I found some Cuckoo Marans at a feed store and purchased one hen, she is around 2 months old now, does anyone else have any of these, I hear the eggs are a chocolate color and they seem to look like a Barred Rock, anyone care to add a comment in regards to Cuckoo's.
I have a 3 month old lab and she hasn't killed a chicken, but she loves to flush and chase them, she has actually caught a couple of them, one she plucked the tail feathers from her and the other she seemed to be licking, well I caught her in action and in return I chased her and caught her and...
We had white tail deer backstrap from Pennsyvania along with some baked yams, watercress soup, ching choy and a gravy my wife made, absolutely delicious.
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We live in Fair Oaks, and currently have over 30 chickens not a problem here, I checked with the county and they told me as long as we meant the size requirement on our property there was no limit on how many hens or roosters we could keep. I have talked with neighbors and they haven't...
We don't keep ours past two years, we currently have eight that are around one and a half years old, and they are still laying well, we will probally cull them out soon since the younger ones are starting to produce. My wife puts them in a soup pot, she cooks them whole and then takes its out...
We have one white and two brown leghorn chickens they lay wonderful eggs, I have no problem with their personalities since ours our not pets. My wife is always threatening to clip one of the brown leghorns wings, she likes to fly up to the roof of our house or into the trees, it doesn't bother...