Hello! I have a very sweet female african goose who is all by her lonesome. I had another african, but the individual I had placed in charge of caring for my fowl while I was on vacation failed to put the birds away at night in a timely manner and she disappeared. I am very close to my geese and...
May 16th, started the addiction early, purchased 2, day old Royal Palm poults. Currently living with chicks, and doing well. They're absolutely adorable!!! On 30% protein, electrolytes in water
Living with turkeys day 2, Operation Adorable stage
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Porters order due in a couple weeks...
Hey guys! New topic for tonight. I've been doing a lot of research lately on game breeds. I absolutely love how interesting and intimidating the asian game birds look and I came across both Ko Shamo and Bantam Shamo. I know that Ko Shamo are considered a true bantam and a different breed, while...
Welp, I'm finally sucked into turkeys can't get enough of them! I've been raising chickens and ducks for a looongggg time, turkeys have always been at the back of my mind, but when a 10x20 run suddenly finds itself without use, why not start now? I guess I'll start getting addicted to these...
Late last summer, Blackbird was kickin' back, enjoying the last day of one of her ever so enjoyable Fairs. Being that it was last day, a few competitors had brought in birds to sell off to whoever wanted them. A friend's family had brought many small, various colored silkie chicks to sell...
My beautiful, calm, trustworthy rooster died bravely. Here is his story
Told in the view of Buddy (aka Blackbird), The Ameraucana rooster~
It was mid summer, I was out near the house, hanging around Buffy. She was an older girl, getting larger every year. Buff brahmas tend to be like that. I...
Well, I have both Lavender and Mottled D'uccles, why not cross them? Next spring or possibly this fall I will put in the initial crossing. Offspring should be Black recessive Lav, mottled. If this project goes according to plan, It will only be a 2-3 year thing
Personally, I'm very Excited...
4 Assorted Silkies
3 Lavender D'uccles
2 Black Frizzle Cochins
3 Mille Fluer Pyncheons (used to have 4, but one died. It was returned and replaced with a Mottled D'uccle pics of it later)
1 White Crested Black Polish
1 Mottled D'uccle (replacement for dead Pyncheon DX)
So, the waiting game starts Zoe (BA) is overjoyed to take on the challenge! She's a bit over protective. (owie *strokes sore hand*) This is her first time and I have high hopes for her! ^.^ GO EGGIES! and mommy...
Eggs Set- April 28th
Hatch Date- May 19th or 20th
Days left- 21
I've been put in charge of finding Japanese bantam breeders for this years Know your Breed 4H project. Breeders I've found will be written down on a list and recommended to my superior. Here are our Needs~
* Need Good SQ birds
* Need you to live a reasonable distance from me
* Need you to dish...
Well, a fox killed all of my bantams last year, so After re-doing my coop, I'm getting some more chicks
Here's the list so far...
Lavender D'uccles
White Crested Black Polish Bantams
Pyncheon Bantams
Black Frizzle Cochin Bantams
Blue Silkie Bantams
Delaware Bantams
Please feel free to...
Well is all started a morning a couple weeks ago when a fox broke into my bantam pens. I lost 5 birds I Assumed a raccoon because I found the tracks from where he dug under the fence. So I put up live traps and caught the darn thing. However, the nature of the attack didn't fit the raccoon's...
Every year (5 years now) I have a cute pair of Carolina wrens (The female is Toffee, the male Is Jeepers creepers) Come and nest in my barn Well, they are back again Yay! The eggs are layed, and shes sittin' on 'um! Will post pics!
Something broke into my Bantam pen, and killed my White rock bantam rooster, Amber (brown red cochin), My only frizzle, and my only Silkie. Good bye sweet chickies...
there was my buff silkie in the background
And my poor white rock, Bloody feathers everywhere
I have this pink chick Spiral band, And it is haunted or cursed or something...
I bought it a long time ago to mark some ameraucana chicks. They were really helpful until... My cat killed the chick wereing the pink band, and injured another. I've learned from that leason and kept the doors...
I have two broody bantie hens in my coop that have been sharing motherly duties for 3 weeks! Now the eggs are peeping! YAY!!! The mothers are cochins, a brown red one, and a blue frizzle!