Recent content by Killyhawker

In all my plastic waterers, I use fish tank SUBMERSIBLE turtle encased & FLAT water heaters…Walmart special 🤭😉

Cockerel. This is mine at a week less and it's a cockerel.

UPDATE: I have kept my Silkie rooster for 3yrs now. HE is amazing. His name is Lancelot ("Lance").

Well dang, that's exactly what I did only I didn't add the layer feed(pellets/crumbles). I just used a series of 3, gallon ice cream buckets and just set the lid on it upside down. I stirred it twice a day and on the third day I used that grain. Probably just in my own head because they loved...

I tried this once... I don't think I had the right "grains", so it was frustrating. I also loosely covered the buckets. Is a cover not necessary? I'll probably move this project to the garage as well. Loose lid? No lid? That is the question 🤪

Of course 🤦‍♀️ and…… now I feel dumb🙄

So…. This was supposed to be a hen…I got it from a neighbor who got a shipment of various breeds of pullet chickens. It reminded me of my barred rock that died. Is this a barred rock roo or a Maran. I think it’s a Maran roo.

I have to keep mine in the barn again this winter. It’s a good barn, with insulation and metal siding. That makes a good element protection. It’s not deep winter yet at 10-15° in northern SD, the barn stays a balmy 20°. Most the chickens are cold weather breeds. I blocked off a stall and put up...

I have to keep mine in the barn again this winter. It’s a good barn, with insulation and metal siding. That makes a good element protection. It’s not deep winter yet at 10-15° in northern SD, the barn stays a balmy 20°. Most the chickens are cold weather breeds. I blocked off a stall and put up...

This is from our AC Roo and gray hen a Cochin frizzle/Yokohama. I can only presume that it is from the Yokohama hen because I had zero white chickens before him. PearlMan Hen: Yokohama Red Shoulder/Black Cochin frizzle—the only hen who could have a white chicken gene. AC roo

My AC are pure, but not from a good line. My female was from a solid black/no mulberry(she was killed by a dog) left us a male and female from eggs we hatched. The Rooster had lotsa mulberry he passed on so…. Anyway, he was a good guardian and was also killed by that dog. Mine are pets because...

Anyone can correct me if I’m wrong or misled…I read and was told that purple is a vitamin deficiency unless the bird is meant to be purple—not really any chickens fall in this category unlike gamebirds: peafowl, some ducks, songbirds. I make sure I NEVER see purple on my Ayam Cemani despite...

Barred Rock

Yup