Ribh's D'Coopage

[Ribh]

 

[MaryJanet]

They're gorgeous! One day perhaps some campines will live here too although Ivy and Peggy have given me a new appreciation for bitzers.

 

[Ribh]

Bitzers can be lovely & sometimes hardier. Unfortunately I seem to have a thing for the harder to manage breeds....? It's a good thing I can't get some of the things that intrigue me.

 

[MaryJanet]

Bitzers can be lovely & sometimes hardier. Unfortunately I seem to have a thing for the harder to manage breeds....? It's a good thing I can't get some of the things that intrigue me.

I think you like a challenge

 

[Ribh]

I think you like a challenge

Oh dear... Perhaps. I do get a particular joy from having Lottie & Ha'penny eat from my hand just because they're not cuddlers.

 

[Kris5902]

I doubt it. A lot depends on that leghorn mix that is incubating right now. The issue is overall space in the yard. This is a suburban development. The yard handled 5 hens ok this year. I'm worried about 6 and maybe 7. I just don't have unlimited space.

When we lived in the city it was always in the back of my mind, even after we finally got a fence up... if only we could buy the house next door too, I could move in my (I now know awful) BIL and his family (they are sweet, especially my little niece I miss so much), and thereby double our yard!

 

[RoyalChick]

When we lived in the city it was always in the back of my mind, even after we finally got a fence up... if only we could buy the house next door too, I could move in my (I now know awful) BIL and his family (they are sweet, especially my little niece I miss so much), and thereby double our yard!

I was wondering what sort of relationship @BY Bob has with his neighbors - maybe access to a corner of their yard in exchange for eggs might be negotiable!

 

[Ribh]

Both my blue layers may be laying.
What do you think?
Size, colour & shape are all different.

 

[Ribh]

Today's profiles: Silver Laced Wyandotte bantams.

This is Wrold & Alpia.
Wrold has the much darker markings, which makes it easy to tell them apart. They are still very young, as you can tell from their combs & the lack of colour in their faces.

They are still slightly skittish, & like Lottie stand~offish. I don't mind that. If I wanted lap chickens I would have got me some more Favorelles.

Alpia.
Honestly, the lacing in this breed is spectacular! They have got to be one of the prettiest birds around.

Wrold ~ a little blurry unfortunately.

So long as I'm not making a grab for them they are very calm, quiet birds.
The Campines are screamers & the Araucanas are pretty chatty too.

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[BY Bob]

I was wondering what sort of relationship @BY Bob has with his neighbors - maybe access to a corner of their yard in exchange for eggs might be negotiable!

They already get eggs without sharing. It's funny, before we put in our pool and fence, there were no fences in the development. As soon I put mine in my neighbor behind me put one in. They love the chickens but we are now double walled off from each other.

I'm on a corner lot so the lot is much larger and I only have one other neighbor. She is miserable and hates the chickens. I used to shovel and snow blow for her as she is an older woman who lives alone. Now she goes to FL every winter and the whole neighborhood relaxes.

So no land to borrow sadly.