Recent content by Rose_adamaj

Yes, Velcro is such a good description! I love love love the ‘nudge’ advice. As you already know, JJs intelligence is off the charts. Teaching the nudge isn’t going to be terribly difficult. What a great solution! I quickly learned to not have JJ & the chickens loose together. I didn’t know...

A little background on me. In the 90s I owned & trained obedience dogs. My dogs are always trained using motivation. We won many competitions, we being myself, Crystal & Oscar. Crystal & Oscar were German Shorthairs. I have always had hunting breeds, and my shorthairs all had hunting titles. I...

I know, I was shocked when I saw the first egg! It’s hit & miss right now, but definitely getting eggs. Six months old sounds like a good age. They should know they are roosters, I hope you know what I’m trying to say 😀 I don’t have any older hens or hen, so I will be patient and let the...

Wow, that would be worth celebrating! A bloodline with good roosters should be a welcome addition to the chicken world! I am hoping that Gene remains gentle. I have other RIR cockerels the same age. My goal is two or three roosters in my flock. I will end up with 26 hens, more than I...

Thank you! I’m learning so much. Isn’t it wonderful, we really are never too old to learn.

Thank you, I think he’s beautiful too!

Yes, I can see the muffs & beard! That’s amazing to see on a hatchling (?) Thank you!

Thank you! I think he’s pretty too. I am going to keep him, I have the room and I like him… Thank you !

From what I looked up, he has a pea comb. I hadn’t noticed his earlobes. I have so much to learn! I got my first chickens in 1983, but I always had Black Star. I haven’t had chickens this entire time and when I decided to get some recently my BS aren’t BS. I love BYC, the willingness of...

I think it is a pea comb. I’m not familiar with all the types of combs, but what I looked up shows his as a pea comb. I hadn’t noticed his earlobes. I obviously have never tried to identify a specific breed before 😀

Thank you so much! I looked up the Ameraucana also, saw the same thing about poofy cheeks. Wouldn’t that be something if he is a Whiting True Blue. I do have brown egg layers, that would be fun to see if offspring lay green eggs. Thank you again.

Wow - I knew that was a roo thing but I didn’t realize that it is done for dominance! Thank you so very much, you have kept me from making a big mistake!

I went to Murray McMurray website. They say that their EE (Ameraucana) have muffs. Is that something that will develop as he grows? I have not had EE before, I’m just trying to learn.

I recently learned about that! Thank you for mentioning it again, it’s so durn hard to wait - I’ve tried asking Gene, but he just kinda cackles. I think he’s laughing at me 😆