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Okay, so we know Mario, our Cuckoo Maran chicken is totally a roo. He’s a chunky little monkey, has big feet and a bright red wattle and comb. And he’s feisty! 😉 But now I am beginning to doubt my suspicions about one of our Blue Laced Red Wyandottes. At first I thought the grey one was Read More >>
Never again will I buy baby chicks from Wilco. Don’t get me wrong, I like shopping at Wilco for feed and supplies, but this is the second time in 12 months I have purchased chicks from Wilco and both times I’ve gotten at least 1 rooster. Remember poor Pablo? It was so sad to see Read More >>
Our trio of blue cochin chicks are now one month old and thriving. There was a bit of a mean girls club going on the first week we had the chicks but our sweet little blueberry toughed it out and is quickly catching up in size with the other two chicks. Normally around four weeks Read More >>
Okay everyone, I’m pretty sure Pablo is a rooster, but after 16 weeks he still has not made any crowing sounds or behaved in an ungentlemanly like manner. Picasso follows Pablo everywhere and all the other hens love him/her. Picasso is on the left and Picasso on the right. We made a quick video this morning so those of Read More >>
About a month ago I was talking about wanting to plant some sort of garden in front of the chicken coop. Someone suggested I place a few boards at the base of the coop to keep the hens from digging away at the roots of whatever I planted in front of it. I don’t know Read More >>
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