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I've got a couple young cockerals that look identical to your "dinosaurs". I thought they were never going to get their feathers, but they are finallly not looking quite so naked.
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Right, me too. I didn't think they had any English birds, partial or pure.
I agree that Jody and Charlie don't raise English birds....
Saying they have the English style is not the same as English birds. Looking at the pictures on the Hen House's website, I don't think they look...
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I think that sounds like an excellent plan............then you can become my UK orp supplier.
I'm going to have to start looking into living arrangements.
Maybe I can do a semester of school abroad! That could work out perfectly...
ETA: I wish.
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boy Im so sorry to hear that, we had gazillions of bales of hay from the rain this early spring but not a living soul to help us get it out..we would have helped a fellow american and given couple thousand bales just for some help I dont beleive in turning my back on our citizens..as it...
I keep the small sized concrete mixing tubs in all my pens and the birds stand in them to cool down. Plus I wet an area down in each pen in the shade for them to lay in.
I'm sorry about your hen Kathy.
As a farmer/rancher I can tell you it's not easy being dependent on mother nature. We are in the same boat as you ....over 3 weeks of temps over 100 and basically no rain since last fall. We're getting ready to more than likely have to sell off a large part of...
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And then there is me who hasn't read any of the books or seen any of the movies I do have a grandson tho who's read and seen them all. I think his other grandma is taking him to this last movie next week.
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Yes...you really must!!
THIS COMING FROM YOU KATY? QUEEN OF PICTURE-TAKING?
By the time we get any pictures of Katy's new babies, we'll all look like this....
LOL....I deserved that!! You know me and chick picture taking......
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Mine often look bald too ....mostly a little fuzz and a few feathers....but they feather in fine eventually. I've got some bald looking guys in the grow out pen right now.
We normally have a lot of toads and I have flowerpot houses for them too. I think the drought has taken a toll on them too.....so far I've only seen one of my big ones in a flower bed and no smaller ones.
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I've got 3 that hatched. A splash, a light blue and a darker blue. The other 3 look like they died probably about day 16 or 17. Three is better than none tho....now I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a roo and 2 pullets!! Congrats on your great hatch!!