NY chicken lover!!!!

[Lynzi777]

Cute!!!



Love this little one!


This boy is sooo handsome!



Very pretty!


Great Picture!

 

[JLaw]

For nest boxes i jave 4 of the grey ones from tsc that mound right to the wall. I also had two tidy cat litter ones that they didn't use so i took out today. I leave wooden eggs and plastic golf balls in them. I think turkeys just go in and out of coop too much not letting them rest as they lay.

I had 2 lay under that sled and another lay in the little brooder/grow out box behind it. I dontmnd as long as i know where to look.

Turkeys wasnt suppose to be in big coop but they desided to sleep with girls and fluffed up when wife tryed to move them. Next year they get a coop with big run no free rangeing really. Dont like toms chasing my roo and worried of him trying to mount the hens later. So one rea of yard for turkeys only.

 

[ke5hde]

Busy busy busy around here. Snowmobile season starts early around here. Grass drag season is in full swing so we spend most weekends at the races.

Finally got a floor put in the outside grow out pen and moved the 2 silkie mommas and their 3 chick's into it. Everyone is getting along fine surprisingly.

Here's the coop/run made from the bottom half of the duck house.

 

[County Boy]

Hey county boy where do you get these chickens and what color eggs do they lay? Do these come in frizzle also?

Actually last year we did have one who's hair stood straight up. It looked like one of the wild razorbacks!

 

[County Boy]

Here's one of the little pullets I hatched from CB's eggs (just barely old enough to lay and already broody!) and her new chicks, also from tiny little marble pullet eggs. I didn't even think they'd hatch!

I can't wait to see what the chicks mature up to be!! Thanks for all the compliments everyone on the pics!!

 

[County Boy]

Opening day of bow season tomorrow!! Anybody here going?

 

[featherz]

I can't wait to see what the chicks mature up to be!!

Thanks for all the compliments everyone on the pics!!

Well, they will probably all go to you, since that coop is too small for six extra teeny chickens! I just want them to get feathered up a bit. =)

 

[marquisella]

Marq, I dropped in for you. I noticed some of the new BM pullets have markings on their hackles and fronts. I am seeing some copper of course, but at least there is hope of breeding it out.

Now if they'd start laying, that would be good.

The cockerel from you is getting silver hackles, pullet nothing yet. It looks like my bm pullet may survive...she is walking better. Probably still can't hold up to breeding, but hopefully in a month or 2. Both of my older cockerels look great...just silver, no copper yet.

 

[marquisella]

It's been over a year since I had orpington chicks and was doing some research today as to how early you can usually tell if they are hens or roos. Most people said by the time they reach 4-6wks you should be able to tell. Mine is going to be 6wks tomorrow. Pullet?? Or will I have to wait a little while longer?

It's been over a year since I had orpington chicks and was doing some research today as to how early you can usually tell if they are hens or roos. Most people said by the time they reach 4-6wks you should be able to tell. Mine is going to be 6wks tomorrow. Pullet?? Or will I have to wait a little while longer?

:Looks like a pullet, but I don't like to see wattles on a pullet at this age, so it might turn out to be a roo. If the comb & wattles turn redder, then its a roo for sure.

 

[marquisella]

Quote:
When colors are mixed you will get a mis mash. None of the babies will be a pure color, even though they may look like a solid color, the genetics will be mixed up so they will not produce a solid color.