The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

[SallyinIndiana]

Any ideas what breed this duck is? It came out of what was supposed to be a Khaki duck egg.

 

[Bulldogma]

For those who enjoy chicken (and other farm-related photos) there is a new thing up featuring some nice ones from the last 2 weeks!

 

[aoxa]

For those who enjoy chicken (and other farm-related photos) there is a new thing up featuring some nice ones from the last 2 weeks!

Wait.. when did you get silkie chicks?

 

[jockeyeba]

Took some more pic's of the mystery chicks today, it's almost impossible since I can't open the cage, their little escape artists oh & they make baby chicken chirps

 

[mikkles]

Took some more pic's of the mystery chicks today, it's almost impossible since I can't open the cage, their little escape artists oh & they make baby chicken chirps

Whatever they are, they sure have some beakage huh?

 

[Bulldogma]

Aoxa - We got the Silkie chicks 3 weeks ago this coming Monday when I got the BCM eggs to put under the broodies and the BCM chicks to go with the single SFH chick Darth 'Bator hatched. She wouldn't sell less than 6 chicks, so we got 4 BCM chicks and 2 Silkies (Betty and Mabel).

 

[jockeyeba]

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[camilleathome]

Thought I would share some photos I took of the flock today.














Lucky little mottled houdan. This guy half drowned and survived, Then was found in Henrys mouth with feathers all around him but hes still kicking. Hopefully hell learn to be a bit more cautious... XD. This is the one where I came online here cursing my kiddy pool as another houdan had died. Well he survived against all odds.

 

[NanaLynn]

Wow, took over an hour to catch up 400+ posts. My work schedule has me VERY busy. I picked up a mating pair of Buff Silkies last week to help a friend financially downsize her flock. Have one of their eggs under a broody with a bunch of other bantam Salmon Faverolles and Light Brown Leghorn eggs. I have some smut to breed out in the Buff, but have the time and space to work with it. Also got a Blue Grey Silkie(Genetically Blue, colored Grey and was told the color should be called Blue Grey by Sonoran Silkies), it is the product of my Buff cock over a Splash hen. Not sure on what is going to happen with this one. I may try and produce this color in my yard since I have the BBS to work with, then see what comes out with breeding the Blue Grey together and see if it breeds true or not. Finally ate our last "Frankenchicken". Prolly not going to do Cornish X again. I am thinking of Dark Cornish or Favorolles for my meat birds. I have access to both within 10 minutes of my home. So in the BBS and pet Silkie pen I have 3 Blue cockerels ages 5-9months(penned together separate) and Special Needs Porcelain cockerel with my PQ Buff/Lav Split pullet, a Black pullet, Light Blue pullet, and Dark Blue pullet ages 4-9months(penned together in the larger section of the Silkie pen). The Buffs and Blue Grey I got last weekend are in a quarantine pen and they are inside the tractor. I have about 20' buffer zone around the tractor, not the greatest quarantine, but it is the best I can do with what I have. Gonna be getting 3 Blue Marans chicks next weekend to grow out and put with my Wheaten Marans cockerel, gonna work on Blue Wheaten Marans. I will be processing 2 OE cockerels and a Fav cockerel once they are a good eating weight. Other than that just waiting on my original girls to start molting and the juvies to start laying. Crazy life on this mini farm.

Sounds like you have a large variety of chickens. I'm curious, why are you not planning on having Cornish X again? We're thinking of getting some meat birds and have never done it before, so I'd like any opinions anyone has. Thanks!

 

[OohLaLa]

Great pics