Virginia

[tairis]

Thank you!!!!

 

[jmarie]

Hello I have a question,
I had to butcher one of my astrolorps the other day because of a injury (sigh, the one my daughter named and carried around...NO more named chickens)

my question is this... she was about 9 months old and a great layer, but she was very fatty. Is this good or bad. I dont know if she was fatty due to breed or because she ate well.

 

[am07hm10]

Hi! We are in Spotsylvania. We just got our first hens on Wednesday. Three Rhode Island Reds. We absolutely love them! We have a 25 foot by 25 foot run for them but let them free range in our yard all day while I am home. I can't wait to get more but we are waiting until the spring to get some chicks. Does anyone have problems with their cat attacking your chickens? Our cat LOVES to hunt and she has gone after the chickens a couple times now. :/

 

[City Chicken]

Hey everyone. Im in lynchburg and i am looking for black australorps.

 

[tairis]

We have a couple of roosters I have seen go after the cat....needless to say, our cat has never been a problem, thankfully.

 

[ki4got]

Hi! We are in Spotsylvania. We just got our first hens on Wednesday. Three Rhode Island Reds. We absolutely love them! We have a 25 foot by 25 foot run for them but let them free range in our yard all day while I am home. I can't wait to get more but we are waiting until the spring to get some chicks. Does anyone have problems with their cat attacking your chickens? Our cat LOVES to hunt and she has gone after the chickens a couple times now. :/

my short haired boy doesn't really go after the chickens, but he seems to like herding them somewhat. LOL if i'm trying to get them to go to bed, he seems to know the routine and will go around behind them and push them my direction... heck the cat herds chickens better than the dog does. LOL then again, standard poodles aren't herding dogs. but then I've never heard of cats doing that either...

my 2 maine coon girls I think wouldn't think twice about making a meal of a tiny chick if they could get to it, but for the big birds, usually they stay clear. then again they learned all about birds with my blue and gold macaw. and she bites fast and hard, any paws venturing into her cage...

 

[tairis]

We do keep the cat away from any young chicks we are raising, as we aren't sure if there would be an issue there. If the chicks or keets are with the mamas, she doesn't try to take them on and thus leaves the babies alone. I am sure there are cats a bit braver, but fortunately, we don't have that problem. Had a chicken run off with a keet the other day though...we got it back unharmed, but that was sure an eye-opening experience!

 

[pysankigirl]

cloudy and my camera doesn't really do cloudy well, but...

Xander and his girls in the garden:



currently terrorizing the flock but hopefully someday their Guardian, Quigley:



my new favorite Rooster: "Truffles"

 

[ChickenGrit]

My chickens were raised as chicks with my cat. I think the chickens think he is an orange four legged chicken. When they were small I didn't allow the cat to be alone with them...too much temptation to "hunt". Now the cat just finds the chickens mildly annoying, because they like to drink out of his dish and eat whatever is in his bowl. I do not trust strange cats, of course.

 

[ChickenGrit]

CityChicken-----I have some black australorps chicks that were hatched 7-15. We plan on selling some. How many did you want?
We are off I-81 Exit 60.