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[AllenK RGV]

Then it has got to be the bunnies! In north Texas the cat loved bringing home snakes from the creek out back. Never a copperhead though.

Ok so the dogs were taking the eggs, I found the hidden laying spot under my pool deck.

 

[AllenK RGV]

Ok Cull Bill made it to the barbershop, so he can behave more like a rooster. Being able to see really changes their behavior tremendously. Notice the flat apathetic pose from photo above, to now he has a normal arched back with his head held high and alert. There are still some refinements I want to make to this cut, but didn't want to stress him too badly first time around.

 

[SunHwaKwon]

Ok Cull Bill made it to the barbershop, so he can behave more like a rooster. Being able to see really changes their behavior tremendously. Notice the flat apathetic pose from photo above, to now he has a normal arched back with his head held high and alert. There are still some refinements I want to make to this cut, but didn't want to stress him too badly first time around. View attachment 1893871

I have been giving the same "haircut" to my polish. It seems to make them happier and able to chicken better.

 

[AllenK RGV]

I have been giving the same "haircut" to my polish. It seems to make them happier and able to chicken better.

See and I thought I was just being crazy initially!

 

[texsuze]

Do any of you have ideal hatchery welsummers?
I'm not looking for breeder quality, just good personalities and darker brown eggs.

Janiedoe, I saw Welsummer pullets at TSC, although it was either Fredericksburg or Kerrville. For some reason, those two stores have had fairly decent breeds of pullets.

 

[Tesumph]

Do any of you have ideal hatchery welsummers?
I'm not looking for breeder quality, just good personalities and darker brown eggs.

I do and I love her. She’s confident but not a bully, and is always the first to greet me.
She’s a real diva, loves to be in front of the camera.



Her egg with a barred rock and buff Orpington’s.

 

[janiedoe]

I do and I love her. She’s confident but not a bully, and is always the first to greet me.
She’s a real diva, loves to be in front of the camera.
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Her egg with a barred rock and buff Orpington’s.
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What a cutie! I love that egg too. I was going to pick some up from tsc (from ideal) this week but I'm going to have to wait for spring. Too many goings- on right now and no broodies to raise them for me.

 

[janiedoe]

@SunHwaKwon & @AllenK RGV have you considered hairspray and back-combing? A couple of Bobby pins might be needed too. Maybe ya'll could open a chicken salon!

 

[AllenK RGV]

I'd love to have a cat. Unfortunately, I have 2 boxers that aren't cat friendly. My younger girls are laying eggs all over the yard and in the woods too, since the snake sightings. It's an egg hunt every day.
If the older girls are laying (they aren't freeranged) something is definately taking eggs.

You could always send your boxers here, my beast of a cat hasn't met a dog he can't tame yet. From a 90 pound German Shepherd to 75 pound Lab's with attitudes. Even a pit-mix cat hater has been tamed by this cat. As a kitten the first thing he did when we found him at Salado Creek in San Antonio was stick himself to my dog's face(the 90 pound German Shepherd).

 

[janiedoe]

You could always send your boxers here, my beast of a cat hasn't met a dog he can't tame yet. From a 90 pound German Shepherd to 75 pound Lab's with attitudes. Even a pit-mix cat hater has been tamed by this cat. As a kitten the first thing he did when we found him at Salado Creek in San Antonio was stick himself to my dog's face(the 90 pound German Shepherd).

Lol. My brother has a cat like that. I tried to talk him out of it, but it was a "no".