Another Update (September 2016)

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Chicken Pix

Getting lots more quail eggs these days. I am planning on trying to get some lights up near their pen so that I can get eggs through winter too. As soon as this batch of eggs hatches I'm gonna incubate quail eggs.

Anyway, here's the pix(*drumroll*)...

I think I'll name this one MacGyver. That'll be MacGyver the 3rd.

Turkeys are invading the coop!!

 I really like the color of the chick in the next few pictures. I think he's macgyver/buff silkie.

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MacGyver and his lady

 The chicks are growing BIG.

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Sold Most Of 'm

Yeah, all the big hens and Murdoc. Oh and the two bantam roosters (one of which was MacGyver the 2nd). I am going to try and get more into exotic breeding. I have silkies, bourbon red turkeys, coturnix quail, buff bantam cochins, black cochin bantams, and ... ... Hmm, I'm sure there's more. Nope! Wow, I really sold most of them. Other than the odds and ends of course but I'm just counting the ones that i have at least a pair of.

SOOOOOOOO, I'll have to do a recount and update the 'My Animals' page sometime. Until then you guys are in the dark. I do have lots though.

I have 35 eggs on lockdown and they should hatch tomorrow but we'll see how many hatch.

So, if anybody has any suggestions for what I should breed (fowl) I'll look into it and see if there's any on craigslist near me. ?????

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OK, more pics...

Yeah, it's been a while.

Well, no need to worry, I'm back!!

And with new chickens!!

2 buff silkie hens
3 buff silkie chicks
1 mix chick
3 black silkie/buff silkie chicks
1 pair of black bantam cochins
3 white silkies (hen, hen, roo ??)
And I think that's all.
Maybe
I might have missed a few

Anyway, PICTURES!!

My original silkie

The turkeys

My black bantam cochin pair with silkies in the background

Size comparison

One of the black/buff silkies.

Here's the one mix chick. I really like his top hat. It looks like a beret. Him and one other buff silkie chick are the only ones that still have a hen taking care of them. (one of the buff hens)

The white ones are really small. I hope they are fully grown and will stay this big. They might still be young though.

Cogburn

Ok, so, in the next few pictures there's lots of chickens in a small cage. They look cramped. There is actually a hole in the corner of the pen where any of the bantams can(and will) go through. So, they're not as cramped as they look. The big chickens sometimes pick on them but not often and the bantams are usually fine out with the big chickens. The bantam pen is just a safety net in case one is getting pecked on really bad.

These two bantam roosters(MacGyver and unnamed) always roost on top of the nesting boxes.

Here's a better picture of them on the nesting boxes.

Murdoc, my main man.

The three in the back are the chicks from this post.

Lot's of color. Love it!!

Hmmm, not really sure what happened to this picture to make it like that.

Here's another messed up one.

Grape vines

Jack

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