Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

[Wezdin]

So I got French cuckoo maran late summer. But I think they are Barred Rocks. I am not getting dark drown eggs like I should from them.

What is the leg color? maran will be pink, barred rock will be yellow.

 

[HeartoftheMatterFarm]

What is the leg color? maran will be pink, barred rock will be yellow.

I will check tonight when they are all backbone the coop to sleep.

 

[HeartoftheMatterFarm]

Here is some pictures of my hens in question. I not sure how many I have left. Need to count my chickens. To see if I need to hatch any out or go buy some chicks.

 

[Lelanae]

I just updated my incubation spreadsheet and found I have over 490 eggs incubating now.

So much for "cutting back" . . .

Let me know well you have some welbars! I might be able to be talked into a parakeet as well ...any bright blue ones?

 

[FluffyButt789]

Sorry, but that won't happen here. We don't go into the woods to find them and if they infringe on coop area it is a bad decision on their part. They may not be as malicious or predatory as fox, weasels or racoons but they are all considered a threat once they enter the yard area.

I don't understand why everyone is so eager to shoot everything in their backyard. My husband is the same way. But I've never shot anything, or ever had any issues with critters (except hawks). I leave scraps out on compost and have caught every wild animal on my trail camera. Even foxes and coyotes, right next to my coop. But they don't bother the chickens and they're just passing through, or scavenging in the compost pile. They're animals and they don't know where the "wild land" ends and the human backyard begins...

 

[FluffyButt789]

I will add that I have hand-fed wild raccoons right out my front door. All they want is a free meal and they are wonderful creatures. My husband wanted to shoot a possum that was digging around where our old coop was but I went out there and poked it with a broom and it ran away without a fight. I have gone to lock up my chickens way past dark before and found skunks and possums eating the chicken food. They didn't pay any attention to the chickens. I'm sure someday we will encounter a problem coon or possum but that doesn't mean they are ALL bad.

 

[CuteFluffyButtSilkies]

My 8 week old growout. I am hoping for a girl

 

[fisherlady]

Hubby sent me a picture... they have over 60 sq ft of coop space to spread out, and numerous boxes available if they want... so what do they do?? Pile up like a giant broody totem instead, of course!

 

[OneMountainAcres]

Hubby sent me a picture... they have over 60 sq ft of coop space to spread out, and numerous boxes available if they want... so what do they do?? Pile up like a giant broody totem instead, of course!
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I love this lol. When the Easter hatch a long contests start, you'll have to enter that one in the broody contest.

 

[LadyBehir]

I can't wait for spring! I need to expand the run and get more girls.