Comments on: Boy? Girl?

By: El

El — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:58:50 +0000

Ann, chickens are the best. Or maybe turkeys, or maybe geese. Heck I love them all but…chickens are probably the easiest.

By: ann

ann — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 02:34:22 +0000

Those are just THE BEST pics of your birds! So funny! I hope to have chickens maybe sometimes next year. Wish I could get it going sooner.

By: El

El — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 12:07:53 +0000

Pamela, well, I thought we were going to be boy-free here too until Himself (the aggressive guinea) came along. I swear that bird had Tourette’s too constantly annoyingly calling and clucking. But, well, if they’re nesting I suppose we’ll give them wide berth. Seriously, these geese (so far) are just sweet. The goose is a bit shy but the two ganders let me pet them and scratch their backs and necks. But I guess my trial will come re: the babies. Sigh. (And we’re getting there with our 3 cats so I know what you mean.)

Alecto, funny you should mention chickens: next year is Chicken Breeding Year too. I plan to get and hopefully raise a batch of rare-ish chickens called Chantecler, which are both meat and egg birds, and supposedly are calm. So yes stay tuned!

Ah Angie! Thanks my dear but at this point I really do think I have three toms. Sigh. The one dude I thought might be a girl really is just a bit different but not, well, double X different!

Grammy, that is a great idea. Truth is, I am kind of a sucker with my birds and think nobody could raise them as well as me, so I would fear getting some badly treated mean-ish hen. So I will just wait until next year and hopefully I won’t get 3 toms again.

Hah, CC! I wish it were so simple when they’re little and look exactly alike…

Hiya Hayden. Boy you must be getting excited, eh? Yes I can recommend these breeds; the geese are pretty heavy and not terribly tall, the turkeys are on the med. tall/skinny side; they won’t be big roasting birds, certainly. And sweet, and know how to fend for themselves…which is quite nice.

By: Hayden

Hayden — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:16:43 +0000

How exciting is that! Those are exactly the breeds of geese and turkeys that I hope to have! I’ll be watching for your updates. Maybe next year (or the year after, when I’m better settled) I’ll be turning to you to see if you have some extra babies to sell.

By: cookiecrumb

cookiecrumb — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:04:19 +0000

Aw, c’mon, El. The pink ones are girls. The blue ones are boys.

By: Grammy

Grammy — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:16:24 +0000

They are so cute, maybe you could try to trade them for a girl if they turn out to be to many boys. Here in Mo. We have an animal swap 2 times a year at Jacobs cave.

By: farm mom

farm mom — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:54:01 +0000

so cute el!! If you wanna send me some photos of the turkeys I can try to sex ‘em for ya. Is the one front and center the one you suspect to be female? I forgot how unicorn like they used to be!!

By: Alecto

Alecto — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:33:43 +0000

I would be unable to give away the babies too which is what has me shy away from incubating chickens or even attempting to breed. I would be the crazy chicken lady. I love chickens. I love them so much I’d keep every one of them and then we’d have the rooster wars for sure. Best for me to buy girls and watch your blog!

By: Pamela

Pamela — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:36:22 +0000

Bummer for the extra peeps.
Won’t a pair of geese be aggressive when they’re nesting?
I try to have only girls around here; it makes life so much simpler, since I would be unable to give away babies. That would eventually make me like those sad people who hoard cats.