Anyone else have CHICKENS?!?!?!?!?

[Kara]

I'm up to 7 Silkies, 6 Ameraucanas, 5 buff Orpingtons, 2 cochins & 2 turkens. Some of the silkies are going to live with a friend (from whom they originally came), but man oh man I am LOVING these birds! One of the turkens is SUCH a doll - her name is Petunia, she knows her name, and she will come when called. She is a chickie-slut for mealworms & will climb you to get them. I *heart* her.

Any other chook keepers here?

K~

[Rapture]

Wow... you are making me want a chicken like never before.

[tigerlily]

Wow... you are making me want a chicken like never before.

I know... me too! Do you think the husband would notice a bunch of chickens in the backyard?

[Rapture]

lol... do you think my husky would notice??

[Kara]

Well, there is that whole having to have a coop & run so nothing EATS your chooks, so yeah they might notice.

We set up the Chicken Shack today & yesterday. It's a BIG shed, insulating it this weekend...and building the run hopefully sooner than later.

If all goes well I should have 15 production females up to par next spring. I am SOOOOOO EXCITED about free range, organic eggs. They are absolutely necessary when it comes to making fresh, handmade pasta...store-bought eggs just don't cut it.

K~

[wolfy-hound]

I used to raise a bunch of "exotic" chickens. Loved them. Cochins were just about the sweetest to me, with silkies being a darn close second.
Chickens that are fed scraps, and eat bugs and grass make eggs that cannot be beat. I really enjoyed letting people taste REAL eggs. Once in a while I'd feed one or two hens on white corn just to get those bland ones to torment people with.
Great pest control, as long as they aren't eating the plants the bugs are on as well. We had six chickens that suddenly developed a love for bean plants. They decimated 2 rows in about two hours.
Love them chickens, but where I am, I'm not zoned for them. I really loved guinea hens too.

[Kara]

I have guinea hens!!!!!! 5 (sadly down from 8, damn coyotes), and they are such CLOWNS! Fowl are FUN!

So far the turkens, cochins & Ameraucanas have been the friendliest. My silkies are all spastic & I can't figure out why...they seem anti-social compared to silkies I've dealt with in the past. My golden-laced cochin "Dakota" is such a sweetheart. She & Petunia are both on my lap right now...they are my computer birds!!

If all goes well, it'll be pea:cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r: in the spring to boot!

K~

[rabernet]

I know how much you've loved them since you got them! I hope I get to meet them soon!

[Shelby]

Aww I love chickens.. wish I could have some. Silkies are so sweet, but my favorites are the polish. Cochins are so cute though.. little fatties.

Got any blue eggs from the amaraucanas?

[Kara]

If all goes well, it'll be pea:cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r: in the spring to boot!

LOL! I can't believe that got bleeped! So it'll be peac-o-c-k-s this spring, instead.