Reviews by applebutter14

i bought this book almost a year ago and its the best book i have. it has amazing pictures alot of poultry breeds, i suggest this book for any one who owns poultry.

its a very great price for what what it is.

i bought this book last year and it is AMAZING!!!!! I love it. it has everything you want to know. to hatching chickens to butchering them, their health, feed, and fencing.

i have had only 1 magpie and i got him when he was a duckling from out local feed store along with 3 other ducklings, he grew up really fast, he LOVED bananas. i named him furby. he did not have perfect coloring but he still got a blue ribbon at the fair. later that year i sold them because at that time i did not have a place for them over the winter. i wish i would have kept him he would run up to me and jump in my lap when i sat down on the grass.

i have 2 wyandottes, a silver and a golden laced, they are both hens, i named them fili and kili. i got them as chicks from murray mcmurray hatchery on 2-7-2015. my golden laced took longer to grow then my silver laced, but around 2 months she had almost all of her feathers in, my silver laced (kili) lays me a tan egg every day and they are a nice size egg, her comb is not a good comb for a show chicken but she is very sweet, my golden (fili) on the other hand is VERY aggresive and mean to my other chickens, she is more plump, too. when i lay scratch grain on the floor for them as their morning treat, she attacks everybody and chases them off till she eats all she wants, she runs up to my faverolles and for no reason pulls feathers from the back of her neck, she is nice to me, and she lets me pick her up, but ot my other chickens, she is MEAN! she gave me a brown egg every day till now because she is going broody.

i got my silver spangled hamburg from murray mcmurray hatchery on 2-7-2015 as a chick, now she is 6 months old as she is so pretty! she lays a small white egg every day and she Loves to dust bathe. i read that this breed is known to fly up in trees but she has not been in a tree the highest she has even been was in her roosting bar at night.. i named my hen dotty.


this is a picture of her when she was a few days old.


she is on the right












this is a picture a her i took a few days ago

i had 1 new hampshire red hen, i purchased as a chick from murray mcmurray hatchery, i let my father name her when she was a chick, and he named her sunshine! she was very sweet. and she was very pretty, too! i picked her out because i wanted to get a red-ish chicken, but i didnt want a rhode island red. she started to lay when she was 5 1/2 months old, and her 1st egg was BIG!!! unfortunately i sold her the day she laid her 1st egg, she was a little mean to my timid chickens and she would peck them when she were eating or drinking while she was eating or drinking. but she was always nice to me, she would fallow me around the yard waiting to give her a snack.



here she is as a chick (she is on the left)



and here is a pic of her when she was 5 months

i bought one this year, and it was really cheap, less then $10.00. it works really good, too. i had to hang it because my birds would knock it over. and it leaks when you flip it over to put it down, but once it is down it stops leaking. it is very good!

i have 2 white crested, a drake and a hen, they are very sweet and calm, they don't have a HUGE crest in their heads but they have medium sized ones, they love to swim and they are not as messy as other ducks with water. they are one the most docile birds i have.

i had 2 black Swedish ducks last year, their names were Lydia and Skipper, i raised them with 2 other ducks and they all got along with each other just fine, my Swedish were both females and the only time they were really loud was when i would walk outside and i would say "good morning!" then they would start taking really loud for me to let them out side their coop, i lived in town and they free ranged, they never left our property, i think this breed is very nice.

i have 3 grey call ducks, their names are Toby, Oliver, And Olivia. i had toby first and he was very mean, he would hiss and attack my hand, but once i got the other call ducks, he was so sweet! i think he was just lonely. me hen lays eggs like every other day, and they are good size.


here is a picture of them

i had a cayuga, his name was Gizmo. he was so sweet! i raised him since he was a duckling, at my county fair he was reserve champion waterfowl. i had to sell him at the fair because i cant keep them over the winter, i purchased him at my feed store, with 3 other ducks, i think over all they are awesome birds!

i bought this book at a feed store, and it was very helpful in some questions i had, they didnt have some breeds i was wanted to look at though.

my chickens LOVE the mealworms!!! (my ducks not as much) but this is a really nice treat for them.

i have a dark cuckoo maran rooster, he is almost 4 months old, at 3 months he started to crow which is not that bad but i live in town so if we get a complaint, he is out of here, he is so sweet and tame, he is so gentle and friendly to my hens, and very protective (but not mean protective, he does not attack people) and he is always on the look out for predators, my rooster's name is Thorin of of the Hobbit, and he was my free chick from murray mcmurray, at 1st i thought he was a barred rock, but comparing him from my other barred rock he looks different, I almost wish i had a female for their dark eggs.

i have 2 Cochins, a black bantam hen (Lucy) and a white standard Cochin hen ( Snowy) they are very nice but when i put my new birds with the flock Lucy was very mean to them and its been about 2 1/2 months and she is still mean to them not as much as before but she wont let them eat when she eats or perch by her at night, if one does dare to, she attacks them and pushes them of the perch. put Lucy is very nice to people, she will walk up to you and want to be held but only for a short time, and snowy is VERY fast, she will keep running and running, it take me 10 min. to catch her!! but when you pick her up she is sweet. lucy is 1 year and 4 months, snowy is 2 months 11 days.

hi! update: i sold my white cochin last fall and i am sad to say my sweet little lucy has died.... i have no idea how, she was not being her spunky self and about 3 days later she passed away.

i have a buff polish and her name is beaker, she is very friendly, and docile, the other chickens tend to pick on her because she is so lade back. and she cant see the best..
but she is sooo sweet!!! she is not flighty and she is only jumpy when she hears some thing strange like a wood pecker or a squirrel.

here is a picture of her when she was a baby, she is the one on the right.

my salmon faverolles is a little over 6 months, and she lays me an egg every day, she is so sweet and docile. i got her from murray mcmurray hatchery in 2-7-2015. i am so glad i got her, she is my tamest chicken breed. my faverolles is easily bullied by my other chickens but now that she is getting older she are not doing as much.


p.s. her name is sally!

my buff orpington was a hen and her name was Karen, I raised her from a chick and she was my 1st chicken I ever had and she was the tamest and friendliest one, too. I was going to show her at th fair along with my ducks but a raccoon ate her

my sumatra's are wonderfu! i have a rooster and a hen i got in 2-7-2015 as chicks from murray mcmurray hatchery. sumatras are my favorite breed of chicken! i love their personalities, and their very unique sounds they can make when they are calm and are talking to me, my rooster i let my brother name him, and named him shadow, and i named my hen samantha, she started to lay about a week or to ago and she has laid 1 small white egg a day ever sense! and my rooster is sooooo pretty! his feathers shine beetle green in the sun and he looks after my hens and he is so docile, too. they follow me around the yard!





here is a pic of them when they are chicks:



here are some pics i took a few weeks ago:












this is my sumatra and me holding her egg