I'm over 100 pages behind. 🙁 I'll try to catch up in bits and pieces. Here's my penalty tax. This is Toby, my 7-mo old Dominique cockerel. He's a sweetie and I'm quite fond of him. He's still submissive to Rojo. I think he's quite handsome. I also have 5 Dom pullets. Perhaps I will hatch some of...
Chainsaw? I don't need no stinkin' chainsaw! I went down there and ripped it apart with bare hands 'n attitude! Graaaawwwr!
Er, actually, no, that's not quite accurate. Everybody and their dog has chainsaws around here. That tree didn't stand a pumpkin's chance in a chicken yard.
Thaw coming here, too, after days of ice following a storm of sleet and frozen rain. Made for some interesting pics, but sans chickens as they would not come out until today. I am going to post a no-chicken pic anyway, this is from Friday when The Man had to hike 3/4 of a mile out to meet a ride...
TAX: Things 1-5, the Dom pullets, and Emma and Rainbow, the red EE pullets, center, then that's either Cherry or Berry, top right. The brown hen at right is one of my 3-yo EEs, and that blueish pullet bottom right looks like Sooty. I've broken all my rules, naming this crop. :barnie
I like the lengthy, informative posts, for the most part. As well as the wordy, thoughtful ones. And the great pics! Loving the tax idea, we should do it more often!
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I am all caught up, 30 pages worth! Maybe more. Such a good read, this thread! :love
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There is neither rooster nor hen in this image. It is a Christmas tree made of tires 'n tinsel, as displayed at my mechanic's. That's my '03 Jeep Liberty in the window. Also known as a money...
They're raised as naturally as they would be if I hatched them in an incubator, which is to say, not at at all naturally. The year my BOs hatched and raised 8 chicks between them (naturally), only 3 survived to adulthood. My cats didn't get any but the hawks did. The day-olds I buy virtually all...
I am personally morally opposed to picking up a chicken, or practically any other animal, except when absolutely necessary. Think about it. When, in nature, does an animal get picked up, and in what circumstances? Only when a predator gets hold of it in order to eat it. In my opinion, picking up...
We have kept probably several dozen EEs over the last 11 years and NEVER have had one go broody. Compare that to my earlier post that almost every one of our six BO's did ....