The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

[Leahs Mom]

Eggcessive - nice hen house and chick photos! That rooster is pretty!

 

[Leahs Mom]

Here are some photos of my 10 wk old "babies" (SFH)

Blue









"Orange"










Rooster White










Black








And the Family...Mom is still hanging in with them and staying on the floor w/them at night.

 

[Leahs Mom]

My reason for thinking it's a he. Look at the stance and attitude.

It will be interesting to see how "he" turns out!

 

[Eggcessive]

Thanks, but my coop is needing a cleaning this spring. We save our plastic feedbags from Purina and staple them to the walls in late fall to keep things warmer in winter, since my walls have large spaces between boards. It's amazing how dirty those walls look in early spring, but it works. My mailbox nest is quite popular for the laying hens. I love your chick Thor Sally8--so sorry your others didn't hatch. Congratulations Delisha on your new chicks.

Kim

 

[ssterling1776]

They are sooooo pretty! I really want some!

Here are some photos of my 10 wk old "babies" (SFH) Blue "Orange" Rooster White Black And the Family...Mom is still hanging in with them and staying on the floor w/them at night.

 

[Eggcessive]

Leahs Mom, those are sweet little flower hens. You have quite a few crested ones.

 

[countrygirl74]

Here are some pictures of my salmon faverolles with their chicks being brooded byone of my ameraucana hens.

Pretty birds! I was thinking about picking up a couple of these birds when they come in next week. Any info you can share about this breed? I know nothing about them and was wondering whether or not I should try these ones out.



DELISHA - Yay for hatching silkies!

I use rubber dishes for my water right now, use glass "casserole" dishes for the fermented feed for both ducks and chickens. I use the rubber simply because they're easy to deal with in the winter with easily dumping the ice blocks and refilling. I wonder if I should use plastic in the summer? I am trying to decide on something different to use for the ducks that would be deeper for them, but still easily reachable. All the buckets seem too tall. Right now they have a rubber bowl and a galvanized tub.

 

[Leahs Mom]

I'm interested in hearing about the salmon faverolles too...I've never read about them.

 

[Leahs Mom]

Leahs Mom, those are sweet little flower hens. You have quite a few crested ones.

There are just the 4 - blue, orange, white, black (I put several photos of each). I have 2 crested (blue and rooster white) and 2 not (black and orange).

 

[Sally8]

It will be interesting to see how "he" turns out!

You are too funny! lol sue