes, has piled all the shavings around herself and her booty, and is hissing like she's a demon from the depths of Hell when you touch her. I checked under her for chicken eggs, and, when I removed the two chook eggs, she bit me, the cheeky little wench. She has three duckeh eggs right now, and if she's still at it tomorrow I'll give her a couple more and let her go to town. I thought this one was going broody, as she's been hanging around in the coop most of the day and sitting quietly in corners on random eggs by herself for several days now. Of course she picks one of the most popular nest boxes for Serious Business, though.
Mine have also done this. When we bought the farm there was junk every where from the previous tenants. I pick it up whenever I see it and the chickens always seem to scratch up more.
