Just a reminder that the Alabama Chicken and Egg Festival will be this weekend with their first ABA sanctioned Poultry Shows...one Friday night, Saturday morning and Sunday afternoon.
Also going on in the State is the Show at Fort Payne.
Claudia
Christina and Fritz!
I'm certainly looking forward in seeing you and the kids at the Show. I've shown at Dalton but under the other Poultry Club, so this is my first for what so many of us with Alabama Bantam Club calls the "Bob Bridges Show!" lol...
I'm bringing the Silkies, and I'll get...
Ivermectin
It's easier to under-do it than to over do it, really. Ivermectin has a wide safety margin.
If you're using ivermectin, not eprinomectin, then you'd use something like this:
1 drop small bantam - micro bantam sized
2 drops regular bantam hen
3 drops regular bantam male
4 drops...
My white Silkie pen
Silkie traits:
1. Look for wide and short bodied, with a deep chest. Also look that they have a wide stance and stand square on their two feet. For the rooster, look for a nice short back, and a tail so fluffy and round it almost touches the back of the crest. Same for the...
Lucy and Ricky, 1 week old Blue Swedish
The following information is information from Nettie on the feeding of ducklings, thank you Nettie!!
(WEEK 1 to at least 8 you should have food and water available all the time (but the water shoud be shallow so they can not play/drown in it). You can...
Rhode Island Reds
By Maurice Wallace
There is no better breed of fowl than the Rhode Island Red. In my experience with poultry, of all the breeds with which I have worked, the Rhode Island Reds have been the best. No matter what the purpose was, the Reds have always stood the test. In...
Orpington
Blue/Black/Splash Created by allaboutdemchicks
Breed Information, Comments, and Experience with breed:
The Orpingtons are a joy to own. They are an English breed that are dual purpose (meaning they were created for meat and eggs.) A hen typically produces around 4-5 eggs a week. They...
I have been extremely pleased with the Porcelains that I have purchased from Aimee. They are hearty birds with great hatchability from the eggs/chicks. Simply beautiful. Aimee, you WILL miss these as you chose to forgo this variety but rest assured I will always have these in my flock for you...
Hey Girl!!! We will have a hundred Silkies if I have to bring out my molted, rag-a-muffin old hens!!! It will be great.....
(don't forget to get me your entry)
Claudia
** Bantam/Large Fowl Show **
Friday/Saturday, Oct 14th and 15th 2011
(Limit of 25 Large Fowl)
Time: Friday, October 14 at 2:00pm - October 15 at 2:00pm
Location: Chilton County Fairgrounds
600 Airport Road
Clanton, AL
Contact person:
Claudia Comer...
** Bantam/Large Fowl Show **
Friday/Saturday, Oct 14th and 15th 2011
(Limit of 25 Large Fowl)
Time: Friday, October 14 at 2:00pm - October 15 at 2:00pm
Location: Chilton County Fairgrounds
600 Airport Road
Clanton, AL
Contact person:
Claudia Comer Gore...