Surviving Minnesota!

[holm25]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/798635/sight-sexing-barred-plymouth-rock-chicks-at-hatch    Read up Ralphie . 

A dear BYC friend of mine (speckledhen) always posts pics of her BRs and her guess on males and can teach one pretty quick. Although her line is tough to tell now because she is getting some pretty sloppy head spots on pullets now.

 

[duluthralphie]

I think, I will be having a training session here to test ourselves and our ability to sex the Doms and Marans.


This will be an almost free class. Just bring a case of Mike's Cranberry or Black Cherry to share with me...


Cluckie you inspired me to have this training session!

 

[BantyChooks]

I think, I will be having a training session here to test ourselves and our ability to sex the Doms and Marans.


This will be an almost free class. Just bring a case of Mike's  Cranberry or Black Cherry to share with me...


Cluckie you inspired me to have this training session!

May I bring a box of quackers instead?

 

[duluthralphie]

No Quackers allowed!


I just went and checked I have all boys and one completely black bird with no spot and black legs.

 

[I Love Layers]

Some pictures I took today

Red Sex Link hen

Anna

Some of the cows, including my favorite Baldie front and center

Cochin egg

the Black Cockerel was perching on a bucket

Charlie, she should have kittens eithin the month.

New Blue Pullet and Gary




Blue Pullet by herself, she should start laying soon.

Black Frizzle Pullet. She usually hates me but sat here the whole time while i took a nap

Did a lit today, cleaned coop, brooder, and Cochin cages, put a makeshift cochin area together. I have an idea of what i want to build for the cochins this summer. All of the chicks are doing good and are becoming really active.

 

[duluthralphie]

good Morning, after an hour and half of trying to force sleep, I decided I might as well get up and steal the award from Erlibrd or Jerry today..

Nice Pictures Layers..




I just checked on my chicks in the brooder. I lost one of my precious PC chicks......I normally do not say anything when a chick dies, it happens, but the PC dying is disappointing. I need all I can get if them.

 

[ejb3810]

Ralphie, I had a good laugh at your response to my post. I do not think you should make such references to members of your own family however ?

Nice photos Layers.

Ralphie, it seems that you are getting much help in the Marans vs Dominique identification question. Hope it results in mystery being solved.

 

[jerryse]

Ralphie if you can not tell a rose comb from a single comb chick I think you may be untrainable on sexing chicks .

 

[Cluckies]

Morning peeps. Glad I could inspire you Ralphie!

Layers, nice pics, thanks for sharing.

Ok, so remember I was saying how great my girls looked? Well about a week ago, I come home from work, go let them out, and 3 of them look like their lower backs got into a shredder, terrible, the feathers are all wavy, broken off, crazyness. I have no rooster. Still trying to figure that one out. The only thing I can think is that when they dust bath, Fi "helps" them by picking at them, I've seen her do it and be really rough. But not to this extent. So not sure if that is it. I raised their door up in case they were scraping it. But it all happened in 1 day... Have any of you had this?

 

[Momof3plustwins]

Getting up and ready to eat then clearing out of the hotel on over to Ralphie's later this morning.