Virginia

[vpatt]

Hmmmmm.......

 

[vpatt]

Sigh....the saddest sound must be a beautiful fresh egg being crushed in your pocket.

 

[vpatt]

I am thinking. My little black girl phoenix Bantam (his mommy) has a silver necklace. She is not all black. Is yours? Do you have a Roo? This is the son. The Daddy looks just like him with his mommy. I am keeping his mommy and daddy. He is available free to a good home.

So sorry....I must have read the first part of your post and not the whole. Yes Ebony is solid black with turquoise glimmer in the sun. She has dark legs and face tho not really black.I have one rooster already.....he is about seven months old and is a full size Dominique......what do you think? There is the little six week old roo.....not sure of his fate yet. And where do you live? I cannot keep things straight as I read so many different threads...sorry. I am thinking Roanoke?

 

[MistyMountain]

Sigh....the saddest sound must be a beautiful fresh egg being crushed in your pocket.

I might have you beat… the day we had snow on the ground the chickens didn't want to come out of the coop. I went in, filled feeders and collected eggs. I put them in my bucket on the crate just outside the coop. I then went in to flip the bedding. One of the BO's decided she wanted to go out but changed her mind as soon as one foot hit the snow. She hooked around and bounced off the crate knocking my feed bucket with 6 beautiful fresh CLEAN eggs to the ground. Not a one was spared.

I thought I got rid of all the loopy birds when the brown leghorns left. I guess not.

 

[ApiaryandAviary]

I might have you beat… the day we had snow on the ground the chickens didn't want to come out of the coop. I went in, filled feeders and collected eggs. I put them in my bucket on the crate just outside the coop. I then went in to flip the bedding. One of the BO's decided she wanted to go out but changed her mind as soon as one foot hit the snow. She hooked around and bounced off the crate knocking my feed bucket with 6 beautiful fresh CLEAN eggs to the ground. Not a one was spared. 

I thought I got rid of all the loopy birds when the brown leghorns left. I guess not.

What Brown Leghorns are loopy?
My son has three White Leg horns and they are the barnyard standup comedians. Now I know I will get my son three of these this Spring if they are just as goofy as the whites.

 

[ApiaryandAviary]

So sorry....I must have read the first part of your post and not the whole. Yes Ebony is solid black with turquoise glimmer in the sun. She has dark legs and face tho not really black.I have one rooster already.....he is about seven months old and is a full size Dominique......what do you think? There is the little six week old roo.....not sure of his fate yet. And where do you live? I cannot keep things straight as I read so many different threads...sorry. I am thinking Roanoke?

A Phoenix Bantam and Dominique mix, now that sounds pretty but will it sell Spring and Summer? Come March, I will nolonger be giving away. i will be taking to the Flock Swaps and selling. But you have a roo and I did not know that. I would give him to someone that does not have a roo as this little guy is a dandy not a fighter. And if Roos are not raised together they might fight but only if there are girls around. I have fooled some if the older roos by putting in girl and boy chix and in a few weeks when they figure out it is a roo it is too late they are already united as a flock. That is why for several runs I have two roos of different ages.

 

[MistyMountain]

What Brown Leghorns are loopy?
My son has three White Leg horns and they are the barnyard standup comedians. Now I know I will get my son three of these this Spring if they are just as goofy as the whites.

The brown leghorns I used to have were really bird-brained. If there was a bowl of food, water, or anything you did not want a chicken to stand in or knock over, you better believe those leghorns were going to mess with it. My white ones are perfect little puppy dogs. They come up to the house and look in the windows. Calm as can be, maybe too calm. I have to be careful not to step on them. Those browns, though, wore me out. If it was not covered or screwed down, they would mess with it. It wasn't like they did it on purpose, it was more like they had no sense. Egg laying machines, though!

 

[ApiaryandAviary]

The brown leghorns I used to have were really bird-brained. If there was a bowl of food, water, or anything you did not want a chicken to stand in or knock over, you better believe those leghorns were going to mess with it. My white ones are perfect little puppy dogs. They come up to the house and look in the windows. Calm as can be, maybe too calm. I have to be careful not to step on them. Those browns, though, wore me out. If it was not covered or screwed down, they would mess with it. It wasn't like they did it on purpose, it was more like they had no sense. Egg laying machines, though!

Well
If it keeps My son busy, all the better, and egg laying machines is the topping on the sundae. We use eggs to mix in feed to feed back to them.

 

[vpatt]

A Phoenix Bantam and Dominique mix, now that sounds pretty but will it sell Spring and Summer? Come March, I will nolonger be giving away. i will be taking to the Flock Swaps and selling. But you have a roo and I did not know that. I would give him to someone that does not have a roo as this little guy is a dandy not a fighter. And if Roos are not raised together they might fight but only if there are girls around. I have fooled some if the older roos by putting in girl and boy chix and in a few weeks when they figure out it is a roo it is too late they are already united as a flock. That is why for several runs I have two roos of different ages.

Oh...well...it was not meant to be......

Is there someone on this thread who has Swedish Flower Hens?

 

[vpatt]

Oh...well...it was not meant to be......

Is there someone on this thread who has Swedish Flower Hens?

It is ki4got! I really want a couple of these girls.....