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[Chickenfan4life]

~~Spent the last few days gardening w/ the flock, and observing. I made an observation I was wondering if anyone else had noticed. I have 2 young roo's just now getting their big boy hormones started. These 2 I know maternal parentage, and neither were raised by their bio moms. First is Shakespear


Shakespear is the head roo, calm cool collected, every bit the "man in charge"



His mother was Mensa, calm, thinking, high in the pecking order



Then there is Eurkle (formerly cool j, but he couldn't keep that name w/ his personality), he as afraid of his shadow, very flighty, if he sees a leaf blow he literally jumps up, yells and puts his head down and goes at a dead run, I swear if he had arms they would be flailing as he ran. His broody mom is very high in the pecking order, calm, cool and collected.




Bio mom, of Eurkle, a bit of an outsider, flighty, never trusts anyone ever no matter how many treats you come with or how juicy the treat is. She was the only true survivor of my big massacre, she was in the same yard as all the carnage and got and stayed high and survived, all the others who survived were in a separate area.

Anyway it struck me as interesting how close the boys personality is to their bio moms, not like their bio dads, or broody moms.

So is this a fluke or a thing?

I love that chickens have personalities. It's really very interesting. ^.^ Thanks for sharing.

 

[artsyrobin]

Robin, I'm pretty sure he's a she. You haven't heard any crows yet, have you?
Jeanrie-that picture you posted is a hen?? That's a big comb and wattles for a hen, I didn't realize BR's had such big combs.
Kass, I read a study once on dog breeding and it said pups get 75% of their personalities from their mothers. I wouldn't doubt it's the same with chickens.

@ksane can you post some of your pics of Lilith? This guy is abput 8-9 months, would be nice to put the two together and compare- been talking to folks on the cochin board and its pretty divided - some saying they mature slower- anyway- it will be fine either way

 

[muesky]

By "gone" ............................................................. what exactly do you mean????

Well there are no deep holes in remote places.. They were reassigned to different position and soon completely out of my world, with the exception of an occasional staff meeting...

Hello!
I thought I would introduce myself. I'm new here and new to chicken raising. I'm in south Tulsa. I've been thinking about getting a few chickens for several years and have decided to just do it! I'm trying to decide which type to get and where to get them. I think I would like to have two Plymouth Rocks and two Sussex or Sex-links. Any suggestions??! Also, where to buy locally? Atwoods said they would have some in in 3-4 weeks but I don't know what kind they'll have. I'm looking forward to connecting with local hobby farmers and learning from you all! Thank you for any help you can give me!

Okie style!! Ahhhh Atwoods, the gateway drug.... That's how my addiction started...

Hey guys, I'm new to the forum and just spent the last oh... 6 or 7 hours reading through the Tulsa thread where I also posted an almost identical introduction so I apologize to those of you who are subscribed to both threads. Haha.
Well, a bit about me: I grew up on a farm in Collinsville but have been away since I was 20 and have even lived in the city (Tulsa) in an apt (something I said I would NEVER do) for the last year. Now that I'm settling down a bit (at 26) I think I'm ready to start looking at something a bit more permanent. Since I'm a teacher in an inner-city school I am looking at houses in town but I want enough of a backyard to keep my allotted 6 hens, a garden, and possibly some bees (my dream). After reading through this I REALLY want some BCMs and I had a flock of buff orpingtons growing up so I'd like to try some blacks.
I'm going to search this but maybe you all can answer it. What size lot should I be looking at for what I'm thinking about? I think a quarter acre is too small but I could be wrong. I don't want more than 1.5 or at the VERY max 2. I had 2.5 at one point and it was way too much for me. Plus, that's not a realistic lot size for in town and my price range.
Anyway, thank you guys for all of the insight I have already gained and everything I look forward to learning from you!

to you!!! You have come to a great place.. There are a number of teachers on here, to include myself..

~~Spent the last few days gardening w/ the flock, and observing. I made an observation I was wondering if anyone else had noticed. I have 2 young roo's just now getting their big boy hormones started. These 2 I know maternal parentage, and neither were raised by their bio moms. First is Shakespear


Shakespear is the head roo, calm cool collected, every bit the "man in charge"


His mother was Mensa, calm, thinking, high in the pecking order


Then there is Eurkle (formerly cool j, but he couldn't keep that name w/ his personality), he as afraid of his shadow, very flighty, if he sees a leaf blow he literally jumps up, yells and puts his head down and goes at a dead run, I swear if he had arms they would be flailing as he ran. His broody mom is very high in the pecking order, calm, cool and collected.


Bio mom, of Eurkle, a bit of an outsider, flighty, never trusts anyone ever no matter how many treats you come with or how juicy the treat is. She was the only true survivor of my big massacre, she was in the same yard as all the carnage and got and stayed high and survived, all the others who survived were in a separate area.

Anyway it struck me as interesting how close the boys personality is to their bio moms, not like their bio dads, or broody moms.

So is this a fluke or a thing?

There are a lot of studies out there about how personality is hereditary more so then environmental.. I have seen this first hand with a friend of mine who was adopted. Growing up he never was like any of his adopted family, then at age 25 he found his birth parents who had been looking for him. It was amazing how much alike they were, especially how much he was like his mother in humor and mannerisms.

Haha I have no idea

What do you teach?

I am a special ed teacher..

 

[Mattok1]

Oh ok, very cool!

 

[Jeansrie]

Robin, I'm pretty sure he's a she. You haven't heard any crows yet, have you?
Jeanrie-that picture you posted is a hen?? That's a big comb and wattles for a hen, I didn't realize BR's had such big combs.
Kass, I read a study once on dog breeding and it said pups get 75% of their personalities from their mothers. I wouldn't doubt it's the same with chickens.

She's the "barred rock" from Atwoods/Ideal Hatchery. I think she's basically a barred leghorn; she is small, she has a white earlobe, lays a white egg and from pics I've seen of leghorn hens they have bigger combs/wattles. I was worried she would get frostbite with those big floppy things on her face!

I don't have any roosters. She wasn't eating in the garage and looked pretty good after I cleaned her up so I just put her back with the others and everything was fine. I guess there was just a bit of chicken drama this morning, who knows.

 

[NanaKat]

Retired art teacher and asst principal.

 

[bardies]

One of my two month old silkie chicks - same age as KSane's. He/She is an orange frosted blue. It was the light blue chick striped with tan. The egg was marked from the blue/splash pen. Just love silkie color schemes!
The actual color is in between the first and last two pics, but closer to the later ones.

 

[clutterbegone]

Hey everyone. Where is your favorite place to get your chicks?

 

[clutterbegone]

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[Ksane]

She's the "barred rock" from Atwoods/Ideal Hatchery. I think she's basically a barred leghorn; she is small, she has a white earlobe, lays a white egg and from pics I've seen of leghorn hens they have bigger combs/wattles. I was worried she would get frostbite with those big floppy things on her face!

I don't have any roosters. She wasn't eating in the garage and looked pretty good after I cleaned her up so I just put her back with the others and everything was fine. I guess there was just a bit of chicken drama this morning, who knows.

Leghjorns do have huge combs, I LOVE how big their combs are.

One of my two month old silkie chicks - same age as KSane's. He/She is an orange frosted blue. It was the light blue chick striped with tan. The egg was marked from the blue/splash pen. Just love silkie color schemes!
The actual color is in between the first and last two pics, but closer to the later ones.

OMG what an awesome color!! Ibet that one is a pullet with that nice round top hat.