A friend of mine I just visited last weekend has 3 wyandotte chickens. But 2 of them have stopped laying eggs and are trying to hatch (even though there's no rooster around).
* Sock Puppet pretends that wasn't the first thing that occurred to him upon seeing the thread tittle.
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Look at how puffeh Golda is perched on the arm of the chair!!1
I'll always be partial to Emma, though. She's the queen and she knows it. I love how she's posing with one leg up like a pointer. That last pic is generally lovely in color and composition too.
PW and I will have to sort it all out as to who gets who...Aretha, Tina, Gladys, & Gloria are the four Black RockStars we have to split up this coming Sunday. I'm definitely keeping Gladys, but I think PW should get Aretha and Gloria. We'll see.
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Look at how puffeh Golda is perched on the arm of the chair!!1
I'll always be partial to Emma, though. She's the queen and she knows it. I love how she's posing with one leg up like a pointer. That last pic is generally lovely in color and composition too.
Thanks...too bad the focus is not too good.
Yeah...I'm such a soft touch. I'm glad I'm keeping all I'm keeping. I may not be able to hack it with that many chickens, but we'll see and there will be an ample overflow...for 'roos, even. Any overage I have in hen numbers can be transferred to Mooolino, which is freer than at Ravenswood, but of a higher risk, too (which is why a 'roo with the flockette headed to Mooolino is a workable thing).
I honestly don't get it. Why have chickens as pets? They don't look cuddly, can't fetch the paper for you, (I think) are less intelligent than your average amoeba and, well, I just don't get it. Mammals, now they're good pets, birds, not.
I don't get fish either. Or other bird ownership. I hate seeing birds in cages (obviously not pet chickens, just factory ones).
End morning ramble. Need more coffee. BRB.
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I honestly don't get it. Why have chickens as pets? They don't look cuddly, can't fetch the paper for you, (I think) are less intelligent than your average amoeba and, well, I just don't get it. Mammals, now they're good pets, birds, not.
In before liv...
I bought my first pullets as non-toxic pest control in my garden. It worked.
Aside from exchanging one set of pests for another, I got regular workers who turn and enrich my compost pile, high-grade mobile composting units that consume and process about 50% or more of excess food wastes, and plenty of just plain entertainment. They are not nearly as dumb as most would think, but are very self-centered while being flock-oriented animals...which makes for a lot of the humor. As chicks, watching them is like watching as many Stooges as you have chicks, only they are cute and fluffy. If you have an active imagination, the mature hens can seem to carry on conversations with you...they most certainly have individual personalities that are expressed in their actions and activities.
Both Emma and Sugar will hop into my lap. It's rare, but it happens. I have chicks, like Golda, who will snuggle down and attempt to nap on my hand. Lucy, on the other hand, does not like human contact. She avoids it. Assiduously. I happened to round a corner just as she was rounding it going the opposite direction. I startled her so much she did a backflip. Do you know how funny it is to see a full-sized hen to flip backwards, ass over teakettle?
It's true, they are not likely to fetch the paper. But then, they're not likely to chew up my slippers, the sofa, or the paper they were supposed to bring me. I have yet to see news stories about how a small child was mauled by a chicken and is critically injured in a nearby hospital, or how packs of chickens are maintaining a reign of terror roaming unchecked at night through the peripheral neighborhoods of major metropolitan areas, nor has a chicken ever set off a panic by being seen staggering through town foaming from the beak.
Then there is the feces issue. I have two different neighbors come and ask me if they can take my chickenshit off my hands. Y'know...Like it was some kind of imposition that they were helping me out with. I've never had them come over an ask to take Hobbes' catshit off my property (as if it could be found). From what I understand, most canine owners wince at the usual urban requirement that dog-owners collect their pets' feces. Me? I revel in these pets' shit. My chickens' shit, if it ever does accumulate in any given place (like the hencondo), goes into the composter bins...to help 'heat' them up, to function even better.
Last...Does your dog make your breakfast? I'll bet the stuff that your dog produces, that you gather, doesn't make it to the breakfast table. My chickens make my breakfast:
Eggz!
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Oh...really fresh eggs are better than commercial eggs. Yeah, it's subtle, but it's real. And look at that yellow. It makes commercial egg yolks look pale in comparison.
I'm eager to see how the Australorps, reputed to be the most popular chicken in Australia, will perform. I've been left with two and they'll be going to Mooolino, but I'll get regular reports. They are supposed to be competitive with Rhode Island Reds in terms of size and rate of egg production. By comparison, Emma and Lucy are producing L to XL eggs. They fit fine in the pressed paper egg cartons. This year, it's Sugar who is prime producer. Her eggs, a rich dark tea brown, are so big that I can barely close the top of the XL carton when her eggs are in it. She has yet to lay a double-yolker, though, like Emma did. But then, neither has Emma, so far this year.
I'm expecting great things from my two RockStars and Ingrid the EE. They all have reputations of being producers of oversized eggs. Five to six a week. Average production is three to four per week per hen. I'm hoping for blue or green eggs from Ingrid.
Oh...really fresh eggs are better than commercial eggs. Yeah, it's subtle, but it's real. And look at that yellow. It makes commercial egg yolks look pale in comparison.
I'm expecting great things from my two RockStars and Ingrid the EE. They all have reputations of being producers of oversized eggs. Five to six a week. Average production is three to four per week per hen. I'm hoping for blue or green eggs from Ingrid.
But godfry, can your chickens do this?
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