Is your dog's unusual barking a secret code for something mysterious?

[emmastar]

HI all just wanted to post some pics of my babies and to show how big they have gone sooooo quick they are all 10 weeks old now i think . appart from mop my silkie hen who is a year old and the jelly and bean who are 6 weeks old soon .

 

mop looking a bit wet .

She dose like to go on with herself

 

elle and what the kids have names "gismo" no idea why lol

 

jelly and bean

 

They are so greedy

 

 

 

And my garden its keeping well even with the 9 furbuts trampling about in it all the time .

[Redwing]

Lovely chooks

 

I do like Elle, she is very pretty and has fab yellow legs

[emmastar]

Lovely chooks

 

I do like Elle, she is very pretty and has fab yellow legs

 

Ty elle was the first chick we named and is everyone elses fave she is also going to be boss with no doubt what a madem , and yes her legs are a funky yellow when its bright outside they look even brighter i was sat in the rain taking these pics as you do !

[sparkysmum]

What lovely photos & have to say Elle looks a stunning gal. Alli x

[emmastar]

The breeder was going to keep her as he shows them and thought she looked nice but my kids had falen in love with heer and was giving him THAT FACE, so she came home with us shame she has a tiny hole indetween her toes or i would have loved to have a go with her to meet other chuck lovers

[Redwing]

She has probably been toe punched as a way of identifying her breeding, show breeders do this to keep track of what hatched from what breeding pen, its not a fault and she could still be shown with it

[emmastar]

O wow thanks redwing i have no idea at all about shows but something i would like to go to and 1 day maby try for myself , i will get a pic of the tiny hole to show you all tomorow , haha look at me talking about shows with my 10 week old girl whom i have no idea looks at all like she should do i just no i think she is stunning and looks like a lady

[Redwing]

If the breeder shows buff laced then she will probably be worth showing. If they breed blue laced then the buff laced chicks are a 'wastage' from this breeding and usually not as good quality as the buff laced ones that have been bred specifically

 

Its fun to try at a local level though, there are a few shows in your part of the country

[emmastar]

I will have a look outand see if any local people will let me pop along with them to one so i can see what its all about

[emmastar]

Just took some pics of her feet and her she wasnt to pleased about being brought into the house without the others though .

She had just been helping me weed out the boarders soher feet are a little messy

[mollyripkim]

Love all your girls but especially Jelly and Bean (great names), they are sooo cute!

[emmastar]

Love all your girls but especially Jelly and Bean (great names), they are sooo cute!

 

 

Ty they are a funny pair , They also dont look half as scruffy as they do in the pics ill have to get a vid of all my girls folowing me around the garden soo its so funny with so many difernt sized hens .

[Redwing]

Thats definitely a identifying hole punch, it will not count against Elle if you want to show her

[emmastar]

Thanks tasha ill see how she grows in the next few months , ill also handle her as much as poss without anoying her to much to get her usto it .

[Chortle Chook]

I like Gismo. Very apt name What breed is she?

[emmastar]

I like Gismo. Very apt name What breed is she?

 

 

Errrr i have no idea appart from he is part silkie , there is a silkie , poland and maran boys running with diferent girls so no idea on his mum i was given his egg to fill the bator and he hatched but the sad thing is he is a boy and may have a short future ahead of him , hes not the best of looking males to start with poor thing but he is sooo friendley its sad , he has just started to doodle doo too

[Chortle Chook]

Oh how sad for Gismo I daren't raise any chooks from eggs as that decision would be such a very hard one.

[emmastar]

Oh how sad for Gismo I daren't raise any chooks from eggs as that decision would be such a very hard one.

 

It is i went in the vets today with the dog and my nana said ask about gismo and i couldnt do it im a hopeless chock owner i felt so guilty for even thinking of it ans yet i know its got to be done hes started to crow and try it on with mop and shes not a happy girl .

I will pluck up the couridge in the next weeks , Hes having a good free ranging time atm and i have asked my neabours to let me know when its starting to wake them or annoy them without telling them his fate as im not going to guilt them into not asking me to remove him

[Chortle Chook]

I think that is certainly the best way to go about it emmastar . One thing, whatever happens, Gismo will have had a nice life even if it does end up being short. My chicken loving neighbours, who didn't mind my cockerel, have just moved and I'm so worried about the next ones. I mightily that he'll crow whenever anyone comes to see the house next door, so that "Ooops, word censored!"ody who doesn't like cockerels moves in, but we shall see.