NY chicken lover!!!!

[baunlee]

Nope ..cowboy is my only Maran...hes the only one that hatched ..
(my fault ..I didnt take care of the eggs properly )
time will tell if I get some more Marans ...he is mating age ..I cant remember who he has mated ...with yet .
Hes in with the pullets his same age ..which 1 just started laying

Metella has Marans not sure what kind ..Im sure she will peep up

Yeah sometimes I find their eggs to be tough to hatch. I'm still losing a lot to user error I'd guess too though. LMK if you would even want- but hopefully I can give you a female birchen some day for free -spread the love right- if my pair does well and I can hatch them correctly lol that saying "dont count before they have hatched" is scary true -when anything can happen! would still be an hour drive for you. I'd just go to dinner with old friends in rochester after so no loss gas wise for me.

 

[Chicken girl 15]

Last night General took it upon himself to move into the handicapped coop. No big deal it's just Duckie Mallard, Girlie and my 2 cx. Now they have no just 1 but all 3 DeUlce living with the "Broken group". It's so funny how the birds choose their own flock. Even though I only have 3 coops the birds have broke down to 5 flocks.

 

[Gramma Chick]

Last night General took it upon himself to move into the handicapped coop. No big deal it's just Duckie Mallard, Girlie and my 2 cx. Now they have no just 1 but all 3 DeUlce living with the "Broken group". It's so funny how the birds choose their own flock. Even though I only have 3 coops the birds have broke down to 5 flocks.

Birds of a feather flock together ...By Colors or breeds or sometimes just preference
I have 2 coops - 3 Flocks ...soon to be 1 flock if it gets warmer and I can clean out the baby coop ..and evict them

 

[Pyxis]

This is unrelated but I was just talking about it in another thread so I wanted to share. Most birds, including poultry, can see UV light, which is very cool. This includes chickens (and peafowl, just think about what a male's display looks like in UV). So that might be the reason that your birds have freaked out if you wore a new seemingly bland item of clothing or freaked out about an object that to you appears utterly harmless - it might reflect UV.

It also turns out that lots of birds we thought were sexually monomorphous are not, but we can't see the differences. The birds, however, can tell the sexes apart clear as day. So I wonder if our roosters (or hens) have some UV glow to them that we can't see. Interesting to think about.

 

[Pyxis]

Sorry for the double post but I also wanted to update on my Chickenguard situation. They were really great! I actually talked to the owner of the company and he had a US distributor send me a new door opener and I think it will be arriving today, which is awesome. They want me to send my broken door back which I will do as soon as I get the new one and confirm it works properly.

 

[featherz]

I have about 5 HUGE bags of leaves and pine needles saved - I use that as my walkway, but I'll have to use hay when that runs out.

Hey, anyone have a recommendation for a good IDIOTPROOF cabinet incubator? Auto humidity, turning, decent thermostat - doesn't need to hold 900 eggs, tho.

 

[Metella]

Wow - I bet if we could figure out where or what pattern of UV was a roo - we could sex the peeps at much younger age and for sure sell people pullets !!!

You better get a black light and start testing on your own flock - then write a paper for vet school !!!!

 

[featherz]

It's snowing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Merry Xmas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[boskelli1571]

This is unrelated but I was just talking about it in another thread so I wanted to share. Most birds, including poultry, can see UV light, which is very cool. This includes chickens (and peafowl, just think about what a male's display looks like in UV). So that might be the reason that your birds have freaked out if you wore a new seemingly bland item of clothing or freaked out about an object that to you appears utterly harmless - it might reflect UV.

It also turns out that lots of birds we thought were sexually monomorphous are not, but we can't see the differences. The birds, however, can tell the sexes apart clear as day. So I wonder if our roosters (or hens) have some UV glow to them that we can't see. Interesting to think about.

It's so fascinating! I read an article recently that said pretty much the same thing (Bob Alphin, U of Delaware). I plan to use the info. in a future blog. Anyway, off the subject do you still have Harlequins - if so, are you selling any next year?

 

[Chicken girl 15]

This is unrelated but I was just talking about it in another thread so I wanted to share. Most birds, including poultry, can see UV light, which is very cool. This includes chickens (and peafowl, just think about what a male's display looks like in UV). So that might be the reason that your birds have freaked out if you wore a new seemingly bland item of clothing or freaked out about an object that to you appears utterly harmless - it might reflect UV.

It also turns out that lots of birds we thought were sexually monomorphous are not, but we can't see the differences. The birds, however, can tell the sexes apart clear as day. So I wonder if our roosters (or hens) have some UV glow to them that we can't see. Interesting to think about.

sweet, something new to experiment with. When I start hatching in spring I will see what I can figure out. That would be awesome. I could fatten all the boys and raise all the girls to lay