I’m pretty happy with the weather in WNC I have to say. I sweep the snow off the walk a couple times a year and aside from that one hurricane I don’t really mind the rain either.
More for me then! I like white meat in pot pie but the little “oysters” on the back of the chicken are the best part of the bird. I save those for myself teehee
It’s totally not definitive lol. To me it means doing as little as you can get away with. Like the bare minimum if possible. For example…my “learned the hard way” lesson: I had a cream legbar pullet I was integrating in a see-no-touch situation (wire dog kennel next to the run). Something...
Haha yeah I first heard it in the south and the person talking about them (with a thick Appalachian mountain accent) must have thought I was such a yankee when I said “you mean Dom-in-iques?” Now he knows I’m really just a chicken snob 😆
I heard this term recently too and I thought it referred to Dominiques. I found some confirmation in a breed guide or something I read but can’t remember exactly where that was. Out of curiosity, did your great grandparents live in the south?
I just popped in to say I have used New Skin on a chicken and even super glue. 😮
I used the New Skin on my rooster’s foot because I had poked around to inspect what I thought was bumblefoot and there is no way I could wrap my free-range rooster’s foot so I put a generous amount of new skin (the...
I’ve changed my mind. Kraken’s comb looks too red for 9 weeks. I vote male now. Three more weeks and feathering should start to confirm. Really hope I’m wrong
The stress of the attack could be enough to make them stop laying. Are any of them molting? Also this time of year even some new layers will slow down.
We ordered a ton of stuff from them recently and it showed up in a box that looked like it had been used as a football then wrapped in packing tape. There were over 2 dozen small items missing from the order. Then it was a circus getting them on the phone.