Here is one of our Buff Orpington roosters and a few of his hens. We have fertile hatching eggs for sale at our Kentucky home if anyone is interested!
Here is our other Buff Orpington rooster, who is nine months old in this photograph. We hatched him from our own eggs on our mini farm. Isn't...
Orpington
Buff, Black, Blue, White Created by tazzy
Breed Information, Comments, and Experience with breed:
This breed originated in England, and was recognized as a distinct breed in 1901. They are friendly, docile birds. Theyre white skinned and lay brown eggs and can be broody. They are...
okay, thanks! it's so worrisome to even see the pin feathers on their wings! thanks for setting my mind at ease. we've had chickens for 2-1/2 years now and this is the first time I've noticed a moult. not sure how they did it undetected last fall. but I didn't see it that time.
My two-year-old chickens are moulting. Is this normal for this time of year? It's cold in november! I can't help but worry that they'll freeze with all their feathers falling out. But if that's a normal behavior for this time of year, I guess they'll be fine. But is it normal? They are losing a...
thanks, everyone, you were right! we came home on sunday from a weekend of camping in what turned out to be freezing cold temps for this time of year (in the 40's for the highs and the 30's for the lows. brrrrrrrrr!) And happily found two hatched keets snuggled in with their adoptive broody...
We have 7 guinea eggs due to hatch on Saturday. We'll be gone camping until Sunday. The eggs are under a broody hen. it's been getting down into the 40's at night here in Kentucky. The brooder with the hen and eggs is inside our insulated barn. It's still chilly in there at night, but protected...
yes, I've found a few first eggs on the floor of our coop, too. after that, they're in the nest boxes with the other eggs. they figure it out very fast.
our buff orpingtons usually start laying around 20-22 weeks. but we have chickens right now that range from 23 weeks to 26 weeks, and some...
ironic - I called my brother, who is a gun fanatic (oh wait, did I say that???), to ask advice on which gun to buy to dispatch the coyote in short order. while I was on the phone with him, driving north on I-65, I saw a dead coyote on the side of the road. that's how abundant they are in KY at...
thanks for the info. that's expensive to ship. I figured it would be.
luckily, we found a white pekin girl about 15 miles away, so we're picking her up tomorrow.
shelley, well, he has plenty of chicken buddies, that's for sure! he's in our big ol' coop with them right now, so that he doesn't have to be alone. he rules the roost, so to speak, when he's in there. he is a sweetie. very friendly once he's not in that pond!
he has a baby pool to swim in. not...