The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

[aoxa]

totally normal. It can get really loud around here sometimes between the hens and the egg song, the roosters joining in, and sometimes it gets the ducks carrying on

Yep. My roosters LOVE joining in. It can be VERY loud.

 

[Arkansas81]

I've been able to be out there long enough to watch my girls today. I was able to watch 5 of them lay so I've been able to figure out what egg goes to whom. YIPPEEEE!!




I have hatching eggs ready to go, $5.00 a dozen, I will ship.

 

[aoxa]

Stony - do you have one of the electric plucker thingies? I guess the idea behind the torch was to remove the very last little feathers that you can't get out by hand. How do you handle those?

My MIL said she loves getting those pin feathers out. They are like pimples. I'll let her do it lol.

Will there be a pop quiz??

Study up!

 

[Arkansas81]

I've been able to be out there long enough to watch my girls today. I was able to watch 5 of them lay so I've been able to figure out what egg goes to whom. YIPPEEEE!!




I have hatching eggs ready to go, $5.00 a dozen, I will ship.

That green color is horrible! I just might be blind...sorry

 

[Bulldogma]

That green color is horrible! I just might be blind...sorry

It's a wonderful thing to know what eggs come from what girls!! And yeah - the green was a bit difficult on the eyes. LOL

 

[atmaclean]

Ohhhh can you post a photo of one of those marans eggs!!!

This is the one she laid today! The one above it is the Cream Legbar egg. The one to the right is one of my Ameracaunas.
Angela

 

[jendodd79]

This is the one she laid today! The one above it is the Cream Legbar egg. The one to the right is one of my Ameracaunas.
Angela

Wow! That's quite the rainbow!

 

[Arkansas81]

This is the one she laid today! The one above it is the Cream Legbar egg. The one to the right is one of my Ameracaunas.
Angela

OH MY

I just have to have some marans!! I just love thos beautiful eggs!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I also want some that lay blue eggs, I've ended up with olive eggers...I don't know much about legbars...plz do tell

 

[TurtlePowerTrav]

Quote: Oh yeah. Never would have got the Silkies from a hatchery. Especially since we may breed in the future, wanted good stock. I think some of my reasons also have to do with supporting local business/farms as much as possible. We don't have any big name hatcheries here in Oregon. There are some mid sized ones, but I would rather buy from someone I can see the conditions they are raised in.

Quote:
The green is not as hard to read once it is nested in a quote, but against the grey, ouch.

 

[atmaclean]

Wow! That's quite the rainbow!

The lightest brown are the Swedish Flower Hens. The other browns are most likely the Lavender and Lemon Cuckoo girls

Angela