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I agree about the Orpingtons. I've tried other breeds, but always go back to them. Fair warning though, I bought some at swap meets only to find they are half white-egger when mature. The roosters of this mix were super aggressive and heavy fighters. They were sentenced to the stew pot for...

Jes' been hangin' around waiting for the rain to stop and everythin' to dry up again. Got corn as high as a duck's eye already and taters up near as much.

We're 100% Buff Orpington here. Have been since about 1990. The roos are fertile, get the job done, and grow big enough for a rotisserie bird. The hens lay very well, large brown eggs, and given a heat lamp and a light bulb they lay well into cold weather. The light buff color is easier on them...

Nope, haven't seen "hide ner hair" of any. I don't go for light chickens though, so it's no surprise I haven't seen them. I don't normally pay attention to them and I had to look up what it was you were looking for. The dual meat/eggers are my favorites, and my pond-hoppers of course, my geese...

Thank you very much! My girls just hatched out another one showing Pomeranian saddle-back and head markings. This is getting tooooo weird. The gander was sold to me as a Toulouse goose, and the "now a gander" looks like a perfect Toulouse. He can't be pure if he's throwing Pomeranian markings. I...

I need to find out about that swap meet on the 19th. We have goslings hatching and we're up to 14 now. Some need new homes. Mother is Pilgrim, great face markings, but she had a fling with a mixed gander which was "supposed to be" a Toulouse female. (Never saw a goose do that before). Now I...

I feel for you on the guineas. Before we moved to this part of the state I had a flock of 30. The "good night" calls were ear-splitting, but we had 3 dogs, 6 cats, and 3 horses who never had but the very rare tick (three or so a summer) and the guineas killed off snakes like an assassin squad...

Quote: Just outside of Greensburg here. Focused on my Buff Orpingtons, Pilgrim geese, and Pekin ducks, but "other" critters in family are pretty much stealing the show these days. We're starting up a herd of heritage Red Wattle hogs. The pigs will be old enough to breed this spring. My...

Quote: Welcome to the family from Green County!

I have to agree for the most part on the predators. They are wide and varied. Haven't seen mountain lion/cougar/puma here, but lots of bobcat and fox. Wolves are coming back and have been sighted in several parts of the state and we've seen bear track once, but no bear. Killed a cottonmouth...

Don't worry about cheating with a map, I've lived in KY since 1986, and lived in Green county since 1996 and still I have to check to make sure which county connects to us, and what their names are. We're on the Hart county side of Green and about 30 miles from Glasgow. You know that old...

What color of silkie or does it occur on any dark silkie?

Quote: I wondered how they might be. Is their meat black too, or just the skin on the outside? Maybe that's a stupid question. Humans look the same inside despite skin colors...haha. Their skin and bones are black. In Asia they are thought to have healing powers and are a delicacy. I would...

I realized when I posted there might be some confusion on the solar box I mentioned. If you take a look at the picture of the coop, what we do is add a rat wire aka hardware cloth 'flap' that lays on the ground. On the coop is a low electric wire hooked up to a solar charger box. Anything that...

I rather like it actually. We usually use the 2x4" woven wire and have had no issues with it. My husband and I were thinking it would work just fine with a solar box on that peak and added skids to move it. Since ours are large Buff Orpingtons we also would lower the laying box for their more...

Boer goats are an African originated breed and they do not faint. It is a crossbred with Boer looks and myotonic tendencies if it faints. There are breeds based on myotonics with and without Boer blood, some great ones in Texas where they've been breeding meat goats for a long time. The...

Not sure you know about this, but if you do already then I apologize. Guineas are hot weather birds who have some instinctive habits that help you find the nests. If you have some time, watch the hens. They'll disappear into a thicket or tangled up brush pile when the heat of the day starts to...

Quote: Shelley wouldn't an old time hand crank grain mill turn your 20% pellets into 20% crumbles? You see them for sale on eBay all the time. It would depend on how many needed the smaller feed, but it could be done. Here's one I was looking at for homemade corn meal...

Quote: Shelley wouldn't an old time hand crank grain mill turn your 20% pellets into 20% crumbles? You see them for sale on eBay all the time. It would depend on how many needed the smaller feed, but it could be done. Here's one I was looking at for homemade corn meal...

I guess this one is a "different strokes for different folks" kind of thing. Something that small, that difficult to keep alive, that dependent on care, better sing for its supper. My ex-mother in law raised finches. The music/sounds they made gave you a smile from the moment you opened your...