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[BBAcres]

Thanks. They're not that shy. The black even comes up to us. I was shocked. I've had my red's a whole month handling them every day and they are just now willing to jump in my lap. But still run from me! I think they got in my lap today because I had the new guy with me and he was on my lap.....

Well it won't let me upload a picture.

 

[NanaKat]

Now, Nana, I SAW you lol! I was laughing to my husband that it just HAD to be you going after those Cochin eggs like a duck on a junebug

And man was that bug a good one!
Didn't know Chicklover was one of the other bidders, but he got the other 18 so we were both happy.

yep 3 are out and two are working on it- the only problem with a broody- i think she is related to nana's broody- this girl can bite hard! as for your little guy, add him to the rehab list

Nasty Nesty Nellie is Notorious for nimbly nipping knuckles! NNN is an infamous broodie!

Now that you mention it, he really does look like a screech owl.

Thank goodness he doesn't screech! Besides peeping, he trills when he's content. He came as a freebie from Murray McMurray when the girls were ordered. Here's his feet. The middle toe on each foot only has a tuft at the base of the toe right now, but there are some fine hair fuzzies on each one, so maybe there will be a few feathers. How many toes do cochins have?




I never knew there was so much to know about chickens. And who knew there were so many breeds. I sure didn't! Some of them are just beautiful. Y'all just amaze me with all the breeding and hatching and everything. I'd be 'chicken' to even try.

1975 for me, I don't feel as old now. I better

before I get the

for that!


Happy Easter to all, and a big

to the the new folks!

The scant number of feathers on that toe makes me think it is a cross bred chick. Your mystery chick has the correct number of towes for a Cochin.

Brandy (BBAcres) has the crossbeak now, he was one of the ones I took to her. I told her she didn't have to take him and Brandy-if you decide against it I'll get him to Robin. He/She does eat real good though and the penciling on the feathers made me think it was female but I don't know if you can tell sex at 2 1/2 wks, probably not. Her daughter was hugging it and kissing it lol So he'll get lots of good attention.
With the funny-legged one I've got I started giving him good slugs of Poultry Drench the past few days hoping that maybe it's something simple that vitamins could cure. I almost want to say they seem to be improving. He still walks funny but honestly-he's not down on his hocks anymore like he was 5 days ago so it gives me hope. He's a mix of a couple really special chickens of my daughters so I think we'll end up at the vet to see what can be done before I make any decisions about putting him down. That'd be a last resort if even the vet can't fix him.

A lack of selenium can cause hock walking.... Is it on the ingredient list for your vitamin drench?

 

[BBAcres]

Got it lol

 

[mjgigax]

My gophur purge has a swuare stem with leave soming out from each side...will try to post a picture of it. Only know it as gophur purge...definitely not castor. GP grows about 18 - 30 inches high.

That is what I grew if it also is silver/green.

 

[upcdayz]

My new avatar for our farm facebook page. I'm so in love.

They're gorgeous!

 

[mjgigax]

About caster beans and dogs and cats she had both and never any issues.

Our neighbors have them growing in their yard and it has never been a problem to their dogs or our dog and cat.

 

[mjgigax]

I still have a few issues that I bought in the 70's! I'm feelin' ooooold.....


Same here since we're just a few miles apart... Keep wanting to go play in the dirt, but with my luck, I know as soon as I do, it'll just pour down on me.


I'd love to have some! If... see below...


What about cats & dogs getting poisoned? The chickens are enclosed in their run, and the garden is in an area the horses can't get to, but the other critters have free run and I was thinking of planting the castor bean around the veggie garden. The moles/gophers have been driving me crazy in the garden for 2 years now. I've tried the poison pellets you put in their tunnels, the sonic doohickeys you put in the ground, and killer traps you put over their tunnels. They just laugh at me. The cats do a better job of getting them than I do. They catch a mole every now and then and they catch a lot of shrews. I don't even know if I have just moles or gophers too. Any ideas?

Here's new pics of the mystery chick. I'm sure it's a roo by the way he carries himself. He's small so I'm guessing bantam since all the girls his age are bigger than him. He's also taking forever to get his feathers. The closest I can tell is maybe partridge cochin. Any guesses yet?

My Partridge Cochins never have any grey fluff. What ever he/she is, he/she is CUTE. I love them at the half feathered age.

 

[mjgigax]

Here's a picture of one of the Spitzhaubens from last night. I don't know where they came from so I'm sure they're not great quality or anything-but I'm loving these guys. I'm kicking myself for splitting the 6 with the other bidder now. Carla on this list has some great quality ones and I'm surely getting eggs from her now. I was really worried they'd even make it til morning they were so thin. They might've been in with a group that wasn't letting them eat. They've literally done nothing but gorge themselves since they've been here lol They even slept in the food bowl and would wake up when I checked on them and reach under them and start eating again lol They're really super super tame. And if this is how this breed is I really want a few more. They're all a little top heavy from huge crops-they can't make themselves sick overeating, can they?

adorable

 

[mjgigax]

Thanks to a tip from JCatblum, I discovered that Michael bought some of those gorgeous white Cochin hens that Bo brought to the Newcastle sale. We had to leave before the girls made it to the auction table. Michael has agreed to sell me two of them....I'm in Heaven!!!

This will still leave me time to decide what other colors I want to get from Bo this fall.

I think I'll have to agree with my hubby..... obsession!

How many other vices provide breakfast?

 

[mjgigax]

Special thanks to Ksane for the chicks!!! I only planned on a couple and told my kids we couldn't take them all but then we seen them and that was that. Haha. Now I have 7 in the coop 4 downstairs and 10 in my bedroom. I think its time to get busy on the big coop.

According to someone on chicken math none of mine lay eggs so I guess I don't have chickens yet.

A+ You are a fast learner.