The Backyard/Barnyard Chicken Thread

Poor chickens getting their sins transferred onto them. Damn chicken Voodoo. Boo

Hoping the Herring Gull lays some eggs.

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Much better than a Duck egg. Proper Organic.

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I sell the eggs, i don't have enough chickens for everyone who wants to buy. I don't sell at farmers markets because of the government forms and bullshit ropes you have to jump through.
Selling eggs i make enough to buy their feed, with a little extra left over to keep the coop in shape. They free range on our acreage and with the toms and our 3 dogs i don't worry to much about predators.
Each and everyone of the hens are tame will sit in anyones lap. The roosters are good boys cause they don't want to go in the pot. Chickens are awesome,smart and friendly. What people don't realize is that chickens come in all sizes Serama lay small eggs but would be so easy to keep in the city, then bantams. I think everyone should have a couple of hens inthe backyard.

There's something about having a "pet" chicken that makes me all gooey inside, I just found out....heh, strange, I know.

Thank for the reply....

Ahhh nice Duck.

So what breeds does everyone have? I started out with sexlinks, i will never own one again i found them short lived they stop laying at about 2-3 years. Right now i have brahmas, jersey giants wyndotts, some buffs, Marans and of course EE’s. Then somehow one of rooster and a hen is throwing chicks that lay olive eggs. A bumch of backyard mixes and my oldest hen a susssex turned 9 this past spring.

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We had 3 regular hens, 2 white, 1 brownish, and then my son got these Black Japanese fighting chickens(shamo). He thought we had one rooster and one hen, but they're both roosters. I've got to be honest, when they come running at me when I go out the back door, there is a slight panic. They're only about 3 months old but they are getting Really big. They're supposed to be about 3 feet tall when grown, which is a big assed bird. Like all our animals, they come running to get some food. Except the cats, that is. cats aren't that humble.
The amazing thing is that all animals have different personalities. Chickens seem to like to be picked up and held.

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He is shiny today. I thought I'd post a pic of Rusty the Lava Rooster who so many listened to him crow on the Live cam when Kilauea was erupting in Hawaii last summer.

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....those are going to be monster roosters! Holy Shenackles!


Heh, I think I would be trying to make friends with them fast, before they get too old and set in their attack ways.

One hot rooster!

It's always nice to see a fabulous cock, huh?.....

There are Horsefeathers. There is a movie about that.

by the Marx Brothers


but I do not lay eggs. hard enough to post with untrimmed hooves


equally hard with trimmed ones!


anyone raising chickens, check this thread when you can. You can give advice.

we all want eggs - only not me in my feed bucket. Molasses tastes better. I hate it when the hens lay an egg in my feed bucket, and I do not notice it in time.... squishy !

I just read that the Shamo was the 2nd tallest chicken at about 30 inches. And can be aggressive.

they squawk and nip.

turn em upside down

then they are like pineapple upside down cake... somewhat sweeter

Horse logic.......

Horsefeathers and Duck Soup are two of my favorite movies. Heck, my son wrecked our Duck Soup VHS tape from watching it so much.

man,you have a really big cock
what do you feed it ?

This outta be a good thread.

Love my chickens. I have 22 roosters and 37 hens and they have a very good life on our place. They used to free range but now they have about 1/2 acre yard with a high wood fence around it. Trying to round up that many chickens of an evening was a challenge so their yard helps keep the Owls Hawks and coons at bay.

The ones I have named come when I call them and even the roosters let me pick them up and move them around. Have a little house, a larger little house and 5 closet size enclosures plus the roosts in the pens. Their living area is under roof.

Nice of you to make this post.

Can't take it!

Too much

Good job, it is a great way to live.

LOL