Recent content by b-cuz

opossum, raccoon, or skunk are your most likely suspects. Foxes will kill everything in the pen, then eat what they want. Redtail and Coopers hawks will kill full grown chickens and eat head, neck, & sometimes part of the breast meat. I had a 3 year old Buff Orpington Roo that they killed...

Good lookin' comets.

I've found that given a choice of wheat straw (which I used to use) and pine straw, the chickens prefer the nest with pine straw (needles) over the wheat straw. I, also, used to put pine shavings under the wheat straw because of the fresh smell and it didn't make my chickens sick. I have a 6'...

I saw an ad in our EMC monthly magazine for a hatchery I hadn't heard of before. Red Top Chick Farm Box 100 Marietta, PA 17547 Does anyone know about Red Top Chick Farm or have you ordered from them?

Quote: I have not bred this combination, I only know what has been written on the topic on the internet in such places as these: http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGP/Sex-links/BRKSexLink.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_Link Based on that, your second two combinations are correct...

Might be too late to get any response since last post was 1/19, but I was curious as to how we know which breeds have the silver gene? Is there somewhere on the web that is a resource for chicken genetics? Another comment: in the 2009 Meyer Hatchery catalog under Golden Buff they say that the...

Looks like you're an accomplished builder to me. When do you start selling them???

Thank you all for the info. What I'm hearing is that they would be, as MissPrissy said, mixed breed barnyard variety or as someone in another post said, mongrel chickens. I'm not sure if I want to do that or try to keep my breeds true. We have 2 Plymouth Barred Rock x Old English Game hens...

I have a mixed flock, 4 Buff Orp. hens, 3 RIR hens, 2 Barred Rock/Old English Game hens, 2 Brown Leghorn hens, 2 Black Australorp hens, & 1 Buff Orp. Rooster. I was wondering what a Buff Orp/Black Australorp cross would look like. I like the attributes of both. Anyone have any? If so, any...

Can't wait for the pics. I won't be able to help you pick the best due to lack of my knowledge, but I think the Welsumer is a pretty rooster. Someone told me that the original Kellogg's Corn Flakes rooster was a Welsumer. Pretty!

Well, y'all, a Yankee friend of mine from NYC (New York City not Chicken) gave me a very good recipe for a crock pot. It's more like a dessert to me, but most Boston Baked Beans are. 1 lb . dry navy beans 1/2 lb. bacon 1/2 C molasses 1/2 C brown sugar 2-3 tsp (heaping) brown mustard 1 ea...

Woody pet? Is that a brand name? I'm not familiar with it. Give us some more info, please.

Like Michigan Chickman, I use a combo, too. I spread a thin layer of pine chips, then cover with straw both on the floor and in the nests. I use the pine chips mainly for the gooood fragrance. My neighbor across the road has a different approach. He gets busted bags of top soil, that are...

Thanks everyone. This info helps a lot and is what I kinda figured. Yes, there were a lot of feathers 3 to 4 weeks ago. Again, thanks for the good info. I passed it on to my friend.