Welcome to my pond - Swim, wade, or sit on the bank

[Chaos18]

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nah it's even Better, means you know enuff to stay off the thin ice

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Dodged a bullet on that one that's for sure.

Since I'm new round these parts what breeds of yours survived?

 

[Ravynscroft]

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nah it's even Better, means you know enuff to stay off the thin ice
Awe! Stop that now I'll start ! ! y'all too! So so much!

Did you see the pic of our Cemani cockerel? Looks a lot like your Svart, lol...

And check out this sweet girl...

 

[BYC910]

I have had chickens for 2 years but they have never gone broody. Does anyone know if any of these breeds are peticularly broody? Amber Sex Links, White Leghorns, Buff Brahma and Olive Eggers

I've been really busy in hay guys and have missed a lot . @ Flock Master64 I don't even know if anyone has answered your Question about why chickens stomp . several answers first being a sign of submission in mating retrial. Second male dominance third because they want to

They are birds and as such develop their own particular traits specific to each species . Next hens tend to be much broodier in their second year . Pullet until one full year of age and then a hen .Some breeds are much broodier than others . I have two black sexlinks that have never gone broody. They are three years old .Who's to say that if let go wild they would not have the survival traits of their cousins and nest to hatch in the spring every year starting with their first year

. Growing up with chickens we never interfered most nest were hidden wherever so needless to say more than one egg was cracked open to find a chick inside . My mothers chickens were free range. we had chicken coops but no runs laying boxes that sometimes they used and sometimes not . We would find the hen's nest but not bother it until after the hatch. With the exception of the bad eggs

it was a pretty easy system .

 

[Flock Master64]

Cool! Those are some really neat birds! Most people have issues with extra cockrels in one way or another, and I'm not surprised to hear you got another one easily. I generally eat mine

I only have 7 chickens and I'm only allowed 1 rooster or cockerel at a time so I don't eat mine, oh yeah those three raccoons the got my roo and hen, I killed them all

 

[WVduckchick]

I lost two of mine, a Black Copper Maran rooster and a White Leghorn hen to some raccoons

Marans. Even a singular Marans is a Marans. Not a maran.

Sorry, don't mean to sound rude, just sayin.... that's what we do here with folks we like. We tell it straight up!

whats the fun in that?

Awe! I'm sorry! How long have you worked on those lines? Will replacing the coc... Roo be difficult? The good thing about my losses is I've only been in poultry a year. I can't imagine the tol if I was five yrs along the breeding road...

I been around this crew since they started, ya can't hardly even surprise me. Ever since I found the birds, three threads ago

When they tell u be careful before ya burn the house down? Please heed that advice

Miss you bunches! Glad things are getting better. You know we got yer back darlin'!

Is that a bad thing if they never gave me that advice?

I've tried keeping the fires to a minimum...

But I'm sure it will happen some day!

 

[Chaos18]

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I've tried keeping the fires to a minimum...

But I'm sure it will happen some day!

Well you do a fine job. Although without gasoline it's kind of hard to start a fire on a pond

 

[WVduckchick]

I've been really busy in hay guys and have missed a lot . @ Flock Master64 I don't even know if anyone has answered your Question about why chickens stomp . several answers first being a sign of submission in mating retrial. Second male dominance third because they want to

They are birds and as such develop their own particular traits specific to each species . Next hens tend to be much broodier in their second year . Pullet until one full year of age and then a hen .Some breeds are much broodier than others . I have two black sexlinks that have never gone broody. They are three years old .Who's to say that if let go wild they would not have the survival traits of their cousins and nest to hatch in the spring every year starting with their first year

. Growing up with chickens we never interfered most nest were hidden wherever so needless to say more than one egg was cracked open to find a chick inside . My mothers chickens were free range. we had chicken coops but no runs laying boxes that sometimes they used and sometimes not . We would find the hen's nest but not bother it until after the hatch. With the exception of the bad eggs

it was a pretty easy system .

I've seen whitetail deer stomp plenty, but don't think I've seen my chickens do it.

 

[WVduckchick]

Well you do a fine job. Although without gasoline it's kind of hard to start a fire on a pond

I always have plenty of whiskey?

 

[Ravynscroft]

Well you do a fine job. Although without gasoline it's kind of hard to start a fire on a pond

Not when there's plenty of methane byproduct off the far end!

 

[Chaos18]

I always have plenty of whiskey?

If we do that then what are we supposed to drink? The pond water?

Not when there's plenty of methane byproduct off the far end!

Might be a little bit to explosive.