Coffee anyone ?

[Rammy]

oh my pants yall. hubbs and i are talking about our chickens and since we are rebuilding our flocks (thank you elsa for wiping us out, thats why she is gone, couldnt break her of it). anywho, we CANNOT decide!!! too many choices. im liking the four brahma chicks. but i think i like the barnvelders too. we have a dozen cuckoo maran and ten welsummer. thinking of selling them to get barnvelders. hubbs wants deathlayers but of course we dont have a purse large enough to payout for a trio of them. any one have suggestions? im open to honest opinions.

Just keep them all.

 

[Alaskan]

oh my pants yall. hubbs and i are talking about our chickens and since we are rebuilding our flocks (thank you elsa for wiping us out, thats why she is gone, couldnt break her of it). anywho, we CANNOT decide!!! too many choices. im liking the four brahma chicks. but i think i like the barnvelders too. we have a dozen cuckoo maran and ten welsummer. thinking of selling them to get barnvelders. hubbs wants deathlayers but of course we dont have a purse large enough to payout for a trio of them. any one have suggestions? im open to honest opinions.

I prefer breeds with clean feet (so not the Brahmas...though they are nice) because I get a bunch of mud...or wet snow.

So... bantams to brood, I have Wheaten Ameraucana. I really liked the FEMALE d'anvers (great broodies and wonderful personalities) but all of the male d'anvers were hugely people aggressive. The bantam white Leghorns I had were great, and some of the bantam wyandotte (great color selection with those).

For egg laying I prefer fancier Leghorns (longer lived than the production Leghorns and lay almost as well), my Spitzhauben, and Dominiques.

But my best ever standard sized broody was a cuckoo Marans.

 

[Alaskan]

Oh, I liked the Welsummers I had way back when. Pretty good layers, and most had spotted eggs which are fun.

I wouldn't keep both the Barnevelders and the Cuckoo Marans since then you will have only dark egg layers. I think the Marans will be more broody and lay a bit less than the Barnevelders. But it depends what you want.

I would add a white egg layer, it makes the dark eggs look way darker.

 

[MatthewsHomestead]

Just keep them all.

You enabler you!

I prefer breeds with clean feet (so not the Brahmas...though they are nice) because I get a bunch of mud...or wet snow.

So... bantams to brood, I have Wheaten Ameraucana. I really liked the FEMALE d'anvers (great broodies and wonderful personalities) but all of the male d'anvers were hugely people aggressive. The bantam white Leghorns I had were great, and some of the bantam wyandotte (great color selection with those).

For egg laying I prefer fancier Leghorns (longer lived than the production Leghorns and lay almost as well), my Spitzhauben, and Dominiques.

But my best ever standard sized broody was a cuckoo Marans.

I currently have an adult trio of mottled orpington and my OG chocolate orpington hen. Getting a jubilee hen tomorrow. Love my orpingtons. In chicks I have my own hatch ees out my recently deceased blue and lavender ameracauna hens, 4 light brahmas, 2 lav ameracauna, a barnevelder, a dozen cuckoo marange and ten welsummer. Currently have a total of 40 chicks.....
Just not sure what I want to keep and what I would want in place.... would love some Spitzs too though. So confused.

Although I am dead set on Welsh harlequin ducks...

 

[MatthewsHomestead]

Here are some newer horse pics. Dont remember if I shared any or not.... the fuzzy bear is Nature Boy. The sorrel mare with the star is Allie. No picture of Sully. He is still really poor but having well. Same coloring as Rose but mane and tail are way more blonde.

 

[MatthewsHomestead]

Question, would Tilley be considered a paint or a bay. Three socks and that face.....? Otherwise typical baby coloring.....

 

[Rammy]

Socks arent above the hock or the knee or she would be. At least thats what AQHA says. I had a horse that had a baby with stockings like that. Two more inches on one and He'd of been considered a paint and ineligable to be registered as a QH. Whew!

 

[Baymule]

I'd call her a bay with stocking legs and a blaze. If you want to get real technical, those are sabino markings. I have a sabino Tennessee Walker mare we went to a kill pen and bought, she was the skinniest horse I've ever had.

This is Pearl's picture at the kill pen, that I just couldn't ignore. I kept going back to her picture, showed her to my husband and he named her Pearl. We went and got her the next day.

 

[Baymule]

This was our first ride.

 

[promiseacres]

Coffee is on.... @MatthewsHomestead all your talk about chicks makes me want some now.... but waiting until we move... always something.
cows may be in the future also....
Cute horses. It's a tough job to rescue horses...either you're limited on space and time or you take the chance and rehome.... I am dreaming of rescuing,rehabbing ponies.... too many have a chihuahua syndrome....
My training is done....missed passing by a point.... but wasn't sure I truly had time with trying to get Mom moved.... ball season and homescgooling... sigh... oh well.