Show Off Your Chickens And Ducks! - September 2nd 2019 *CHAT THREAD*

[cluckmecoop7]

Melody

 

[Claires Poultry]

@cluckmecoop7 They're all VERY beautiful!

 

[cluckmecoop7]

@cluckmecoop7 They're all VERY beautiful!

Thanks! I love them so much!

 

[Duck_life]

Cream puff is just gorgeous

 

[oldhen2345]

I live in a rural town so I can't have many chickens and no roosters. I have tried many different breeds over the years and have had some success, some failure- but always fun. My favorites in the past were Alberta, the Buff Orpington ( she was VERY broody and BERY bossy) and Flora, the splash marans (see Avatar) who was a ham. I usually get my chicks from a reputable hatchery. I did go to a local hatchery and get a Mottled Oprington - Missy. She is hilarious. She vibrates when she fusses- and she fusses a lot. Her friend is Irene, the Buff Brahma. I also have Margaret - a Black Copper Marans. She turned out to be a cross beak and a blind eye, but is doing fine after a rocky start. She can eat and snack and drink water just fine - and lays the best little dark brown eggs. Opal is Margaret's hatchmate. She is a Splash Marans. Although she isn't particularly friendly, she is pretty and curious and is a good friend to Margaret. I know I can only keep a few, but resisting chicken math is hard. I rehomed Alberta, Flora and Irene and will probably rehome Opal. I plan to get babies this month and brood babies in the house before it gets too cold outside.

 

[cluckmecoop7]

Cream puff is just gorgeous

Thank you! She would love to here that. I think next time I go out I'll tell her what you said.

 

[cluckmecoop7]

I live in a rural town so I can't have many chickens and no roosters. I have tried many different breeds over the years and have had some success, some failure- but always fun. My favorites in the past were Alberta, the Buff Orpington ( she was VERY broody and BERY bossy) and Flora, the splash marans (see Avatar) who was a ham. I usually get my chicks from a reputable hatchery. I did go to a local hatchery and get a Mottled Oprington - Missy. She is hilarious. She vibrates when she fusses- and she fusses a lot. Her friend is Irene, the Buff Brahma. I also have Margaret - a Black Copper Marans. She turned out to be a cross beak and a blind eye, but is doing fine after a rocky start. She can eat and snack and drink water just fine - and lays the best little dark brown eggs. Opal is Margaret's hatchmate. She is a Splash Marans. Although she isn't particularly friendly, she is pretty and curious and is a good friend to Margaret. I know I can only keep a few, but resisting chicken math is hard. I rehomed Alberta, Flora and Irene and will probably rehome Opal. I plan to get babies this month and brood babies in the house before it gets too cold outside.

I love the black and white one. She's very pretty!

 

[Brahmachicken240]

17 ducklings were hatched today
8 ducklings were hatched last week, we now have 38 ducks altogether
I’ve also hatched two batches of Brahma chicks over the last two weeks, 25 new chicks. We now have 50 ish chickens

And we also have 10 guineas, 5 adults and 4 keets

 

[Fur-N-Fowl]

I like the idea of this thread!

I'd introduce my Silkies but I feel like people have seen to much of them in other threads and people will be like...

Anyways... here's my Carrot who's currently making me really question her sex.

 

[FireGal]

Libby(Liberty) Cookie*
Midnight
Copper


Cookie
Custard

Mae (my Mosaic)

Cookie is so named because the firefighter we got her from is a mentor to my son, also a firefighter. He was a college instructor, and was in the habit of throwing cookies to students who gave correct answers in class. He nicknamed my son Cookie Monster. Also, because my husband and son thinks she looks like cookie dough.
Midnight has a twin named Moonlight; Cooper has a twin named Cuddles

So, to recap, we have
Libby, Middy, Moonie, Mae
Cookie, Custard, Copper, Cuddles

Some of the pix are darker because it’s almost 95 degrees here and they are under a tarp that’s attached to the fence. They have a perfectly shaded, ventilated coop, but prefer being under the tarp mostly