Not so much a topic as some bird pics

TomK · Post by **TomK** » Thu Jul 28, 2016 9:27 pm

The birds I got to keep the almost lone Ameraucana hatchling company look decent enough...some sassy young cockerels ...hard to get good pics

redninja · Post by **redninja** » Thu Jul 28, 2016 10:08 pm

Nice looking birds, Tom

Robbie · Post by **Robbie** » Thu Jul 28, 2016 10:25 pm

Looking good! And I see it didn't take them long to trash their nice grassy pen. Ditto here.

TomK · Post by **TomK** » Thu Jul 28, 2016 10:29 pm

Thanks redninja....they're turning into nice birds

robbie...to be fair, the older barred rocks did the initial tear up..lol...its all pock marked with dusting bowls..lol...just one corner of the pen under the red cedar in the shady area

Here's a fuzzier pic of the gold lace...shes a runner..very flighty

Ontario Chick · Post by **Ontario Chick** » Thu Jul 28, 2016 10:42 pm

Looking good!! flock is growing in leaps and bounds :)
Even my runs with no chickens in them don't look very good, not much hope for improvement if it doesn't rain soon.

TomK · Post by **TomK** » Fri Jul 29, 2016 7:32 am

OC...i know...its dry...i know grass goes dormant in a drought but i don't think its dormant anymore...could well be dead..might have to reseed the place...only the garden gets watered...its threatened to rain about four times this week but totally blew over...

Ontario Chick · Post by **Ontario Chick** » Fri Jul 29, 2016 9:52 am

TomK wrote:QR_BBPOST OC...i know...its dry...i know grass goes dormant in a drought but i don't think its dormant anymore...could well be dead..might have to reseed the place...only the garden gets watered...its threatened to rain about four times this week but totally blew over...

Oh, yes, I over seeded in April, clover and timothy which I do every year in the two
runs One 20'x30' and one 14'x25' that will "hopefully" have chicks in it in August. Before I set the eggs. You would think I was well ahead of the game.
Then I tried desperately to actually drag watering cans there for about a month, while repeating to myself... "It's not dead it's dormant"....
So the small run, sprouted and died and the little that I managed to coax to life isn't anything that I have either seeded or was there last year, basically crab grass and lamb quarters. The larger run has grown some of the clover in the most peculiar formations of strips,everything else is gone including the usual pig weed and raspberry shoots.
Chicks ready to go out, I am a bit embarrassed to show them what is on offer

Robbie · Post by **Robbie** » Fri Jul 29, 2016 12:29 pm

If it ever rains, just throw whole oats, wheat or barley down- instant grass. (sans chickens of course!)

kenya · Post by **kenya** » Fri Jul 29, 2016 2:05 pm

Looking and growing well. Ha! Ha! Did we ever have green grass this year? I can't remember.