Chicks

[LizStreithorst]

Dang Chicks have become an obsession   The fish are a burden right now.  The chicks are a joy.  Every time I scoop them up and carry them in or out  3  to 5 at a time they become more tame.   I understand that the Buff's make excellent show chickens.  I'm a sucker for entering my best of anything in a show.  There is a chicken show at the State Fair the same day as they have the Dairy Goat show.  Mine won't be show age yet but I would love the opportunity to talk to the exhibitors and judges.

Has anyone here ever seen the judging of a chicken show.  Three judges walk around in white lab coats.  They each  have a clip board that I guess has score cards on it.  They are allowed to consult with each other during judging.  It is fun watching them consult.  It seems like they are talking about the finer points of conformation but they could just be shooting the bull for all I know.

Ilroost, please tell me all you know about chicken shows

[wallace]

When the kids were here we would hold some of the chicks at night as we were sitting watching TV or whatever. Those became really tame and as adults they let you pick them up easily. There is only one goose that tame because it got held more.

[LizStreithorst]

I could do that. 

I have already figured out which Light Brahma chick is my rooster.  It's the same as with fish.  The more you look at them the more subtleties you pick up.  My rooster is slightly larger and walks taller and more proud.  I'd love to get him to trust me well enough that I could show him.

They say that the Buff Brahma's are the knock out show chickens but I don't see it so far except that their color is so pretty.

[wallace]

The Brahmas are nice looking birds. I have a real old hen that's a Silver Laced Wyandotte that look good. I only have the one, it way outlived all its siblings.

[ilroost]

Chicken shows are a lot like dog shows. They check for color, how straight feathers are, ect. I loved going to the shows because you meet up with friends you only see once or twice a year. I won grand champion once with a white bantam cochin rooster.. My handle on here is from my chicken days. Ilroost is short for Illinois Rooster. Wallace what breed of geese do you keep? I have a pair of brown Chinese geese now days. A quad of Spitzhauben chickens and a pair of blue muscovey ducks. Also here at the zoo lol is 4 female pygmy goats and 2 pot belly pigs. Also have a cockatoo that I have had for around 23 years

[wallace]

Chicken shows are a lot like dog shows. They check for color, how straight feathers are, ect. I loved going to the shows because you meet up with friends you only see once or twice a year. I won grand champion once with a white bantam cochin rooster.. My handle on here is from my chicken days. Ilroost is short for Illinois Rooster. Wallace what breed of geese do you keep? I have a pair of brown Chinese geese now days. A quad of Spitzhauben chickens and a pair of blue muscovey ducks. Also here at the zoo lol is 4 female pygmy goats and 2 pot belly pigs. Also have a cockatoo that I have had for around 23 years

We have about 8 Sebastopol geese and one Canada honker. The honker can fly around near the ground but apparently has never figured out that he is capable of going up in the sky. The Sebastopol males are very crabby right now because its nesting season, and they go after my shins when I walk by.

A new goat showed up yesterday, a little grey buck. He coughed in the car all the way home and then stopped when he got here.

We have pigs off and on. Definitely not pets, they go into the freezer when they get up to about 280 lbs.

[Mugwump]

Chicken shows are a lot like dog shows. They check for color, how straight feathers are, ect. I loved going to the shows because you meet up with friends you only see once or twice a year. I won grand champion once with a white bantam cochin rooster.. My handle on here is from my chicken days. Ilroost is short for Illinois Rooster. Wallace what breed of geese do you keep? I have a pair of brown Chinese geese now days. A quad of Spitzhauben chickens and a pair of blue muscovey ducks. Also here at the zoo lol is 4 female pygmy goats and 2 pot belly pigs. Also have a cockatoo that I have had for around 23 years

....Bob and the rooster......

[GeorgeG]

Liz a friend at work his son and wife show chickens maybe there is something on their website that may help

http://www.padillas-peeps.com/

[ilroost]

Thanks Jon

[LizStreithorst]

Liz a friend at work his son and wife show chickens maybe there is something on their website that may help

http://www.padillas-peeps.com/

Very interesting, George.  Thanks.

[LizStreithorst]

A casualty.  I came home from running an errand in town and I heard the sound of a chicken in distress.  I ran to look and all my chicks but 3 were outside of their fenced yard.  As I was rounding them up and putting them back, I found where they got out.  It was where the dogs discovered an armadillo digging a hole along the fence and went crazy and dug a deeper hole in the wee hours one night months and months ago.  I knew that place was there but had totally forgotten it.  I got them all safely back in their yard but one is missing.  I haven't found the body but I know that Big Head got ahold of it.  It was one of my two Buffs.

[Mugwump]

..poor thing......that sucks..........I hope he pops out of the brush and surprises you...

[LizStreithorst]

You were right.  It was hunkered down somewhere keeping still.  I heard the sound of a frustrated chick.  It was trying unsuccessfully to get back with it's buddies.  Everyone is safe and secure.  Phew...

[Mugwump]

You were right.  It was hunkered down somewhere keeping still.  I heard the sound of a frustrated chick.  It was trying unsuccessfully to get back with it's buddies.  Everyone is safe and secure.  Phew...

BOOMBA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Ron Sower]

All's well that ends well...