South Carolina

[WestKnollAmy]

Jackie B. :

Lord you don't get on for 4 days and you have 10 pages to catch up on! ok wha'ts the deal? My D'anvers still have not laid!! Amy or Kimberly, do you think they're older than what we thought?

Nah! I don't think they are too old, I think they are just too cold! Come April you will be getting those sweet little eggs quite often. My d'Uccles have given me very few and I am surprised I ever get any! Sometimes I get one a week and sometimes it is 2 or 3 weeks before I see another. They will get the hang of it when the days are longer.

What say you, Kimberly?

 

[WestKnollAmy]

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How pretty! Don't you love it when they dapple like that? My guy only does it a few weeks in the spring and then it goes away.

Want another horse? I am about to turn this ignoramus into dog food. He begs to be let out on the front pasture where there is plenty of grass and then an hour later he tears down the electric fence and runs down to the barn where he can destroy as many chicken fences as possible. I lock him in the back pasture because it is hog wire and barb wire along the top. Although he tears that down sometimes, too.

 

[Patsy29332]

jessica.anne :

Where am I??

Winnsboro, SC here!!

 

[RockerHen]

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How pretty! Don't you love it when they dapple like that? My guy only does it a few weeks in the spring and then it goes away.

Want another horse? I am about to turn this ignoramus into dog food. He begs to be let out on the front pasture where there is plenty of grass and then an hour later he tears down the electric fence and runs down to the barn where he can destroy as many chicken fences as possible. I lock him in the back pasture because it is hog wire and barb wire along the top. Although he tears that down sometimes, too.

I do love it. Penny dappled early, Sugar later in the summer. And haha

We left our truck in our back pasture one day, with Sugar, and that night when we went to get it there were long gashes on the hood where she had dragged her teeth down the hood

We've had her since she was a baby (her mother died at birth) and she thinks shes a person and/or dog and she has a right to test out anything we own

 

[ChickyChickyBaby]

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Dunno about much you asked about - I wanted fainting goats, and Nubians......didn't get what I wanted though..........

 

[ChickyChickyBaby]

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Nah! I don't think they are too old, I think they are just too cold! Come April you will be getting those sweet little eggs quite often. My d'Uccles have given me very few and I am surprised I ever get any! Sometimes I get one a week and sometimes it is 2 or 3 weeks before I see another. They will get the hang of it when the days are longer.

What say you, Kimberly?

I want to say young, not old. I have noticed with some of my younger birds, various breeds, sometimes the ones hatched that year won't start laying until Spring of the next year.
For mine, it hasn't mattered if a Spring or Fall hatch, I get eggs the next spring.

With a lot of my LF, They stop at least 4 months out of the year... some for one or two months, some for longer! ... but should be starting back in feb.. the only large fowl that seem to take the shortest breaks are our sex links......

my silkies tend to lay through the winter, but not as steady as in the spring. Other bantams have not laid at all since molt.

 

[ChickyChickyBaby]

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Gorgeous!

 

[ChickyChickyBaby]

jessica.anne :

Where am I??

Winnsboro, SC here!!

 

[dixiebeast]

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Dunno about much you asked about - I wanted fainting goats, and Nubians......didn't get what I wanted though..........

Fainting goats are HILARIOUS!! I spent some time reading yesterday and since I like small goats but want milk for soap and lotion pygmies are gonna be good...they produce a smaller amount of milk but will stay in milk just as long and thier milk has a higher protien and fat ratio which would make great soaps!! They are just so tiny and cute too! I have been around a few goats through the years and I like those the best but wanted milk...so I figured I would need some Nubian too...but I dont want tons of milk so I am glad I did my research!! And if I get a Fainting(another I want) you can come play with it too!! LOL

 

[gvilledh]

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Rufus seemed afraid of loud noises but that was just the first few days. I think it was all part of the anxiety of the move. He seems fine now. Two of them are in pastures with 48' fencing. Rufus is just roaming around on his own. He doesn't go far. He knows this area of the farm is "home". If he goes after something (and he did almost go to the front of the farm yesterday which is about 1/4 mile away), he comes right back. Keeper has gotten under the pasture fencing a few times but now she stays put. I really think once they learn where they are supposed to be, they stay. Of course, mine are adults and have been trained well. They definitely know "bad dog" and respond to it. I wish we had gotten these last year. They do bark a lot during the night but we just assume there's stuff to bark at. We don't really have any neighbors so it's not a big deal for us. I love them and my husband has been telling everyone how impressed he is with this breed (and he's a lab lover!).

I knew you would love them once you got one! I am so glad you went with adults that are already trained! Pups are very hard to start with and take a bit of training and patience. The good thing is once you have a well trained one it is a good idea to get a youngster so the old dog can train the young one. A big mistake is making them house dogs. Yours sound very well trained and you now know the benefit of having them! It is just amazing to have that weight lifted from your shoulders when you get a great guard dog like that.

Here are my fearless farm dogs!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/9332_farm_dogs_1-12.jpg

Amy, I LOVE this picture! It just warms my heart to know that Roxy has such a good home. When you wrote that you were her fourth (I think) home, I knew she needed some stability in her little life and had a feeling she had just landed in butter. I bet she is one happy little Dixie. I also bet her nose is on her overdrive with all the farm smells!