South Carolina

[dixiebeast]

I knew ya could, lol what you got?

Have Amers in the bator to hatch by wed!!

 

[Cpntherfan]

Have Amers in the bator to hatch by wed!!

yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay

 

[gvilledh]

Gvilledh - where did you get your blue Orp? I am in love!!! That will be my next one in a few years... When I have land and can have more than 4 hens. Beautiful! Are the blue and the lavender the same?

Southern Bee (Mary Bell). she lives in Pickens and has the most beautiful Orps and also Silkies. She has some Blue, some Black and some Splash. I am not sure about the difference in the blue and lavender, but think the lavender is a lot lighter. She really is pretty. I was pretty sure she was a girl from the beginning because she feathered in so fast. Now the other one her age has a comb developing and she doesn't. I am feeling even better about her name getting to stay the same.
Mary also has the BEST creamed honey!!!
Here is one of my favorite pictures of Anastasia...

 

[Just reebok]

Ooooh. I definitely have Anastasia envy!!! I want a blue Orp!!!!! I am so going to remember this post !!!!!

 

[Sharyno]

Aiken, SC checking in! I'd love to meet some local chicken enthusiasts...

 

[Cpntherfan]

Aiken, SC checking in! I'd love to meet some local chicken enthusiasts...

Welcome!

 

[Just reebok]

Welcome! Columbia here. Have family in Williston though. Glad you are here!

 

[gvilledh]

Ooooh. I definitely have Anastasia envy!!! I want a blue Orp!!!!! I am so going to remember this post !!!!!

I saw my first blue Orp at the farm at Biltmore House and Gardens. I knew then I really, really wanted one. The color is just so pretty. If you don't remember this post, someone on here can tell you who has them.

 

[samouw]

Aiken, SC checking in! I'd love to meet some local chicken enthusiasts...

Welcome! I'm also in Aiken - one the east side, just off I-20. How are your chickies handling this heat?

 

[Sharyno]

Yea! A fellow Aikenite! We're on the south side of town. My girls are adorable: one California White and four sex-linked red pullets. They stay in the shady part of their run, where I place their water, when the heat gets to them, and they spread their wings and pant. Last week my son felt sorry for them and thought they might enjoy a cool mist from the water hose -- they ran from the spray like it was liquid death! But they did enjoy "dust" bathing in the moistened soil. The heat doesn't seem to bother them too much. They play and forage more often than they wilt. They have not starting laying yet (hatched March 3) and they're our first chicks, so I have so much to learn. It sounds like you have a thriving coop and scads of experience! Any cooling-off tips?