The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

[kian]

Got a few days with nothing to do? Read all about FF (fermented feed) in the link below....

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/645057/fermented-feeds-anyone-using-them

also,,,,,
To the Natural Chicken Keeping Thread!

MB

This made me laugh Welcome to the board!

Love the chicken saddle photos, I agree, that last pic needs to be entered in the contest!

 

[farmerfogg]

How old is he? Young cockerels under a year can be hard on pullets. This time of year they are coming into high testosterone. That should temper down soon. He might need one more hen. When they are two they are perfect for breeding, however sperm count also drops as they age. If he is tearing skin it is time to remove those spurs.

Thanks for replying, delisha. He is almost a year old now. He hatched out in May. His spurs have not come to a point yet, they're still round. If I were to get another hen, I suppose I would seek out hens that are already laying? I appreciate your advise.

 

[kian]

Some photos of the girls enjoying the nice temps yesterday (68 degrees. Today it's supposed to be 48 degrees.)









This is the only time she looks bigger than the chickens! She thinks she's funny chasing them until they turn around on her. Then *she's* the one running for safety! They have zero fear of her.

 

[Angel16]

Got a few days with nothing to do? Read all about FF (fermented feed) in the link below....

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/645057/fermented-feeds-anyone-using-them

also,,,,,
To the Natural Chicken Keeping Thread!

MB

thank you!!

 

[Melabella]

thank you!!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/644300/fermenting-feed-for-meat-birds#post_8683372 Here is another link as well,,,,

and you're welcome!

MB

 

[aoxa]

My silkie chick is mean. He.she spend all day picking on other chicks feet. My poor cochin and marans have no feather left on there feet.




He/she does not want to stand up for me taking this picture. He had nice feathers on his feet too but now they are almost gone. Split wing too..darn..is split wing a cull?

Not at this age.

 

[aoxa]

Am I going crazy, or is my Eloise a rooster? She was sure trying to crow out there this morning. Loud enough for the neighbours to hear as soon as I let her out. None of my hens have ever done this before and I *swear* she's currently my only egg layer. It was definitely a cockadoodledoo sound?!?!?!




I'm not crazy, that's a pullet right?

Definitely a girl

thank you - yes weather, overall constitution -- excuse my chicken -- je ne c'est q'uai -- ignorance? -- but they APPEAR like they belong inside, on display - Mumsy talking about feather snow shoes made me look at them with a completely different eye.

guessing in mixed flocks they do not compete well? - get picked on due to size, or other chicken reasons -

and your avocado comment a little back made me smile -- was talking to DH last night about chickens & scraps (our cats have become fussy & leaving bits of canned food, which the chickens fight over) -- & I mentioned the avocado warning - to which I said something like - I don't know why they would eat it if it was so bad???

so you have also reinforced my - when it comes to vegetable matters - they're smarter than some give them credit for! Thx -

They "shouldn't" eat a lot of citrus - and they don't. They'll pick at it, but they don't usually go crazy for it like they would something that they should eat.

 

[jendodd79]

she is a pullet and pullets and hens do crow..now a full throttle crow..but they sure try to copy the crow

Wow! That sure gave me a start this morning. It was so loud! I went running outside in a panic, lol!

 

[midnightroo]

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Wow!  That sure gave me a start this morning.  It was so loud!   I went running outside in a panic, lol!

too funny!
Cute photos elliemae & kian!

Welcome new bird.

 

[loanwizard]

68 today 48 tomorrow.... Boo Hoo cry me a river! Some of us here won't feel sorry for you at all!

Folks, there is something wrong with me!

Brought that dang dog in so that the rescue lady could pick him up.... well found out that she doesn't have a tie out, only a topless kennel.... Yes, the poodles show off their pom poms there at the topless kennel, but you have to have a pedigree to enter, paper not dog food....

Anyway, I told her I would keep him til I found the right home, otherwise he would escape and get shot or sheltered which is an extension but still an execution. The more I think about this dogs life the harder it is going to be, so now I am seriously thinking about training him to not kill my chickens.

This is after a customer opens the door, out shoots the dog out in the middle of 7th Street, kinda loping up the road. Running... not away from me, but fast enough that this retired Chippendale smoker was puffing like a steam locomotive halfway uptown before I dove and grabbed his choker, skinning my hands and ripping a new hole in my 100.00 holy jeans.... ok, part of that is a big stretch....

What is Wrong with me Dr Phyllis?